Connection with God

New Year…but not so Happy

Nothing is certain and nothing can be taken for granted. My planned “Happy New Year” wish to my readers seems hollow in the face of a …

Our connection with our own money informs so much of our behavior and attitude to others in life, as well as our Connection with Self and our sense …

September 16, 2010 by Elizabeth H. Cottrell

Todays meditation on Acts 16:25-40 (in which Paul and Silas were singing hymns to God and inspiring other prisoners, even after they had just been …

September 11, 2010 by Elizabeth H. Cottrell

No one who was older than a few years will forget where they were and what they were doing when they first heard about the attacks at the World …

Book Review: Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott Just reading other reviews of this book took me on an emotional roller …

August 22, 2010 by Guest Blogger

Book Review of Jack Kornfield’s The Wise Heart You don’t have to be a Buddhist to love The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of …

“Learning to pray doesn’t offer us a less busy life; it offers us a less busy heart. In the midst of outer busyness, we can develop an …

There are times in our lives when we’ve got to summon untapped reserves of strength, courage, and resolute endurance in the face of adversity. …

Heartspoken is an attitude…a frame of mind…an inclination of the spirit. I’ve found that when I can be Heartspoken in the …