Books
Your Deepest Intent
Letters from the Infinite series,
Volume II
2007 Purchase the book.
Publisher: Sounds True, Inc., Boulder, CO 80306
The Letters from the Infinite series is a collection of prophetic letters that apply ancient spiritual wisdom to contemporary personal, social, and political issues.
This second volume, Your Deepest Intent, speaks of the urgency for our American society to evolve from dualistic paradigms based on scarcity and otherness to Oneness paradigms rooted in spiritual wholeness and social interconnectedness.
The letters provide concrete instructions for this transformation that span from deepening our most personal connection to the Divine to rethinking some of our most treasured Judeo-Christian theological constructs that keep us in oppositional polarities.
Energizing our most creative force, Your Deepest Intent navigates us through the peaks and valleys of inner excavations and outer integration to pure intent—the place where thoughts, words, and action align, where cross-purposes are ended.
Your Deepest Intent concludes with a collective mandate to restore our nation. First to go into recovery about our addiction to power:
- get out of denial about our human rights record
- refrain from using militarism for imperialistic purposes and
- use our power and might to benefit all people, not just U.S. citizens.
Scroll to 15-minute audio interview with Rev. Deborah by Justine Willis Toms, America the Addicted, on the New Dimensions website.
Then to understand how each of us may be a part of creating the consciousness that has led to this outer manifestation, so that reconciliation can occur:
- take a deep introspective look at our interdependence
- accept the complexity of intersecting actions and reactions, and
- rise above into a transcendent view to see how all of the different parts connect.
Rev. Deborah L. Johnson shares 43 messages which reveal the limitations of our existing paradigms and challenge us to look in new directions as individuals and as a nation. Although the messages ruffle our comfort zone, they inspire us, individually and collectively, to seek further communion with the Divine. They teach us how to understand, purify, and actually live our deepest intent.
Endorsements of Your Deepest Intent
"Your Deepest Intent is for our personal and universal healing. Accessible and illuminating, it is a masterwork for this moment. Deborah Johnson is helping to usher in the new golden age that's coming. Her writings have helped me break through barriers. This offering has changed my life."
—Susan L. Taylor, editorial director, Essence
"Reverend Deborah is an amazing spiritual channel for the sacred energy of the universe. Your Deepest Intent takes us deeper into our own selves and forces us to rethink some of the basic assumptions of our lives. A true gift for the spiritual seeker."
—Rabbi Michael Lerner, national chair of The Network of Spiritual Progressives and author of The Left Hand of God: Taking Back our Country from the Religious Right
"The Spirit’s clarion call through Rev. Deborah Johnson is as timely as it is timeless, for it evokes humanity’s innate knowing of our primordial oneness. All who heed its message will accelerate not only their personal evolution, they will also contribute greatly to our planetary evolution."
—Michael Bernard Beckwith, founder of Agape International Spiritual Center, featured contributor to The Secret, and author of 40 Day Mind Fast Soul Feast
"Your Deepest Intent is a powerful, right-on-the-mark book of practical wisdom. Open it to any page and be inspired and helped! Immediately!"
—Christiane Northrup, MD, author of Mother-Daughter Wisdom, The Wisdom of Menopause, and Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom
"Your Deepest Intent is a book for our time, an essential guide for people who are truly interested in becoming a force for positive change in their personal and our global village. This book is a blessing."
—Caroline Myss, author of Entering the Castle and Anatomy of the Spirit
"This is a sweet, bold walk with the Divine. If you want to access your own unbridled grace, Your Deepest Intent will be a beloved companion on that journey. I found it so exciting to read such a fresh voice. Your Deepest Intent is a big, rich, and healing conversation with an undeniable presence of infinite benevolence."
—Tama J. Kieves, author of This Time I Dance!: Creating the Work You Love
"The beloved Rev. Deborah Johnson offers us divine messages of hope, healing, transformation, and reconciliation. In a world hungering for truth, Your Deepest Intent is a delicious feast."
—Iyanla Vanzant, Founder of the Inner Visions Institute and author of In the Meantime
"You will be amazed, inspired, and stunned by this powerful book. Both the message and the messenger will touch your life deeply, and you will look back and say, 'That was one of the most important books I ever read.'"
—Lynne Twist, Author of The Soul of Money
The Sacred Yes
Letters from the Infinite series,
Volume I
2002, 2006. Purchase the book.
Publisher: Sounds True, Inc., Boulder, CO 80306
The voice of the Divine is as near to you as your own breath—just ask. That's what Reverend Deborah L. Johnson did in 1995. In a moment of darkness, there was nothing she could do but surrender. "Take me now, oh Lord." Almost instantly she heard whispers—and they turned into more than 300 letters from Spirit.
With The Sacred Yes, Rev. Deborah offers 54 of these epistles that provide not only soothing, affirmative wisdom, but words that lift us to our highest place of being.
The Sacred Yes speaks to us individually and collectively, providing new paradigms for our interpersonal relationships, societal institutions, and global affairs. The act of unconditional surrender to the Divine—without reservation or hesitation—is what transforms every circumstance into something that benefits us all.
Living the Sacred Yes: Affirmations for Action
2002. New Brighton Books
Available through amazon.com: Living the Sacred Yes
Books also available through Inner Light Bookstore, Sundays at the Inner Light Center, 5630 Soquel Drive, Soquel, CA 95073 [Map]
CDs
The Sacred Yes 4-CD audio program
Download MP3 samples and purchase directly from the publisher, Sounds True.
On this audio offering, listen to the voice of Rev. Deborah as she shares 19 messages—delivered with the same passionate intonation as they were received. They address the significant issues that lie at our lives' fulcrum, including
- Creating more spiritual availability – the accessibility, attention, and intention to commune with God
- How the power of Yes! opens you to compassionately ruthless guidance as well as loving comfort
- A range of earthly challenges as interpreted by Spirit – with simple yet profound resolutions, and more
Singing the Sacred Yes music by Valerie Joi
Co-produced by Rev Deborah L. Johnson
Rev Deborah featured on spoken word piece “Unity”
Download MP3 samples and purchase directly from the publisher, Sounds True.
The energy of Yes beckons us and, when we listen, reminds us that God is with us always. Singing the Sacred Yes is an invitation to deepen our relationship with the Divine.
Twelve songs exemplify the universal ebbs and tides of healing and transformation on the journey to experiencing our Oneness with the Infinite. From the urgency of Set Me Free, to drinking the waters of Living Grace, to the joyous celebration of Rise Above, Singing the Sacred Yes accompanies you every step of the way.
Featuring a variety of musical styles—comforting ballads for the midnight hour, mellow jazz grooves for contemplative reflection, R&B rhythms for embracing life, spoken word for reawakening consciousness, and gospel rejoicing of the soul's liberation—Singing the Sacred Yes is a soothing and inspirational traveling companion.
Inner Light Ministries Sunday celebration services CDs
Current Sunday celebration services available by subscription.
Most feature a 20-30 minute message from Rev Deborah. Purchase by the month, and they will be mailed to you via USPS.
Contact: tapes@innerlightministries.com
CDs also available through Inner Light Bookstore, Sundays at the Inner Light Center, 5630 Soquel Drive, Soquel, CA 95073 [Map]
Film
Jumpin’ the Broom: The New Covenant
Showtime TV’s Black Filmmaker’s Showcase (2005)
Filmmaker Debra Wilson presents this documentary short that examines gay marriage in the African-American community through profiles of four same-sex couples. 29 minutes.
Jumpin’ the Broom shares the stories of four black gay and lesbian couples – two male and two female – and analyzes their views on love, commitment, relationships, marriage and religion. Jumpin’ the Broom delivers engaging characters, poignant images and, above all, conveys hope. "Valerie means to me that it's possible," says the Rev. Deborah Johnson, who has been with her partner for ten years. "Growing up gay, nobody ever thought that it was possible to find someone that you could live your life with. Valerie is my very best friend. It's wonderful to have someone. We write music together, we do ministry."
God and Gays: Bridging the Gap
A Zernus Production (2006)
Watch trailer featuring Rev Deborah
Also available through Inner Light Bookstore, Sundays at the Inner Light Center, 5630 Soquel Drive, Soquel, CA 95073 [Map]
God and Gays: Bridging the Gap explores the religious struggle reconciling sexuality and spirituality. It gets into the heads and hearts of people who inhabit the worlds of homosexuality and religious traditions.
An interview with Rev. Dr. Mel White, co-founder of SoulForce, talks about Jesus' perspective. Rev. Deborah L. Johnson discusses this very basic diversity issue and asks the question: do you love me for who I am or for what I do?
Jason Stuart, an out Jewish comic and actor in Los Angeles describes in detail the loss of his relationship to his sister and her kids due solely to his orientation. Some are still “in the closet,” some have previously attempted suicide. We meet Mary Lou Wallner, a fundamentalist mother, who had to grapple with her lesbian daughter’s suicide. Author Darlene Bogle describes her 15 years in Exodus International before recognizing she was ultimately numbing her humanity.
God and Gays: Bridging the Gap wrestles through the eyes and experiences of people wanting a relationship with the very religions that reject them – Christian Protestant (Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Methodist, Baptist) Mormon, Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Jewish, Muslim and others. No matter the religion, the experience of oppression and repression is difficult. Many find that God has a hand in bringing them out.
Finally a documentary to break the silence and open dialogue. God and Gays puts the face and heartbeat of humanity into the emotionally-charged issue and answers:
- what is the "gay agenda"?
- Is being gay a choice?
- What does the Bible say?
- Is it possible to be gay AND religious or must we choose?
Short Videos Online
Black Church Summit 2007
Clips from keynote speeches by Rev. Deborah L. Johnson and Rev. Dr. Michael Eric Dyson at the 2nd Annual Black Church Summit, March 2007, Philadelphia, PA
National Black Justice Coalition
Watch on You Tube, 10 minutes
Television
IN the Light
A one-hour version of Inner Light Ministries’ Sunday celebration service is aired every week on these California stations:
Community Television of Santa Cruz County
Sat. 4:00pm and Sun. 8:00am
Channel 27 (Comcast cable) Channel 73 (Charter cable)
KSAR Saratoga Community TV
Sat. & Sun. 9:00am
Channel 15
KMVT Mountain View Community TV
Sat. 9:00am
Channel 15