Dear Reader, Although Erik sometimes paints a rosy picture of the afterlife, time and time again he stresses that suicide is not the answer to one’s problems. If you struggle, please understand that the information in my blog and my books is no substitute for professional help. Please click here for a list of resources…
Here’s a three-part series on God and religion. Me: What does God look like and how was He or She created? I think we’ve asked this before, but a blog member wants to know or maybe just needs clarification. Erik: What does God look like? God is energy and can present itself to you anyway…
Well, Annika left for college and Lukas flew up to Topanga, CA to visit my sister, his Aunt Teri, so I’m getting a taste for what it’s like to have an empty nest. It’s peaceful and quiet, but I do miss getting those morning hugs from the kids, eating Lukas’s awesome cooking and helping Annika…
The results are in for the medium contest, although I will defer to Erik’s advice when I ask him this coming Friday. So far, first, second and third place are Kate Sitka, Kim Babcock and Heather Quinto, respectively. The numbers were very close! Of course Jamie and Robert will be part of the mix, too. …
I’m sharing this one today, as it is quite an apt subject for me. I come from a Pentecostal Christian background, that wormed it’s way through my families life. I spent 14 years as a ‘Born againer’ before finally waking up to smell the Hummus as it where. I wasn’t particularly well liked at church…
Thanks so much for everyone’s feedback concerning the celebrity interviews. I do want to clarify that most of the criticism I’ve received has been constructive, not cruel. (Although sometimes, I get that, too. Anyone who has a blog has to deal with rude comments. It comes with the territory, unfortunately.) I think what I’ll do…
All of us have crossed roads. Okay, hit roadblocks, no, brick walls from time to time: religious friends and family members whose eyes either glaze over, widen with fear, or narrow in scorn whenever we talk about our spiritual beliefs. Well, Erik has some, ahem, advice for us for the next time we stumble on…
Many of you who have been raised in a particular faith such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, etc. really grapple with the conflict of how to remain true to that faith and still embrace concepts of spirituality: the absence of Hell, past lives and reincarnation, perspectives on suicide and much, much more. Here, Erik tries to…
