I truly hope you found your way into Spiritualism.  It is a loving community of souls.

God bless, J

Hello LoveAndLight,

I, too, am wondering how your search for a spiritual home is going. If you feel like it, maybe you can share a little about it?

I think there are two reasons for looking for a church:

Finding a community

Finding inspiration

I, personally, have given up hope to find inspiration in a church. It seems that all of them are in the core teaching the same stuff, and propagating the same approaches to life - and neither is satisfying to me.

Today, if somebody tries to invite me to a chuch, I always ask them: Does the Bible tell me to use styrofoam containers or not? If a pastor can answer that simple question in a reasonable way (i.e. explain how the Bible can be used to answer day-to-day questions), then I am happy to visit that church. So far, I haven't found anyone being able to give a good answer.

So, I started looking for inspiration elsewhere. And, to my great surprise and joy, I find it everywhere around me and within me!  It does not come in the from of "Thou shalt do this!" or "Thou shalt not do that!". Instead, it comes as seeds for thought. Watching a good movie, chatting with a person on the train or at the coffee-shop, listening to NPR, visiting sites like Beliefnet.com. Anywhere I look, I stumble across topics, scenes and situations, that trigger thoughts. And the more I think about things, the more ideas and insights I receive about them. It's magical!

If you like you can look at Change-Agent Movement at www.toolOfTheUniverse.org to get started in finding your own spirituality. Or, you could read the book "YOU Are The Change" (ISBN:978-1-84409-196-6).

I hope this reply is helpful. I wish you much success in finding purpose and meaning for your life, and joy and happiness through your life...

Thomas