The Pulse of Spirit

For a substance to combust, it has to reach the temperature at which that can occur. There are three relevant temperature levels: The flash point—the temperature at which a substance will combust when presented with an igniting spark. At the

Are you ready to turn Mystery into Wonder? The first part of that equation is the Mystery. No Mystery, no Wonder. So the first step is to have a heart for the Mystery with the desire to open to it.

Do you keep sheep? Do you know anyone who does? Most readers of the Pulse of Spirit probably don’t. But I looked it up. The New Testament refers to sheep 45 times. There are 155 references to sheep in the

DAVID KARCHERE Here is a teaching of Jesus from Matthew 25. He often taught in stories, using symbology familiar to people of his day, as he did here. Our Pulse of Spirit illuminates what this story holds for us. Then

During this Christmas Season, I want to share my own experience and understanding of what Jesus taught. I don’t want to represent this as what he was really saying. That would be presumptuous. And I don’t want to fall into

Tonight is the last night of Hanukkah. As someone who wasn’t brought up in Jewish culture, I became curious about the deeper meaning of the holiday. Growing up, I remember how, in elementary school, there were these few days—usually somewhere

Would you say that when we think about the world in which we live, much of what comes up for us is names? There is this person and that person; there is so-and-so and so-and-so. There are the people close

The present moment is the great equalizer and the great gathering place. It is the present moment wherever you are, as it is for me and for everyone reading this article. In fact, it is the only place any of

What a simple thing! The primal experience of allowing the heart to soften so that it can receive the fire of Love! And so that the waters of the emotional body may thaw, and things may flow in the human

The torus is a donut-shaped flow of energy identified by the ancient Greeks. It shapes Creation in the micro and the macro, from the atom to galaxies, to human life. Think of the Milky Way Galaxy. That is the shape

On this 2021 Halloween, we are honoring our lineage and our ancestors. Halloween tends to emphasize misunderstanding and superstition regarding those who are no longer with us in human form. What truth can we embrace regarding our lineage and our