Rare Faith Blog

By Jill MacDonald

Many years ago, I read Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. In it, he talks about how everything contains an equal or greater benefit within it. That idea both puzzled me and fasci...

By Jill MacDonald

The Law of Perpetual Transmutation, as described in Hidden Treasures, teaches that:

“Everything is either coming into physical form or going out of it.”

The first time I read ...

By Jill MacDonald

Ideas—I have lots of them! So many, in fact, that at times I’ve felt totally overwhelmed. I used to try and chase every single idea that popped into my head. Spoiler alert: that was...

By Heather Backman

There’s a phrase that says, “No pain, no gain!” While it’s not my favorite saying, it points to a powerful universal law: without opposition, there can be no contrast—no depth, no ...

By Heather Backman

I didn’t realize at first that my children and I had created a vacuum—a deep, shared desire to find a way to make money that was actually fun. We let that desire work on us until o...

By Heather Backman

One day, I hit a breaking point. Something had to change—or I was going to lose it. I was drowning in responsibilities: taking care of five kids, trying to keep the house clean, bu...

By Heather Backman

Connecting with another person is one of the most beautiful harmonies two souls can experience. Sometimes, it even feels like we’re remembering each other from another realm—like a...

By Heather Backman

The Law of Relativity states, “nothing we experience is fundamentally good or bad.”
Experience, by itself, is neutral. We are the ones who attach meaning to it—often influenced by ...

By Heather Backman

There have been so many times in my life when I’ve gotten a spark—an exciting new idea that lit me up inside. I’d feel inspired, energized, ready to move! But then, the moment I’d ...

By Heather Backman

“To every thing there is a season!” Ecclesiastes 3:1

On a cold evening, sitting in a sacred place, my husband and I felt a strong prompting—we needed to move to Hawaii. And not ju...

By Heather Backman

“You attract that which you focus on.”

My mom and sisters had been planning a big Hawaii trip for months—maybe even years—to celebrate my sister’s 50th birthday. The timing, howev...

Cristie Gardner has graduated a SECOND time from the Mindset Mastery Course! After completing it the first time in 2015, Cristie repeated the program again to achieve her next-level goals. I just want...

Meet Kathryn Barney, Mindset Mastery Honors Graduate, piano teacher, entrepreneur, wife, and mother extraordinaire.

What I love about Kathryn is how she dealt with the bully in her head during her Mi...

By Cristie Gardner

A few years ago, my husband and I traveled to Guatemala to visit my sister and her husband. While we were there, they gave me a gift I treasure deeply: a beautiful necklace with ma...

By Cristie Gardner

Working with something usually means partnering with it.

The LAW is created by and aligned with God; therefore, working with the Law means partnering with God.

In 1988, I was pre...

Here is a student who really battled with her internal dialogue during the Mindset Mastery Course. What I love about this story is the way she dealt with it. Her results reveal what can happen when a ...

Andrea Shelton and I go way back. She and I were in the same congregation at church in 1997 when I called the cops on the kid who broke my broom. Fast forward twenty-plus years, and we've been reunite...

Okay... wow, where do I begin.

I'm about to do a spotlight on someone who has had a huge impact on my world since 2000. This woman showed up when I was seeking answers on how to forgive someone. She ...