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Sedona SCENE/Sedona SOUL

By Sedona.biz Staff
Thursday, January 17th, 2013

This Sunday – Spirituality Beyond 2012

photo_barbaramayerA sharing with Barbara Mayer

Time is short, but this column today gives notice that on Sunday, Jan. 20, Sedona’s Studio Live will host a unique event on Spirituality.

Given to promote the creative talent in Sedona and the Verde Valley with live performance, this Sunday Studio Live will feature four speakers addressing the very creative topic “Spirituality Beyond 2012”. These include the well known Chris Spheeris, former Buddhist nun and noted artist Sherab “Shey” Khandro, well known Sedona resident Paul Friedman and myself. Each of us will address the topic from our own perspective and life-long learning. Read More→


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Sedona SCENE / Sedona SOUL

By Contributor
Thursday, December 20th, 2012

‘Tis The Season — For A Broken Alleluia

A sharing with Barbara Mayer
Sedona AZ (December 20, 2012)

BarbaraMayerOnce again the old refrains are trying to gain their annual place in this sacred season for many religions and belief systems. ‘Tis the Season’ the jingle bells echo, but this season cannot ring true without acknowledging the horrific carnage which occurred at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Connecticut.

And sure enough, some people are again arguing about archaic ideas such as “How can a God of Love allow this to happen?” By doing that they perpetuate the concept that some distant divine being is a Master Puppeteer who can be blamed for every sin, crime or negative action that occurs on this planet. The air waves and Internet are also filled with furious arguments from those who call for stricter gun control laws while others are demanding mandates that all teachers and school principals carry loaded firearms. The partisanship which roared during the election and continues now in a stale-mated government and divided populace is stringent, offensive, and non-productive. Read More→


Categories : Barbara Mayer, Editorials/Opinion

Sedona Scene/Sedona Soul

By Contributor
Sunday, October 28th, 2012

Are We Still An Intelligent Electorate?

A sharing With Barbara Mayer
October 28, 2012 

One of my heroes in American history is Thomas Jefferson. Human as he was, Jefferson was wise enough to call for an America with an intelligent electorate.

When he was approaching the end of his life, someone asked Jefferson what he felt was his greatest contribution to the burgeoning United States of America, He was, after all, the third president, the first USA ambassador, he sat on the Supreme Court, and he wrote the majority of the Declaration of Independence! Read More→


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Sedona SCENE/Sedona SOUL: Religion, Politics Mirror Attacks On Women

By Contributor
Monday, August 20th, 2012

A sharing by Barbara Mayer

For years the same advice on gaining and keeping friends as well as getting ahead in all areas of society has carried the same message: “Don’t talk about religion or politics and you’ll be just fine.”

The result of that insipid statement follows the shallow line of thinking that – in order to feel accepted by others and secure in career, friendships or social standing — one can never stay true to one’s own authenticity.

Another result is that in those two very areas – religion and politics – the same issue has reached a boiling point in America in this important year of 2012, when “business as usual” just isn’t working any more.

The issue? The advancing role of women in today’s growing consciousness in an ever-changing, ever-evolving world. Read More→


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Uniting Within The Spiritual Essence of All Women

By Contributor
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

Sedona/SCENE — Sedona/SOUL

A sharing with Barbara Mayer

Sedona AZ (August 7, 2012) – During these early days in the new month of August, I urge all women – and men – to join in support of Catholic religious sisters who are meeting in possibly one of the most important times of courage and decision they have ever been forced to face.

I agreed to write this series of columns for Sedona.Biz as an interfaith minister, and I usually follow that guideline. This column, however, I write as a woman who spent thirteen years of my life as a Roman Catholic sister – what most people still refer to as “nuns”. Read More→


Categories : Barbara Mayer, Editorials/Opinion

Sedona Scene/Sedona Soul

By Contributor
Friday, June 29th, 2012

Let The Power of Gentle Strength Now Rise To Its Fullness
The Supreme Court Decision and Sedona’s Magdalene Celebration


A Sharing by Barbara Mayer

Sedona AZ (June 29, 2012) – With the Supreme Court’s narrow endorsement of Medical Care for all America’s citizens, a fragile but powerful victory was made for many, including providing continuing health care for the needs of all American women.

As Carol Jung once wrote, “The spark which exists in each individual soul is the same spark which exists in the World Soul.” And that spark, Jung went on to say, is found in woman and in her ability to provide the deepest human traits of healing, giving new life and not only preserving life, but also allowing it to flourish through love and compassion toward the innate fullness of all human destiny. Read More→


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Sedona Scene/Sedona Soul

By Contributor
Friday, May 25th, 2012

Prayer Vigil Will Support Nuns’ Right To Lead

A Sharing with Barbara Mayer

Sedona AZ (May 25, 2012) – Back in the 1960’s Bob Dylan wrote, “The times, they are a’changin’.”

2012 or not, we are now witnessing a massive change in the way we humans think, act, accept or reject many new concepts, and even consider some kind of God figure or Higher Source which is mysteriously part of our own very being.

At the forefront of building America’s spiritual, work and personal ethic have been Catholic nuns, or sisters, as they are more accurately called. For millions of people they have staffed our nation’s schools from pre-kindergarten through the highest academic degrees. They have served in and managed this nation’s hospitals, social service centers, and many places of refuge for the poor, the forgotten, the handicapped, the elderly and the marginalized. Read More→


Categories : Barbara Mayer, Editorials/Opinion, Spirituality/Religion

Sedona Scene/Sedona Soul

By Contributor
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Kizuna: Sedona’s True Spirit – Very Much Alive!

A Sharing with Barbara Mayer

Sedona AZ (May 2, 2012) – While those of us who live in this magical place often get caught up in ordinary city issues such as politics, the rise or fall of business success, whether our drainage system is ready for another monsoon season or making sure the trash trucks stay on schedule — one of the most important aspects of this place often remains hidden and lost behind civic or more mundane concerns. Read More→


Categories : Barbara Mayer, Editorials/Opinion

Sedona SCENE – Sedona SOUL

By Contributor
Monday, January 9th, 2012

A Sharing By Barbara Mayer

New Year? New Attitude!

As 2012 eases its way into our calendars and our lives, some hints about making the most of this auspicious and sometimes dreaded year can be learned from Sedona’s lessons of 2011.

Indeed, while there were many good things which happened in Sedona and the Verde Valley, 2011 saw some disheartening episodes, one of which was the level of personal attack and vicious rhetoric used by some during the Proposition 310 referendum. That sad time for Sedona is in the past now, and all we can hope is that in the immanent Sedona City Council elections which are a few months away in the March balloting, more civil and more factual campaigning will show greater hope for a more positive future for Sedona. Read More→


Categories : Barbara Mayer, Editorials/Opinion, Sedona

Will Sedona Be the Winner – Or The Loser?

By Contributor
Sunday, October 30th, 2011

Sedona SCENE – Sedona SOUL

A Sharing With Barbara Mayer

Sedona, AZ (October 30, 2011) – The word “Politics” has become associated with all sorts of sleaziness, underhanded dealing, ego-driven lies and fear-mongering, illegal antics and various kinds of “dirty tricks”. And here I state with some kind of civic pride that I’m originally from Chicago, even though it still carries the reputation of being a city where, on election day, people vote “early and often”. In fact, as editor of my high school newspaper, I once had the honor of a personal interview with Chicago’s original “Hizzoner”, the first Mayor Richard J. Daley himself.

Those were the days. But this is Sedona.

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