Editor’s Desk: Excerpt from Dougald Hine’s new book At Work in the Ruins
A friend sent me this article which led me to request permission to reprint it. I find Dougald’s words deeply comforting because I believe he is going to the heart of what I call these “liquifying” times. When I use the term liquifying I’m referring to the caterpillar that must liquify before…
JOIN JUSTINE WILLIS TOMS ON THE PEACE ON EARTH BOOK CLUB
On Sunday, May 7 at 9:00 A.M. Pacific time I’ll be joining Barbara Gaughen-Muller as a guest on the Peace on Earth Book Club. We’ll be highlighting the following volumes from Robert’s book Most of All They Taught Me Happiness: Lessons from Adulthood, Lessons from Nature, Lessons From My Elders…
Editor’s Desk: Activism Without Driving Ourselves Crazy
We all know that there’s so much to do because the challenges in these times are great. Even though we want to be of help we can easily feel overwhelmed and feel small in the face of it all. Business leader John Renesch gives this sound advice. “Start where we…
Editor’s Desk: Women’s Circle with Emma as Guide
Listening to the earthy tones and rhythms in the music of the women of Ghana takes me back to a very special gathering of friends. It was a day when a light breeze of warm air played with the tall summer grasses, cicadas chirping their happy sounds, and butterflies reflecting…
Editor’s Desk: Do you remember your dreams?
It’s said that dream images come from our unconscious pool of wisdom and there’s much personal insight to be gained when we pay attention to our night murmurings in our dream time. In November 2022 we aired an interview I had with dream expert Linda Yael Schiller. She told us…
Editor’s Desk: TUNING INTO THE QUANTUM FIELD OF INTELLIGENCE
As the new year approaches I’m looking at what I want to release followed by what I hope for. For myself I’m making a clear statement that I’m releasing my chronic blindness to the signals that are coming from spirit—which I describe as the quantum field of infinite intelligence that…
Editor’s Desk: Words From Michael Toms
I’m constantly amazed at how the invisible network of guides and helpers continue to show up in my life. For the past several days I’ve been wondering what new piece of writing I’d share with you at the end of 2022 in my Editor’s Desk. As I was mulling this…
Editor’s Desk: Stars: The Original Bestowers of Grace
“We are made of star stuff” is a phrase we’ve all heard many times. In a recent interview with cosmologist Brian Thomas Swimme, Ph.D., author of Cosmogenesis: The Unveiling of the Expanding Universe, I was most impressed and became vividly aware of this wonderment. Indeed I am made of star stuff!!! He writes,…
Editor’s Desk: A Wider Landscape
Reverend Mary Manin Morrissey has said that anything in the world we can see in full bloom started as a seed. As I write this we’re entering the fourth decade since my husband Michael and I founded New Dimensions Media and Broadcasting Network. Looking back over those years I can…
Editor’s Desk: Wonder and Awe
In the past several years, a great deal of scientific and popular attention has been directed toward the experience of awe. For example, awe uniquely predicts indicators of the body’s inflammatory response, implicated in the onset and progression of various chronic diseases, cardiovascular disease, and depression; enhances critical thinking; and…