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Jerry Kvasnicka
Jerry Kvasnicka
JoinedFebruary 16, 2013
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Jerry Kvasnicka, a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, has had a varied career as a youth minister, a radio news reporter, a writer and editor for several magazines and journals and a custodian with the Loveland, Colorado school district. He has lived at the Sunrise Ranch spiritual community in Loveland for twenty-eight years.
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SUBTLE ACTIVISM: Bring it on! Confrontation as an essential spiritual practice 

Jerry Kvasnicka·March 19, 2017
Being normally a rather easygoing and reserved person, it’s hard for me now to imagine how, as part of my...
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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: 5 keys to procuring it and transforming human consciousness                                      

Jerry Kvasnicka·January 23, 2017
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” This statement made by Jesus in the Sermon on...
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OF SIN AND TAXES: Sin taxes should also be levied on churches, junk food and guns

Jerry Kvasnicka·November 9, 2016
That the U.S. faces a budget crisis almost goes without saying these days. The national debt has swelled to unbelievable...
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DIRECTED VS NON-DIRECTED PRAYER: Working with natural laws and life’s creative process       

Jerry Kvasnicka·July 13, 2016
During a lively dinner table conversation I once participated in, the subject of prayer was broached. A young woman described...
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LIBERATION SPIRITUALITY: Freeing ourselves and ultimately our planet

Jerry Kvasnicka·February 11, 2016
LIBERATION SPIRITUALITY: Freeing ourselves and ultimately our planet “Liberation Theology” has long been associated with the Catholic religion. It began in the 1950s-1960s and arose “principally as a moral reaction to the poverty and social injustice” in Latin America (Wikipedia)
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SPIRITUAL POLITICS: Oxymoron or real possibility?

Jerry Kvasnicka·November 15, 2015
SPIRITUAL POLITICS: Oxymoron or real possibility? Once again in the United States we are in the midst of election for President and members of Congress. Backed by large campaign treasure chests and ample staffs of supporters, aspirants for office are again engaged in fierce competition for votes and, in the process
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DEPRESSION AND ITS ANTIDOTE: Fighting through lows by keeping the mind and body busy

Jerry Kvasnicka·September 18, 2015
A radio talk show I listened to a few years ago featured a female sociologist being interviewed on the subject...
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BUMPER STICKER WISDOM PART IV: Lessons learned from the back of a car

Jerry Kvasnicka·June 26, 2015
BUMPER STICKER WISDOM: Lessons learned from the back of a car IV As I stated in the initial instalment of this series, I find a lot of wisdom in bumper stickers and keep a list of them handy for illustrating and driving home points I’m seeking to make in casual conversation or more public statements.
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FULFILLING MISSION: A personal story of a life of service

Jerry Kvasnicka·April 25, 2015
It was his passion for service that allowed the legendary Arthur of old to draw the sword Excalibur out of...
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THE ONE AND THE MANY: Understanding Oneness through astrology

Jerry Kvasnicka·February 1, 2015
Humanity’s Team, The Association for Global New Thought, the Shift Network and various other movements emphasizing human unity are very...
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BUMPER STICKER WISDOM PART III: Lessons learned from the back of a car

Jerry Kvasnicka·December 2, 2014
As I stated in the initial installment of this series, I find a lot of wisdom in bumper stickers and...
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YOUR RAINBOW BODY: Discovering our personality differences and auras

Jerry Kvasnicka·September 17, 2014
Why are we so different from one another? I have always been curious about this and have considered human diversity to...
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AVOIDING “GRAVITY ATTACKS”: Give value right here instead of out there

Jerry Kvasnicka·August 20, 2014
The term “gravity attack” is not in any dictionary that I own. As to the time, place and manner of...
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FROM EXTERNALS TO INTERNALS: Replacing religion with primal spirituality

Jerry Kvasnicka·July 7, 2014
David Karchere, the director of the Sunrise Ranch spiritual community where I live, recently posed this question in a talk...
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BUMPER STICKER WISDOM PART II: Lessons learned from the back of a car

Jerry Kvasnicka·June 4, 2014
I find a lot of wisdom in bumper stickers and keep a list of them handy for illustrating and driving...
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TRUE GOVERNMENT: Aligning with our cosmic purpose

Jerry Kvasnicka·May 12, 2014
Planet Earth Magnificent blue and silver orb Coursing through space Not aimlessly, but on a mission Guided by cosmic design...
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THE MAGIC OF MUSIC: How the balance of tension and release in music affects our appreciation of it

Jerry Kvasnicka·March 25, 2014
I don’t know the name of the selection or the pianist performing it. When the simple jazz improvisation came over...
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BUMPER STICKER WISDOM: Lessons learned from the back of a car

Jerry Kvasnicka·February 25, 2014
I’m open to inspiration and insight from any source, and so when a catalog of bumper stickers arrived in the...
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TRANSMUTING ANGER: Starve anger by expressing qualities of true character

Jerry Kvasnicka·January 8, 2014
There’s a long-standing and ongoing controversy in psychological circles that goes something like this: Is it better to express or...
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RESTORING THE CROSS OF LIFE: Bring the essences of heaven into manifest form on Earth

Jerry Kvasnicka·December 26, 2013
Long before the cross was appropriated by Christianity and associated with the crucifixion, this ancient symbol had an entirely different...
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TAKE CHARGE: The spirit you are channelling may be your own

Jerry Kvasnicka·October 19, 2013
Channelling as a way of communicating messages from discarnate beings in language that you and I can understand has been...
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HOW LARGE IS YOUR WORLD?: Using the media to enlarge and bless your world

Jerry Kvasnicka·October 9, 2013
How large is your world? I’m not talking about the big ball of rock, dirt and water on which we...
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LOVE CURRENT: Plug into the power source of unconditional love

Jerry Kvasnicka·June 12, 2013
The vibrational current moving on Planet Earth is intensifying; there can be little doubt about this for those who are...
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THE SUBSTANCE BEHIND MONEY: The difference between the medium and the substance that the medium represents

Jerry Kvasnicka·February 12, 2013
“Money won’t buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.” So...
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