Today I would like you to consider the possibility that most of the world's people hold an inaccurate belief about God. Consider the possibility that the truth about God is something that most people can't even imagine. For instance, wouldn't...
What is God's agenda? What is God's requirement? Do you know? Are you sure? On this Sunday, let us think about that. We continue today our series called Sunday School All Week, by inviting you to consider the following... We...
Yesterday the high court in Connecticut overturned the ban on gay marriage there. It said that the State's constitution did not permit the State Government to refuse to grant marriage licenses to gay couples. This is, the high court said,...
If you serve your country in public office, as a mayor, say, or a governor, it is not "work" in the regular sense, right? I mean, politicians don't actually "work," right? This is what some people think, anyway. In response...
Embracing Godliness is not easy. It can be, but for most people it is not. That's because most of us do not want to give up what we have to give up in order to "get Godly." As I look...
Is it okay to glorify the self? Or is that the sure road to perdition and pathway to hell? I know it must be very, very bad form to admire one's own quotes...but... Somebody posted this last week in the...
The word "theology" has been defined as "God Logic," or, more loosely, the knowledge or knowing of the Divine. Today we embark on this more seriously in this space than ever before. Today we shall open a deep discussion of...
As you look at your life and as you look at the world around you, do you think you are seeing a reflection of What God Wants? If not, what do you think that God does want? I have an...
Did you know that your body is something you have, it is not something you are? As I've said in this space before, it is a tool. A device. A mechanism. It is a physical machine, and a marvelous one,...
Most of the people on earth agree that there is such a thing called God. But what is that--and how does it work? That's the question that has captured the attention of philosophers and theologians for thousands of years. Today...
One of America's most conservative female columnists has just called for Sarah Palin to get out of the race for vice-president, saying, essentially, that she is an embarrassment. Tomorrow we return to the topics of the New Spirituality, as Sunday...
Must a loving person never raise his voice, or say an angry thing, or use sharp words to make a point? My entry here yesterday brought some wonderful and interesting responses...among them, there was an entry from the person posting...
Does "Oneness" mean "Sameness"? Does "Unity" mean "Uniformity"? Does "Singularity" mean "Similarity"? Today I would like to ask you all a question. I really want to know. What do you think? What do you really think about this? The other...
There is a problem in the world today, but it has nothing to do with politics, economics, or military excursions. Can you guess what it might be? A fascinating discussion took place at a three-day CwG event I recently facilitated...
For one of the most striking and vivid insights into the politics of America today, I offer an extraordinary essay by Tim Wise now making the rounds on the Internet. Its author, Tim Wise, invites every one to share it...
Is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the One True Church? Have we found a sure way to heaven at last? Or does it matter which way we take? Sunday School All Week continues today with a look...
We in the U.S. are about to decide who is 'in charge' here, by electing our next president in just a few weeks. But who is 'in charge' here on the whole earth? Is it God? That is the question...
There are those who say we are on the verge of a major, major economic collapse in this country and around the world. Today's events with one-time financial giant Lehman Brothers declaring bankruptcy, together with last month's government bailout of...
Over 170 people posted comments on our blog here last Friday. Nearly 100 posted about our blog yesterday. People are hungry to talk about God, and God's role in our lives, that's clear. I am going to do my best...
In this, the sixth week of our Sunday School All Week program, we tackle the question, "What is God's function?" Many people think that God's function (in simplistic terms) is to, first, create the heavens and the earth, then to...
Is Hurricane Ike God's will? Is the possible devastation of Galveston, Texas God's will? Who creates our reality, God, or us -- or no one in particular...just....Fate....? If you have come to this blog for the first time today, welcome...
People love to talk about God. Some people even love to talk TO God. And a few people even love to talk WITH God. Our "classmate" Deb Reilly talks to God a lot. I know, because she told me so,...
Wow. Over 50 people posted entries in the Comments Section of yesterday's blog here. There's quite an interesting phenomenon developing on this site...many people are meeting up at this web location daily to see what's being said...and to join in....
If "The Kingdom of God is within you" means that God is in you, does that mean that God and we are One? Or does that mean that God is STILL "over there" while we are "over here"...? This question...
In this, the fifth week of our Sunday School All Week program, we tackle the question, "What is God's purpose?" We have now established in this class that God does exist. And we have discussed the exact nature of God;...
Every religion on the face of the earth insists that it knows What God Wants. But do they? Are these religions accurate in their assessments of the needs and demands, requirements and expectations, rules and regulations of our Deity? For...
Could we get back to God? Have we had enough talk about "politics" these days, and could we just get back to God? That was the request of one of our blog readers on Wednesday. She wrote... Ok, I'm sorry...
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Boy, do I like the way Barack Obama handles things. Man. How can anybody argue with this? CNN reported Monday that Obama gave a blistering response to a question about a Reuters news service report that quoted an unnamed senior...
Who is Jesus, really? Is he our savior? Is he the Son of God? And what is our relationship to Jesus, and to God? Last week a question and answer appeared in the Weekly Bulletin of the Conversations with God...
Do humans need more regulation, or less? More laws, or fewer? More restrictions, or none at all? Is it the role of government -- and religion, for that matter -- to keep us "in line"? I rarely do this here,...
Have you ever asked why we have a God? Children do all the time. The first three weeks of Sunday School All Week we have explored what Life is, and whether there is a God, and if so, what God...
What does God want? That is the question before the house. What in the world does God really want? What does He want from human beings? What does He want us to think, to believe, to do? That is the...
The final word on women and their place in society is the Word of God, which makes the role of women very clear. God knows exactly What God Wants with regard to all of this, and it is humanity's job...
Is a woman allowed to speak? Is a woman allowed to lead? Is a woman allowed to have authority over men? Is a woman allowed to hold a position of responsibility in God's church? By the way, which church IS...
Why is God? That is, why does God exist? Or, as a wonderful 7-year-old asked his Mom recently, "How come there is a God, anyway?" Good question. In order to answer it we need to get clear, first of all,...
Does God want us to have what we desire? Yes. Does God say we can have anything we want? No. Sunday School All Week continues here today, and I can't go a step further without responding to an entry in...
What do we do when we've "had it" with life, and "thinking positively" just is not working for us anymore? Is there a place in life for anger? Yesterday I ran a lengthy piece in which I quoted extensively from...
Yes, Virginia, there is a God. Yet God may not be what you have been told God is. For one thing, God is not Male. So when we keep referring to God as 'He,' we are inaccurate. For another thing,...
Does God want anything? Does God require anything of God's Creations? If we do not give God what God wants, will God judge us, condemn us, and punish us with everlasting torture? There is much that humans have been taught...
Where is God when we really need Him? Why is God so silent when we are begging Her for help? How do we get through the hard times with a God who is so distant? What about the painful moments?...
Must we believe in Jesus to get to heaven? Does our life on earth as we have lived it count for nothing? Why is 'salvation' even required? The Theology Class at this blog continues today... I am very sorry that...
Beginning this Sunday, and for the next 20 weeks, we're going to take quite an excursion in this blogspace. Get ready for quite a ride. We're going to be talking about things that you haven't talked about since Sunday School....
Are our ideas about 'salvation' important in the daily life of the world? Or is this all just about our individual, personal, theologies? I think that is a crucial question. I raise it because of comment made here two days...
Human beings are supposed to be the highest life form on this planet, right? We are supposed to know all about things like Love. Certainly, more than mere animals, who are said not to have the ability to self-reflect, to...
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Politics What does Barack Obama think about God sending people to hell as a punishment of everlasting and indescribable torture if they do not come to Him through Jesus Christ? Is Obama a true "Christian?" Newsweek magazine, in its July 21...
"Could you imagine a legal system that never punished anyone for anything?" That is the question posed by a member of the growing family of people entering the ongoing dialogue at this blog about What God Wants. Here is the...
Does God ever deliberately "lead us into temptation"? If not, why would we ask God not to? Why would we pray to God that way in the Lord's Prayer? = = = = = = = = = = =...
Does Jesus love us? Does God? Does God love us even if we are not Christians? Does God love us enough to let us into heaven even if we are not Christians? Is heaven meant only for the few and...
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I had an interesting conversation Wednesday with a kind and gentle man who happened to be a part time Christian minister. His full time job was as a health insurance salesman, and I had invited him over to the house...
If you believe that life has anything to do -- anything at all -- with the needs or goals or accomplishments of your body, then you haven't understood anything at all about the purpose of your existence, about the reason...
Life is messy. Sometimes, it is just plain messy. Like affairs. They shouldn't happen. But they do. Sometimes. We've talked about this before here. And the questions just keep rolling in. = = = = = = = = =...
I asked here yesterday, what is going on in the mind of a person who utilizes the services of high-priced call girls and risks utterly destroying an extraordinary career and a lovely family in doing so? The answer is: lust....
It's only a shame she had to go negative to eek out a win in Texas. Everyone knew she had Ohio locked down, but it's a shame she had to resort to negative campaign tactics in order to pick up...
Wednesday is Question and Answer Day on the blog...a time for exploring many of the questions that people have recently asked about the nine Conversations with God books and the New Spirituality. Here's this week's entry... Question: Hello Neale…My life...
As we all know, the Constitution of the U.S. includes a prohibition against "cruel and unusual punishment." A week ago today the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case brought to the court to decide whether lethal injection used...
Wednesday is Question and Answer Day on the blog...but we presempted that feature yesterday to take a look at the New Hamphire primary results. So we'll offer today, instead, a time for exploring many of the questions that people have...
Wednesday is Question and Answer Day on the blog...a time for exploring many of the questions that people have recently asked about the nine Conversations with God books and the New Spirituality. Here's this week's entry... Question: Dear Mr. Walsch:...
Sunday is Message Day on the blog. Monday through Friday we look at contemporary events and day-to-day occurrences at the intersection of Life and the New Spirituality…but on Sunday, we reserve this space for a specific teaching derived from the...
Here's a TV "heads up" -- something, perhaps, to program into your TiVo... A press release from the CBS Television Network says that IN GOD'S NAME, a CBS primetime special produced in association with the acclaimed French filmmakers Jules and...
This is Thanksgiving Day in the United States, where I am writing this, and where Thanksgiving Day is one of the biggest family holidays of the year. But I have an idea about this holiday that is different from most...
In response to Richard Dawkins: You are right, Richard. In response to Richard Dawkins: You are wrong, Richard. Should any of us care? Yes, because Richard Dawkins is no ordinary person. He is an esteemed scientist/professor/writer from Oxford who has...
Sunday is Message Day on the blog. Monday through Friday we look at contemporary events and day-to-day occurrences at the intersection of Life and the New Spirituality…but on Sunday, we reserve this space for a specific teaching derived from the...
Friday is Book Day on the blog, when we take a look at books – old and new -- that I highly recommend you not miss. This week’s recommended reading: What God Wants, Neale Donald Walsch I want you...
Sunday is Message Day on the blog. Monday through Friday we look at contemporary events and day-to-day occurrences at the intersection of Life and the New Spirituality…but on Sunday, we reserve this space for a specific teaching derived from the...
(This weblog creates, for us all, a chance to meet at the interaction of Life and the New Spirituality. It is written by the author of Conversations with God, the worldwide best-selling series of books. The “New Spirituality” is defined...