Spirituality

[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] Pat Bailey of Telluride’s Christ Presbyterian Church, is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1987. For 16 years, Pat served as a chaplain in the U.S. Army. He is also an Iraq...

[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] At last Thursday’s presentation at the Wilkinson Public Library, part of our ongoing series, "Evolving Consciousness," we viewed a video by philosopher Ken Wilber about the major shifts in the history of human consciousness. Wilber offers a convincing argument that...

[caption id="attachment_33167" align="alignright" width="300"] Altaer spiritual retreat[/caption] Editor's note: The action is not only in my backyard. Yoga is big everywhere in the U.S. According to a study released by Yoga Journal in December 2012, the number of Americans practicing yoga jumped 29 percent, to...

[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] In our conversation around evolutionary consciousness, we have taken up several intriguing questions: How does our awareness of evolution now shape the ways we view our human relationship with the rest of nature? What difference does it make now...

June 27 to July 4, 2013       Visible planets: Morning: Mars      Evening: Mercury, Venus, Saturn April, May and June have been full of physical trials and emotional turmoil, tantalizing possibilities, love and loss, pain and gain. I often wonder what the world is coming to. And then...

[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] Last Thursday’s presentation at the Wilkinson Public Library, part of an ongoing series, "Evolving Consciousness," lead by Dr. Pat Bailey, set a little different tone for the discussion of evolution. Biological anthropologist Helen Fisher spoke about the biological basis...

[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] Michael Dowd is the author of the best-selling book designed to build bridges. His "Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World," was endorsed by six Nobel laureates and...

  June 13 to 20, 2013      Visible planets: Morning: none      Evening: Mercury, Venus, Saturn I have to admit, I am having a difficult time writing the intro to this week’s Alacazem astrology column. I want to write about Elizabeth “Bets” Stiles Patterson, a beautiful young girl who...