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I need to give credit for this BLOG to the website, Voices of the Goddess, and to Claudia-Jean Virga, who appeared there as a guest speaker on a...

My attention was drawn to the special section of a recent edition of our Villages Daily Sun newspaper. Its title, The Untold Stories Behind Ian’s...

So often, we learn who we are from what we’re told by others. This is particularly true for all of us when we are very young and are dependent upon...

As I review my efforts to serve others through my writings and my website, I am being nudged into having to ask this question about my website. Is...

The subject for this blog came to me as I was on my way to my spiritual community's mid-week prayer service earlier this month. I had been listening...

This is a quandary most of us face more often than we may wish to let on. I know it is for me. And the question, “Am I to speak up or simply...

“Our heart space has access to a whole different array of words than that of our human mind.” That is a tentative conclusion I am reaching as I try,...

That's a question I found myself having to ask in these recent weeks, and it's also an invitation for some honest and compassionate...

Earlier this month, I was moved to call a dear friend and her husband to whom I hadn't spoken for several months. They live up in New England, and I...

As I begin to create this blog I am once again quietly asking myself, “When are you finally going to accept that nothing in your life happens by...

Can a Deeper Faith Transform our COVID-19 Experience? Jul 11, 2020 This is a blog I was guided to write nearly two years ago, and while going...

A Brief Guide to Finding Inner Peace – by Steven Howard and his Inner Guide This acronym, O.P.E.N. Y.O.U.R. H.E.A.R.T., came to me as I was writing...

I just finished watching a movie that is a must-see for anyone who considers themselves to be on a path to fully discovering who they truly are and...

Any of you who are familiar with The Art of Quantum Livingã program, previously known as the Q ProcessÔ, may recall a portion of their Phase Three...

Today’s Daily WordL message was built around an analogy about a specie of the lily family, the surprise lily, and that prompted me to write a blog...

I can always depend upon Mark Nepo to stir up something within me that needs to be shared and today is no exception. His message was about having...

I can attest to the reality that becoming aware of what has seemed to block my spiritual journey from greater levels of understanding and knowing...

In a world where our aspirations are shaped by an emphasis on outer achievements, we often live our lives with an underlying belief that we aren’t...

The title of this blog is taken from a chapter in Mark Nepo's book, More Together Than Alone, a second of his that has recently become part of my...

Do you really want 2022 to be different from 2021? Well, it can be if you’re prepared to take these three steps: GET READY GET SET GO Or, in other...

I am always both humbled and amazed by how one simple piece of writing can so align the moments that follow and lead me to write a blog with this...

So often at this time of year we are encouraged to express our love to and for others. We do this through the giving of gifts to those we are...

As we move into and through the month of December 2021, with opportunities for joy-filled activities and connections being experienced under very...

The title for this blog came to me a few days ago, as I was led to take stock of some conflicting thoughts and feelings that life had presented me...

As we come to the end of October, we leave behind all the traditions and our focus on Halloween, the Jack-O-lanterns, trick-or-treating, and scary...

This blog title came to me this morning and it felt like a blessing following a recent period of on and off moments of sadness and, yes, a touch of...

It’s an amazing fact that when we remember to take a deep breath and slow down, our whole world can change. It is the truth behind and within the...

Over the past several months there have been many souls making their transitions, seemingly untimely because they were so young, still in their...

I was moved to write this blog after having remembered a portion of a recent daily message from Mark Nepo’s “The Book of Awakening.” Here’s what he...

In recent weeks my wife and I have experienced all kinds of “breakdowns,” mostly involving appliances that have served us well for more than fifteen...

Gratitude is what seems to be filling my mind and heart over this past week. Gratitude for so much that is shaping my life, as if the level of...

The title of this blog is borrowed from a message that Mark Nepo wrote in his book, “The Book of Awakening.” It is among my favorite daily...

I believe most of us have the intention of being honest and real when we become aware of challenges and painful circumstances others are having, be...

Over these past few weeks there have been a number of unexpected transitions or near-the-edge medical conditions involving people who I love, people...

I love it when I find what I least expect, Spirit just sounding off with a gem in moments when I’m doing something seemingly non-spiritual in...

We all like to think of ourselves as open-minded, embracing everyone, regardless of their race, creed, gender, or political leanings, right? With no...

The themes of JOY and HAPPINESS have both been showing up in my readings and in my own mind and heart. I’ve debated with myself and others as to...

In The Book of Awakening, Mark Nepo writes in his message for today, May 18th, “Honest friends are doorways to our souls, and loving friends are the...

I want to express my gratitude to the majority of you who receive email notices about my blogs and never open them up or open them and delete them...

It’s only human for us to want to be in control of our lives, to be in the driver’s seat. Sure, we may quickly add that God’s in our life,...

I’m a big believer in synchronicity and the importance of my being receptive to recognizing when it’s showing up and why. That’s what this blog is...

I’ve been musing recently on how many of us have experienced some kind of loss over this past year, be it a seeming loss of freedom due to the...

This blog title came to me while processing some feelings I’ve been experiencing, sporadically, over the past couple of weeks. It’s taken from the...

"A peaceful life is built one moment at a time, one moment after another." That seems like such a simple and some might say trite statement to use...

Here is what came to me as I thought about some concrete steps I might offer up as I thought about the word “LENT.” Listen to your heart. Entertain...

“Leave Your Footprints Behind!” was a statement I noticed during a Zoom presentation I attended earlier this week. It was an informative...

I want to share with you an exchange I had with my wife while we were having breakfast the other morning. We both were enjoying the navel oranges we...

The theme of forgiveness has been showing up in my life over the past month or two and it gave me reason to ask the question, “Have I truly...

The other morning, I got to thinking about some of the words we use so often and how they don’t always align with what we intend or mean when we use...

Do you really want 2021 to be different from 2020? Well it can be if you’re prepared to take these three steps: 1. GET READY 2. GET SET 3. GO Or, in...

That question came to me this morning while being transported into a particularly poignant scene in a James Patterson novel I was reading during...

This topic is particularly relevant for us to all consider as we plan how and with whom we intend to spend our time during the holidays this year....

Do you find yourself feeling a good “Woe is me!” coming on as you contemplate experiencing a Thanksgiving Day celebration quite different from what...

Lighten Up a Bit! Life Can Be a Hilarious Journey “Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.”–...

Chapter Four Ways to Suspend and Transform Judgment None of us like to admit to being judgmental, but the truth is we are. All of us, to one degree...

Chapter Three Judgment and How It Shows Up in Our Lives “Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned....

Chapter Two Taking a Closer Look at the Wheat “It is not depression or anxiety that truly hurts us. It is our active resistance against these states...

I'm delighted to be able to share with you the first installment of one of my new booklets, "Silly Me! A Path to Self-Acceptance." It includes the...

I am always amazed at how Spirit drops its little jewels of Truth, bringing them to us in the most unexpected places! Today one of those places and...

I had no intention of writing a blog so soon after my last one, but when I watched a piece on this morning’s CBS News Sunday Morning show about...

I have to admit I have been struggling with remaining detached and centered whenever I turn to one of the news channels to keep informed about...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a topic of several of my previous blogs over the past few months and an article by Peggy Noonan in today’s WSJ caused...

As any of you who read my blogs on a regular basis know, I am often gifted with a thought worthy of more consideration when I read the message for...

The topic for this blog came out of something Mark Nepo wrote about on page 212 of “The BOOK of AWAKENING.” He spoke about how Michelangelo would...

As the news of the world about both the increase of new COVID-19 cases and growing tension from demonstrations in the streets of more and more...

I imagine I’m not alone in what I’ve been experiencing recently: a kind of “push-pull” of seemingly conflicting thoughts surfacing as I deal with...

Sometimes it can be challenging to find reasons to be grateful in a time when so much of the world’s attention is focused on the COVID19 virus and...

Dear viewers, please note that when this blog was first released, a few hours ago, there was an edit error in the final sentence; it has been...

It is amazing how Spirit works and how It shows up in our lives! I hope you are all living your lives with your minds, hearts, and spirits wide open...

The world around us has taken on a new, somewhat frightening appearance—at least for me—since I last posted a blog back in mid-February. The source...

This morning I found an important reminder in both Unity’s Daily Word message for today as well as in Mark Nepo’s thoughts for this day in his “The...

NOTE: If you prefer to hear this blog, rather than read it, then go to the STEVEN SPEAKS page and then click on the audio recording! Can you recall...

Earlier this week I watched a powerful VLOG sent to me by Dr. Susan Pierce Thompson, the founder of the Bright Line Eating program. It centered...

Ever experienced times in your life when you feel yourself “crashing”? Being super busy yet feeling very much like your life is being guided by that...

For the past three years my primary doctor and I have been tracking a concerning medical condition: a slow drop in the platelet count which was...

The following is an invitation, put forth by Mark Nepo in "drinking from the river of light": “So, when not doing well, when full of doubts or pain...

So, I am putting out this offer…to listen to anyone you may know who is dealing with the dark thoughts that leave some of us thinking that suicide...

It never ceases to surprise me when Spirit brings unexpected delight into my life! That’s what happened earlier this week. I received a posting on...

“God’s Transforming Presence”…That was a phrase from my reading this morning of Ruth Haley Barton’s book, “Invitation to SOLITUDE and SILENCE.” And...

Does your power of belief need recharging? If so, read on… There are many variations of a statement that affirms the truth of this: “As you sow, so...

I’m feeling ever so grateful for the happenings in my life, particularly over the past couple of weeks! Truly, Divine Order guides my journey when...

Mark Nepo always offers me thoughts that remind me of who I AM, and this morning is no exception. In his book, "drinking from the river of light,"...

I attended an engaging and powerful workshop yesterday. It was entitled "The Art & Practice of Living with Nothing and No One Against You" and it...

It's interesting to me just how synchronistically Spirit works! This past New Year's eve I attended a Burning Bowl and White Stone ceremony and...

Today is the first day of 2020 and it can also be the first day of a new Life! Interestingly, to acquire 20/20 vision necessitates that you close...

It seems like Spirit wants me to make sure I “get it”…that I must continue to remain in alignment with the intuitive urgings I receive and the...

This morning I found my thoughts centering around the challenge I think we all have at one time or another as we go through our day. That of taking...