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Dr. Linda Seger is an internationally known author, keynote speaker and seminar leader on spirituality. Dr. Linda Seger has a broad religious background. She grew up Lutheran and did several years of spiritual seeking in her 20s. She became a Born-Again Christian and then joined the Quakers (Society of Friends) and is a member of The Colorado Springs Friends Meeting. Throughout the years, she has meditated at a Zen Buddhist center, attended New Age conferences, has done the spiritual exercises of Saint Ignacious, and has read and taken classes in the religions of the world. She has a Th.D. in Drama and Theology, and created her script consulting business based on her dissertation project about the elements needed to make a script work. She explored the integration of Drama and Spirituality during her five years in seminary. She holds three M.A. degrees: Drama from Northwestern University, Religion and the Arts from Pacific School of Religion, and Feminist Theology from Immaculate Heart College Center. Linda's award-winning books are known the world over for her practical wisdom and spiritual insights. Her most recent books include The Alphabet Prayer and Reflections with God While Waiting to Be Healed.
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Monday, November 21, 2016Becoming The Least of These These are excerpts from Chapter 4 of Reflections with God: While Waiting to be Healed By Dr. Linda Seger
Wednesday, July 30, 2008Give No Help Without Checking First Good Samaritan determines if person is truly in need before helping.
Friday, April 4, 2008THE WRIGHT STUFF Do we prefer a spiritual advisor who asks us to be merciful and just? Or do we prefer a President who has spiritual advisors who are filled with hatred, divisive, and pushing us toward more wars? Notice, that no one is talking about McCain's spiritual advisors. Rev. Rod Parsley in Ohio calls on the U.S. to wage war against Iran, and compares Planned Parenthood to the Klu Klux Klan. Rev. John Hagee calls for attacking Iran...
Thursday, January 17, 2008Mike Huckabee's New Constitution this could present a few problems.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008A Bit Of Hope - Finally! The primaries have placed us in the world of possibilities, where the best of who we could be could come to the forefront, and we could dream and en-vision a much better future. We could see what America might be, with better, more caring, more enlightened leadership. We could hope, instead of make decisions out of fear. We could be raised up rather than put down.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007Explain To Me Again: When Will The War On Christmas Start?
Thursday, December 20, 2007What Might Be A Democratic And Christian Approach To Immigration? Sometimes, to listen to Conservative Christian Republican candidates talk, we might think that they are called, by God, to dismiss, ostracize, and kick out the immigrant. There is little compassion or regard for any basic human rights, and if anything, we can hear fear, hatred, and using words that make the immigrant into someone not quite human.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007How Do Conservatives And Liberals Think...The Right Brain And Left Brain Of Conservatives And Liberals
Thursday, July 26, 2007DO LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES REALLY THINK DIFFERENTLY? A DISCUSSION OF HOW LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES THINK.
Friday, July 13, 2007GEORGE W., THE BAD PLUMBER One day, you notice that something seems to be wrong with the plumbing. You've heard of George W. and somebody told you he's a really nice guy. You ask him to come to look at the plumbing. He tells you that a thingabob is stuck. It’ll take no more than 6 hours to fix it, no more than $350, and it's a "slam dunk." He seems nice and reassuring and tells you he’s a Christian. You figure those are good enough qualifications...
Wednesday, July 4, 2007The Wise or Foolish Rulers "When is it wise, and when is it foolish, to throw more fuel on the fire?" We can fairly easily predict consequences to our actions in a world that is at war.
Monday, May 7, 2007Are Our Troops Sufficiently Ethical In War? The Pentagon just completed a study about the ethics of our soldiers serving in Iraq. They discovered that they don't seem to be sufficiently ethical.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007Changing Theologies On 4/20/07, the Pope changed a long-standing Catholic theology that said babies who died without being baptized go to Limbo. The new theology now says that there is hope that maybe, these babies can now go to heaven. As long as we're in the season for changing theologies, there are a few others that we could change as well.
Friday, April 13, 2007Charitable Works Many of us want to do good in the world. To make a difference. To help. To care. To give back. If you're like me, you may feel stretched thin and overwhelmed by the many appeals to do Good, and soon, don't know what to do. Do you do a little with a lot, or choose one or two charities and try to become more involved?
