Hello Everyone, I know others will share memories of this beautiful day for John and I am writing from my notes as I promised to Herbert & Stephanie because...
Thank you, Marsha, for describing so beautifully for us yesterday's memorial service for John is San Diego. It made us feel included. Although we weren't able...
I first heard about Rev. Lawrence through John Ryland who lived in the same apartment complex in the San Francisco Mission District that I was living in during...
Healing Group's Memorial Service for JL this Saturday Rev. Diane Miles, and Fr. Tom Dowling (who were John's fellow ministers at the Healing & Meditation Group...
A reader of my first chapter noted that Rev Laurence was the correct way of spelling John's last name and not Lawrence. Sure enough I pulled out some old...
ARE YOU COMING TO JOHN LAURENCE'S MEMORIAL SERVICE THIS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH AT 11:30 AM AT THE ANANDA CENTER IN BERKELEY??? Ananda Yoga & Meditation Center ...
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Dear Stephanie and Herbert, It is wonderful that there are so many services, dinners, and celebrations being held in honor of our beloved Rev. John Laurence. I...
Thank you Joan for filling in more details. I especially am sad to have missed the duet and I thank you for adding needed details to my account. I look...
What follows below are two of the very last messages S. Kriyananda ever wrote to John Laurence plus one Swami wrote about John after his passing. They are...
Since I am writing this memoir interactively on the Internet chapter by chapter, I have been getting on-line feedback. I wanted to add in one comment I...
I begged Rev. Laurence to continue telling me of such events. The next incident needs some background. Rev. Laurence told me that he had been a member of the...
I went to visit Rev. Laurence privately or with friends at least two or three times a year while he remained in San Francisco. You might ask, was Rev. Laurence...
Tom Dowling's Eulogy Fr. Tom Dowling and Rev. Diane Miles (who were John's fellow ministers at the Healing & Meditation Group which John led in San Francisco...
1st Quick Recap of JL Ascension Service at Ananda Berkeley: This Sunday, February 9th 2003 at 11:30am we had an unbelievably uplifting and well-attended...
Dear Friends, A dear friend (and spiritual beacon of light) of mine for the past 10 years left his body in a "joyful graduation" (his words) a couple of weeks...
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On Saturday, February 8th, Fr. Tom Dowling and Rev. Diane Miles held a memorial service and Celtic mass for John at the United Methodist Church in Albany, CA,...
On Sunday, February 9th, the Ananda Berkeley Meditation group held a memorial service and ascension ceremony for John Laurence. Ananda Ministers Joe Begley...
Rev. John Laurence had a great sense of humor. He shared many jokes and funny stories. Here are a few of his favorite jokes: The first joke I remember Rev....
I did go to John Laurence's memorial service, which was very well attended and went on for two hours, they had so much to say. People were obviously very fond...
Holy Relics During his years Rev. Laurence came across a number of "holy relics". He had an item worn by Saint Francis. I believe he gave this as a gift to...
Dear Friends, We have just received a voicemail message from Antoinette* Spurrier in which she asked us to express her gratitude to all of us/you on this list,...
Hi Everyone! It appears that our Yahoo! ID "rev_john_laurence" and with that our John Laurence Website got hacked into and as a result of that Yahoo-Geocities...
Rev. Laurence is blessed by two saints in one night. One winter evening around December 1992, I was a witness to Rev. Laurence being blessed by two saints in...
Dennis Kane (who was with Rev. John Laurence during his last hours) will be the guest speaker at the Fr. Dowling's & Rev. Miles' Healing Group's Celtic Mass in...
"Like a diamond which reflects God's Light...!Paramahansa Yoganandaji described saintliness, "Like a peaceful flood, he swept away the mental debris of his...
Hi - I'm on email at: alohafrommarsha@... . No stories but I do still think of John so fondly at certain times and hear his sweet words of encouragement....
I have known gorden french almost all of my life. Unfortunately Gordon is no longer. Gordon and my father, Frank Riley, were the best of friends and knew...
Hi Joseph, As the founders of this group we thank you for re-initiating communication again between friends of John Laurence. We can estimate based on our own...