by Stephanie A Potts | Feb 2, 2023 | Buddhism, Human Potential Movement, Immorality, Meditation, New Age, Panentheism, Yoga
New scientific research is shattering conventional wisdom about the human body and offering fascinating insights into how we can all unlock our body’s superpowers to fight illness, perform better and even reverse the aging process.1Disney Plus Originals description of...
by Gwendolyn Rodriguez | Jan 5, 2023 | Brennan Manning, Centering Prayer, Contemplative Prayer, Deception, Enneagram, Meditation, Mindfulness, mysticism, Perennialism, Richard Foster, Thomas Keating, Thomas Merton, William Meninger, Yoga
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world , rather than according to Christ. (Colossians 2:8) Brandon Medina et al. writes that love was the...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 3, 2022 | Buddhism, Centering Prayer, Chakras, Contemplative Prayer, Cosmic Christ, Eastern Mysticism, Empire Strikes Back, Evangelical Left, Hinduism, Kundalini, Meditation, mysticism, New Age, Paganism, Parliament of the Worlds Religions, Rob Bell, Roman Catholicism, Willow Creek Community Church, Yoga
The 1960s and ’70s was a time of great transition for Western culture — and in our opinion, not in a good way. Sadly in our view, America led the way down that slippery slope. Social mores and long-held religious tenets were challenged and often discarded by...
by Marcia Montenegro | Oct 10, 2020 | Beth Moore, Buddhism, Centering Prayer, Contemplative Prayer, Eastern Mysticism, Labyrinth, Meditation, New Age, Richard Foster
(Originally printed in the Spring/Summer 2006 Issue of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 12) Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving. . . (Col. 4:2 NASB). Many thanks and credit go to Kim Treweek for the painstaking work of...
by Marcia Montenegro | Apr 12, 2016 | Fall 2003, Guided imagery, Human Potential Seminars, Humanism, John C. Maxwell, MCOI Journal, Meditation, New Age, Power of positive thinking, Self-empowerment, visualization, Volume 9
(Originally printed in the Fall 2003 Issue of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 16) You have unlimited potential.” “Success comes from within.” “Empower yourself.” These and other similar phrases are used to publicize and market seminars originating from what is best...
by Jonathan Miles | Oct 29, 2015 | Christ and the Church, Christian living, Discipleship, Meditation
1 a : the act or process of orienting or of being oriented b : the state of being oriented; broadly : arrangement, alignment 2 a : a usually general or lasting direction of thought, inclination, or interest b :a person’s self-identification as heterosexual,...