Posted October 18, 2020 in Sacred Stories

21st Century Mystic

By Debra Basham

Sacred Stories

They were on FaceTime, sharing their reentry to the “real” world after having been on retreat for a week. The conversation turned to the awkwardness that can arise when using intuition in our everyday work life, especially in fields that do not embrace this path.

One mentioned having heard author […]

October 18th, 2020 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Sacred Stories | Comments are closed
Posted July 30, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Acupuncture

By Debra Basham

Sacred Stories

Her husband was in rehab. He had not yet regained bowel function, was bloated, toxic, terribly uncomfortable, and growing frustrated with the unsuccessful treatment: stool softener, laxative, suppository. “You would think a progressive hospital like this would have acupuncture available,” she lamented.

That was noon.

At 7:00 pm, she received a call from […]

July 30th, 2016 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Sacred Stories | Comments are closed
Posted July 9, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Become a Priest

By Debra Basham

Sacred Stories

She purposely avoided engaging with the man entering the church just as she was leaving. She had never seen him before, and she was in a hurry to meet someone.

She pushed on the door. It did not budge.

Assuming that the right side door was locked already, her thought was to […]

July 9th, 2016 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Sacred Stories | Comments are closed
Posted January 9, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Saved by the Horn

By Debra Basham

Sacred Stories

This man’s memory of his having being saved by a horn honk is still alive after over fifty years. He writes:

I was driving north on Bayshore for a date with my then-girlfriend. The speed limit was 55. Traffic was, as usual, heavy. I was listening to the radio and pretty-much lost […]

January 9th, 2016 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Sacred Stories | Comments are closed
Posted January 2, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Thanks, Chrissie!

By Debra Basham

Sacred Stories

She went swimming one day, and as she was looking at the clouds, she thought, “I should have asked Chrissie when she was alive, that once she passed, I would know what that sign might be.”

So she thought, “Okay, Chrissie, just give me a sign, any sign.”

As she was driving home, […]

January 2nd, 2016 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Sacred Stories | Comments are closed
Posted November 14, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Intuitive Knowing

By Debra Basham

An 8 year-old boy was walking with his grandparents at the zoo when he said, “I feel like a tree is going to fall.”

Seconds later, they all heard a huge crashing sound—like an explosion. They heard someone exclaim, “A very big tree fell in the woods!”

We are all born with intuitive capability. As […]

November 14th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Sacred Stories | Comments are closed
Posted June 13, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Poker Table

By Debra Basham

Her mother had recently transitioned and so she went for a healing session to support her through the grief process. The image of a poker table popped into the healer’s mind immediately.

“I get the image of a game table, you know the kind people play poker at, and my sense is that your […]

June 13th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Sacred Stories | Comments are closed