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Christian Clergy Sharing Group (private)

A group for Christian clergy and Christian chaplains, certified by their professional association, who are interested in near-death and other mystical experiences. This meeting will not be recorded. It will be 90-minutes of pastoral conversation.  

First Monday of each month at 1 pm ET • 12 pm CT • 11 am MT • 10 am PT

This is a group for Christian clergy and Christian chaplains, certified by their professional association, who have had or are interested in, near-death and other mystical experiences. We will explore the message and works of Jesus in light of these experiences. How do we integrate them into our spiritual journeys? How do we help our congregations integrate them? How do they enhance our call as Christians and as clergy? How do they help our congregations? Was Jesus perhaps trying to help us see a greater reality to which these experiences point?

These experiences are very common. You likely have many sitting in your pews who’ve had them, yet are hesitant to share. It’s important that clergy be experts in pastorally assisting the integration of the ultimate.

  • This meeting will not be recorded. It will be 90 minutes of pastoral conversation
To receive an invitation to join this group please contact us here:

Christian Clergy Contact Form – IANDS Sharing Groups Online

Facilitator:  Rev. David Maginley 

For 25 years, Rev. David Maginley, MDiv, CSPC, provided spiritual counselling in the cancer, palliative and intensive care units of the QEII Health Sciences Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Now in private practice, he is the author of Beyond Surviving: Cancer and Your Spiritual Journey.

 

 

Website:  https://www.davidmaginley.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dmaginley/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dmaginley/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/RevMaginley

Canadian Association for Spiritual Care: https://www.davidmaginley.com/beyond-surviving-cancer-and-your-spiritual-journey/

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada: https://elcic.ca/

Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology: https://www.capo.ca/

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association: https://www.chpca.ca/

Atlantic Therapeutic Touch Network:  https://www.atlanticttn.com/

David’s book: https://www.davidmaginley.com/beyond-surviving-cancer-and-your-spiritual-journey/ 

 

Feel free to share and invite any interested, open-minded Christian Clergy.

It is important to know:

    • No one will know you attended, except those in your group. Your privacy is protected.
    • These meetings are never recorded.
    • Trained IANDS volunteers facilitate the group to ensure a safe and welcoming environment.

These sharing groups are free to everyone!

With that said, IANDS groups rely on charitable contributions to maintain staffing and administrative support. To continue to bring you a wonderful group experience, we thank you in advance for your kind donations.

International Association for Near-Death Studies:  https://iands.org/home.html

Jewish Experience Group

Are you Jewish and wonder how or if your NDE or other Spiritually Transformative Experience aligns with your faith? Are you struggling to integrate your experience? Come explore these questions with others having similar concerns. While this Sharing Session contains Jewish content, it is open to all who have a desire to join us.

The 1st Sunday of every month at 4 pm ET.

The “Jewish Experience Sharing Group” is a sharing group for those in, or from, a Jewish community who have had, or are interested in near-death or similar experiences. Non-Jewish people are also welcome to join us as well to learn about Jewish perspectives.

For some experiencers, it’s helpful to consider issues of having a Jewish background when discussing their NDE/STE. This group allows a safe place for those types of discussions. There will be time to share your experiences, challenges, joys, and dreams.

We understand attendees of this group may come from many different Jewish traditions, other faith traditions, or none at all. We commit to respecting all who attend this group, knowing each person holds their own personal perspectives and beliefs.

This is a safe place of non-judgment. There is also no proselytizing. The group will explore the meaning and purpose of NDEs and how to integrate them by understanding the Jewish values implicit in the experience. Each person’s NDE or spiritually transformative experience is unique, and Rabbi Steve will help you find the hidden core of your soul’s purpose contained in the experience of the NDE.

Kabbalah, contemporary psychology, and brain science will provide a deeper understanding of the role of your physical being in this world and how leaving this world is not death, but transformation into another stage of living. Together we will support each other as we move to greater insights and application of the wisdom which will be revealed to all of us in these sessions

It is important to know:

    • No one will know you attended, except those in your group. Your privacy is protected.
    • These meetings are never recorded.
    • Trained IANDS volunteers facilitate the group to ensure a safe and welcoming environment.
    • You do not have to share. You can listen with your video off for as long as you wish to do so. You are welcome to share when you are ready, even if that takes months or years to achieve.

These sharing groups are free to everyone! We are a non-profit. Donations provide the funding to support the technology that runs these groups. If you are able to make a donation, it would be greatly appreciated. We thank you in advance for your kind and generous donations.

About the facilitator 

Rabbi Stephen Robbins, Psy.D., D.D., co-founder, and co-Rabbi with his wife, Rabbi/Cantor Eva Robbins of N’vay Shalom, co-founder for the AJRCA (Academy for Jewish Religion, California), first Transdenominational seminary on the West Coast, also a Kabbalist and practitioner of Kabbalistic healing. He is a Clinical Psychologist with a specialty in the Psychoneuroimmunology of trauma and brain development. He integrates science and mysticism into a unified system of human development. This system is particularly applied to those with NDEs. Rabbi Robbins has had 8 NDEs as well as 13 surgeries and multiple STEs. His work focuses on the positive messages he has received from his spiritual guides through his 8 NDEs. Many Jews who have had transformative experiences do not know how to deal with them. He works to provide, through his insights, support, and guidance for others to find the deeper meanings through the uniquely Jewish concepts of eternal living, both in this world and the worlds to come.

 

Soul Awakening Through Crises

Join Erica Tait, LCSW, LCADC, for Soul Awakening Through Crises, where she shows how personal and global upheaval can become a doorway to deeper self-awareness and spiritual growth. Drawing on her Near-Death Experience and years of psychotherapy, Erica offers practical guidance to navigate life’s challenges with clarity, courage, and heart-centered intention.

In times of personal upheaval and global uncertainty, many people find themselves asking deeper questions: Why is this happening? What is falling away? Who am I becoming? Soul Awakening Through Crises explores the profound idea that crisis is not merely disruption, it is initiation. Drawing from Erica’s Near-Death Experience and over a decade of spiritual teaching and working in the field of psychotherapy, this presentation offers a powerful reframing of suffering as a catalyst for spiritual awakening.

Together, we will explore how crisis functions as a threshold. Personal identity collapse can reveal a more authentic self. Physical illness or trauma can awaken a deeper reverence for life. Relationship breakdown can open the heart in unexpected ways. Even collective upheaval can press us toward greater unity and shared humanity. When viewed through the lens of NDE wisdom, crisis is not random chaos, it is often a stripping away of illusion so that something truer can emerge.

Attendees will leave with a grounded framework for understanding their own life challenges in a new way. Instead of viewing crisis as something to escape or fix as quickly as possible, participants will learn how to recognize it as an invitation into greater authenticity, compassion, and meaning. This event offers practical insights into navigating uncertainty with awareness, reducing fear, and responding to change with intention rather than reactivity.

More than inspiration, this presentation provides orientation. In a world marked by rapid transformation, it offers language, structure, and spiritual context for what many are already experiencing. Participants will walk away with a deeper sense of resilience, clarity about their evolving identity, and renewed purpose in both their personal lives and their contribution to the collective. Whether you are currently in the midst of change or simply sensing that something deeper is unfolding, this talk will help you understand how awakening often begins exactly where things seem to be falling apart.

About Erica

Erica Tait, LCSW, LCADC, is a psychotherapist, healer, group facilitator, and co-owner of Quantum Psychotherapy Group, a holistic psychotherapy practice dedicated to deep, integrative healing. Specializing in trauma and somatic therapy, Erica blends evidence-based clinical approaches with spiritually informed modalities to support lasting transformation.

A profound Near-Death Experience (NDE) became the catalyst for Erica’s life and work, awakening a deep sense of purpose and reshaping her understanding of suffering, healing, and human potential. This transformative experience informs her perspective on crisis as a powerful doorway to meaning, alignment, and expanded consciousness. Through both professional expertise and lived experience, Erica brings a grounded yet expansive lens to the process of awakening through adversity.

Over the course of her career, Erica has guided the healing and growth of over a thousand men and women seeking depth, authenticity, and embodied change. Her work focuses not only on symptom relief, but on helping people reconnect with their True Self and live with greater clarity, resilience, and purpose.

At the heart of Erica’s work is a commitment to supporting the evolution of individual and collective consciousness — empowering people to move through crisis with awareness, compassion, and courage.

Erica‘s website:

https://quantumpsychotherapygroup.com/

Erica‘s social media:

https://www.instagram.com/ericatait.spiritualtherapist

 

This event will be recorded and available to view on our Videos page 3-5 business days after the live event!

Step Into Your Power

Join Crystal Faith Miller as she shares the lessons of her NDE, showing how to quiet the mind, reclaim your power, and live fully in the present. You’ll discover practical ways to tune into your Higher Self, strengthen intuition, and co-create from a heart-centered, grounded place—transforming spiritual insight into everyday life.

Crystal Faith will share what her near-death experience taught her about true divine power and what becomes possible when you learn how to remain in the moment of now. This talk is for the person who feels like their mind never stops, who can sense there is “more,” and who is tired of living from pressure, fear, and distraction. You will be guided back into the inner space where clarity lives, where your intuition is loud enough to hear, and where co-creating your life becomes natural instead of forced.

You will learn how to reclaim your power back from mind clutter and distractions by anchoring into gratitude and joy. When you stop leaking energy into constant thinking, future-tripping, or replaying the past, something opens. Your nervous system softens. Your heart becomes the compass again. And your ability to co-create shifts from “trying to make things happen” into a grounded, abundant way of being.

Crystal will also teach you how to become the observer of your life rather than the one being thrown around by it. When you recognize that everything is happening for you and not to you, you can surrender into the experience instead of resisting it. From that place, you begin using the power of love to co-create your truest desires, not as a concept, but as a lived practice you can return to again and again.

You’ll leave with practical ways to tune into your Higher Self, strengthen intuition, and begin healing mind, body, and soul. This includes real, tangible steps you can apply immediately, plus stories and insights from Crystal’s experience that bring language to what many people feel but cannot explain. If you’ve been craving a deeper connection to divine guidance, a clearer sense of direction, and permission to live in your most abundant life, this talk will meet you right where you are and help you remember what you already are.

About Crystal

Crystal Faith Miller is a near-death experiencer, hypnotherapist, and spiritual teacher who has spent decades studying near-death studies, metaphysics, and consciousness after her own life-altering NDE. With an analytical mind and a heart-led approach, she helps people return to the moment of now, strengthen intuition, and reconnect with their Higher Self for real-life guidance, healing, and clarity.

Crystal’s work and story have been featured across podcasts and film, including GAIA and Coast to Coast AM. She is the creator of Step Into Your Power™, a 16-week self-healing journey where she teaches a more comprehensive path for tapping into divine power, co-creating your most abundant life, and healing mind/body/soul through Higher Self connection.

Crystal’s website:

https://www.crystalfaith.net

Crystal’s social media:

https://www.facebook.com/CrystalFaithHealing/

Crystal’s Services:

https://www.crystalfaith.net/programs

This event will be recorded and available to view on our Videos page 3-5 business days after the live event!

It’s Time To Remember

Bill Letson’s near-death experience offers a grounded yet expansive look at consciousness beyond the body. Drawing from his own NDE, shared accounts from other experiencers, and ancient wisdom, Bill explores kindness, transformation, and the continuity of awareness. His story reminds us that we are all on the same journey—and that growth, understanding, and transcendence unfold when we are ready.

This presentation brings together Bill Letson’s near-death experience, the accounts of other NDEs, ancient wisdom teachings, and the hidden messages present all around us. Together, these elements form a larger picture—pieces of a cosmic puzzle waiting to be assembled. These are meaningful times, as the veil continues to lift and the “time of secrets” comes to an end.

Near-death experiencers have an important role in what is unfolding. Through their experiences, ordinary people remind us that we are all on the same journey and that each of us is equally important and deeply celebrated. Again and again, NDEs point to a universe that is unhurried, where time is an illusion and worry is unnecessary, and where every life has purpose and meaning.

In sharing his experience, Bill explores what NDEs reveal about consciousness, kindness, and transformation. His story reflects the understanding that there is a finish line—and that all of us are invited to transform and transcend when we are ready. Participants will come away with greater reassurance about life and death, a deeper sense of connection, and renewed trust in the larger unfolding of their own spiritual journey.

About Bill

Bill Letson is a retired fire captain and forester with 35 years of service. In 1994, while responding with his engine company to a severely ill patient in the Santa Barbara area, Bill was unknowingly exposed to the same illness. Within days, he was hospitalized and admitted to intensive care, where he spent the night critically dehydrated with failing vital signs.

During that night, Bill experienced a profound near-death experience. He separated from his physical body, traveled through a star-filled realm, and interacted with unusual, otherworldly beings. What followed were deeply blissful sensations of dying, encounters marked by intelligence and love, and a clear persistence of self—consciousness continuing without a physical body.

For the next 15 years, Bill quietly worked to understand what he had experienced. In 2010, recognizing the many similarities shared across NDE accounts, he began a more intentional exploration of the true nature of our earthly journey. His ongoing inquiry weaves together his near-death experience with shamanic ceremony (DMT), kundalini awakening, precession, and ancient knowledge.

Bill lives in Atascadero, California with Lia, his wife of 40 years. He enjoys time with their ranch cats, running dogs, and joyful egg-laying hens, and splits his time between California and Costa Rica.

This event will be recorded and available to view on our Videos page 3-5 business days after the live event!

NDEs and Parenting

When a near-death experience happens during motherhood, is its meaning only personal—or does it extend to the whole family? After surviving a fatal car crash as a young mother, Dr. Efrat Shokef discovered that spiritually transformative experiences carry invitations not just for the experiencer, but for partners, children, and community. In this webinar, she explores parent-child soul promises and why embracing the gifts of these experiences may be essential to fulfilling the sacred agreements we made with our children.

What invitation is embedded in near-death experiences that occur when we are already parents, whether during childbirth or when we are already parents of adult children? Is the invitation only for us as individuals? Or could the invitations embedded in near-death and other spiritually transformative experiences also be for more than just us? Our partner? Our children? Our family? Friends? Community? And humanity?
When Dr. Shokef was a young mother, she was involved in a car crash, was fatally injured, and had a profound near-death experience. In her webinar, she will explore how and why the invitations in near-death and spiritually transformative experiences are always for more than just the experiencers themselves.
She will discuss the invitation (distinct from an initiation), the social gaps that challenge our ability to fully embrace the gifts offered through our experiences, and communication with family, friends, and community about these experiences, especially with our children. She will share how one’s journey and individual experiences affect the family as a whole, explore parent-child soul promises, and her perspective on why embracing our near-death experience gifts is the key to fulfilling the soul promises we made not only to ourselves but also to our children.

About Efrat

Efrat Shokef, Ph.D., walks the knowing that everything is possible if we follow our intuition and say YES to the invitations the universe graciously offers us. Her journey took her from an academic path, through a car crash and a near-death experience, becoming absent as a mom, unable to care for her daughters. The reorganization of her physical body, together with the integration of her near-death experience, invited her to say multiple yes’s to the universe, and to explore the essence of motherhood and our sacred soul relationship with our children.
Today, Dr. Shokef guides parents in parenting from their essence and becoming the humans their children chose to come to. She is a shamanic energy healing practitioner working with children, teens, parents, and families, a mother to three spiritually aware, intuitive teens, who constantly invite her to grow, a wife, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a cosmic journeyer, and a writer. She holds a Ph.D. in social-organizational psychology, is a Fulbright Alumni, homeschools her daughters, raises four loving dogs, and loves nature, reading, cooking, and crafts.
Efrat is the author of two award-winning books: The Promise We Made: Three Universal Soul Promises We Made to Our Children, and UniverSoul Promises: Foundations for Creating the Conditions Our Children Need to Thrive in Times of Transformation.

Efrat’s website:

https://www.efratshokef.com

 

Efrat’s social media:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/efratshokef

https://www.youtube.com/@efratshokef

https://www.facebook.com/efratshokefwriter/

https://www.pinterest.com/EfratShokefSpiritualParenting/

 

Efrat’s Books:

https://www.amazon.com/author/efratshokef

https://efratshokef.com/books/universoul-promises/

https://efratshokef.com/books/the-promise-we-made/

 

This event will be recorded and available to view on our Videos page 3-5 business days after the live event!

Struck by Lightning: Increased Awareness, Energetic Healing and After Death Communication

What happens to consciousness after a lightning strike? Drawing from lived experience, Marguerite Huspen reflects on how intense energetic events can transform perception, meaning, and our understanding of healing.

Event Description

Survivors of lightning strikes and electrical shocks often report profound shifts in energy, perception, and awareness—sometimes accompanied by expanded states of consciousness and intuitive sensitivity. In this talk, Marguerite Huspen explores how such life-altering events can challenge conventional ideas of what is “normal” and invite deeper understanding of consciousness and healing.

Drawing from her own experience as a lightning strike survivor, Marguerite reflects on themes of energy, frequency, and transformation, weaving personal insight with concepts echoed in metaphysics. She offers a grounded perspective on how intense energetic events can alter perception and expand awareness beyond ordinary sensory experience.

The talk also touches on approaches to self-healing and energetic balance, including the role of energy work and ongoing connection with loved ones who have transitioned. Through these lenses, participants are invited to consider the body, mind, and spirit as an integrated system capable of resilience, adaptation, and healing.

About the Speaker

Marguerite Huspen is a member of the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) and a Transpersonal Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master, energy healing practitioner, and psychic medium. She has studied multiple healing modalities, including Johrei and Lahochi, and has over 15 years of experience working in holistic and integrative wellness contexts.

Marguerite holds a degree in Transformational Psychology and a Mind–Body Wellness diploma from the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts, with additional training in psychology, biology, education, and the arts. Her interdisciplinary background informs her interest in consciousness, healing, and the ways extraordinary experiences can reshape perception and meaning.

Marguerite’s website:

https://Harmonyholistictherapy.com

 

This event will be recorded and available to view on our Videos page 3-5 business days after the live event!

IANDS Healthcare Professionals Group

The group will primarily focus on the near-death experience, and/or other related spiritually transformative experiences, and include those who are practicing professionally in the healthcare field – physicians, surgeons, nurses, counselors, therapists,  child psychiatrists, psychologists, pediatricians, related support workers, caregivers, health and wellness coaches, and patients with chronic disease or cancer, but is open to all with an interest to learn and understand more deeply.

The IANDS Healthcare Professionals Group will focus on exploring near-death experiences, end-of-life journeys, and other related spiritually transformative experiences. While rooted in healthcare contexts, this  group welcomes a broad spectrum of perspectives and experiences that touch the mystery, meaning, and transformation often encountered through illness, dying, and other profound thresholds of human experience.

This group welcomes professionals practicing in the healthcare and healing fields, including physicians, nurses, surgeons, therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians, clergy, spiritual care providers, chaplains, pastoral counselors, personal support workers, and health and wellness practitioners. It also includes patients living with chronic illness, as well as caregivers and others with lived experience. That said, participation is not limited to professionals; all who are drawn to or have an interest in this subject matter are warmly invited to join.

Date & time: Monthly / last Friday of each month / 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EST

Facilitator: Dr. Keyaunoosh Kassauei

 

Group Description: The IANDS Healthcare Professionals Group is intended to bring together practitioners from across the spectrum of healthcare, local, national, and internationally, in the spirit of IANDS sharing groups.  This monthly gathering offers a welcoming space for healthcare professionals and those with lived experience to explore near-death, end-of-life, and other spiritually transformative experiences.  Sessions will serve both as a platform for personal and professional sharing and as an educational forum.  Occasional guest speakers will introduce topics related to emotional and spiritual intelligence, while discussions will also emphasize the interconnection of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.  Each month will feature a themed topic, with relevant research articles, clinical insights, and perspectives from both science and spirit to support integrative understanding.

We commit to respecting all who attend this group, knowing each person holds their perspectives and beliefs.  To ensure a respectful and supportive environment, all participants are asked to honor confidentiality and practice compassionate, nonjudgmental listening.  This group is committed to fostering a safe space for authentic dialogue, reflections, and connection.

 

2025  Meeting Dates: January 31, February 28, March 28, April 25, May 30, June 27, July 25, August TBD,  September 26, October 31, November 25, December TBD.

 

About the Facilitator:

Following Dr. Keyaunoosh Kassauei’s studies as an  International Medical Graduate (IMG) and completing a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, her trajectory shifted gradually after her own Near Death Experience (2006) toward coaching in healthcare and leadership. Recognizing this movement as her calling, Dr. Kassauei established a 501C3 non-profit dedicated to serving the community, particularly in healthcare, education, and leadership.

As the founder of “My Conscious Coaching,”
a non-profit, and active fellow at the Institute of Coaching at Harvard/McLean Hospital—a research-focused coaching institute, she generously continues to support and mentor other professionals in the healthcare field.

Keyaunoosh has extended invitations to esteemed IANDS leaders, pioneers,  distinguished healthcare leaders, coaching authorities, and worldwide speakers to feature on her podcast. The focus revolves around vital topics crucial to humanity’s progress and the evolution of consciousness in life and leadership. These podcast discussions encompass NDEs and various spiritual transformational experiences, aiming to equip coaches, healthcare professionals, educators, and leaders with essential insights and skills. Her goal is to enhance the quality of care and foster individual and organizational growth within the medical community as a unified whole.

Notably, Keyaunoosh volunteers as a
certified facilitator and moderator for IANDS Groups & Events sharing groups.  Additionally, she has contributed to and served the IANDS community as a Speaker/Panelist at the IANDS 2023 conference in Washington DC, and contributed her gifts in the Reiki program within the healing conversation and talk room.

 

 

Email Contact for Keyaunoosh: Coach@myconscious.org                                 

Dr. Keyaunoosh Kassauei’s Website:  http://www.myconscious.org   

IANDS Supporter & ISGO Certified Facilitator/Moderator: https://isgo.iands.org/facilitators/

Podcast:  https://www.youtube.com/@myconsciouscoachinggroup/videos

IANDS NDE Radio interview with Lee Witting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2lNRiVu3IY&t=7s    

Institute of Coaching: https://instituteofcoaching.org/about/kassauei-keyaunoosh

 

Dr. Keyaunoosh’s Washington DC (DMV) Local Group meets in person,  4PM  – 5:30 PM EST (Last Friday of the month).  The in-person location will be held at Inova Schar Cancer Institute, a state-of-the-art cancer center in the Washington, DC metro area. Quarterly, there will be a topic-based/educational meeting, either with a nominal fee or donation-based.

Inova Schar Cancer Institute – A Department of Inova Fairfax Hospital
Life with Cancer Suite, 2nd floor (across from the specialty gift shop)      8081 Innovation Park Drive, Fairfax, VA 22031

The closest Metro subway station is Dunn Loring-Merrifield on the orange line, approximately 2 miles from the building. The closest Metro bus stop is Blue 401 Gallows Rd & Willow Oaks Corp Dr., approximately 0.4 miles from the building.

We commit to respecting all who attend this group, knowing each person holds their perspectives and beliefs. This is a safe place of non-judgment. There is also no proselytizing.

These sharing groups are free to everyone! IANDS relies on charitable contributions to maintain staffing and administrative support. To continue to bring you a wonderful group experience, we thank you in advance for your kind donations.

 

Thursday Sharing Group

Our sharing groups welcome everyone, not just near-death experiencers. They offer a safe space to openly discuss near-death experiences, spiritually transformative experiences, or simply engage in conversations on these topics (or simply enjoy listening). All are welcome!

Please join us for the next IANDS Sharing group!

Facilitator: Venus-val Tower 

IANDS Sharing Groups are open to everyone, not just near-death experiencers. They provide a safe space to share spiritually transformative experiences and explore related topics. Of course, you’re always welcome to simply listen. All are welcome!

IANDS hosts these groups using the simple and user-friendly Zoom video conferencing program. To participate, you must create an account with IANDS Sharing Groups Online. After registering, you’ll receive a confirmation email with a link to join. Alternatively, you can return to the reservation page on the event date and click the “Join Event” button, which becomes active 15 minutes before the scheduled start time.

Our sharing groups are free for everyone! IANDS relies on charitable contributions to support staffing and administration, and we sincerely appreciate your donations to help us continue providing a meaningful group experience.

Anyone with a genuine interest in near-death and related experiences is welcome. You’re invited to share, learn, or simply listen in one of our twelve monthly sharing groups. These are safe spaces where you can engage at your own comfort level. If you prefer, you may leave your camera off until you’re ready to turn it on, but we encourage you to enter your name in your video box, even if your camera remains off.

Each group is led by a trained facilitator who will review the IANDS Sharing Group guidelines. Facilitators ensure that everyone has an opportunity to share while maintaining a safe, neutral, and respectful space for all participants.

Please note that these groups are peer-to-peer sharing spaces and do not provide counseling. Sessions last approximately 90 minutes, and to preserve the group’s sense of safety, security, and privacy, access will close 15 minutes after the scheduled start time.

Love, Forgiveness & Gratitude

In this inspiring webinar, Rev. Bill McDonald shares how near-death experiences illuminate what truly matters—love, purpose, and our oneness with the Divine. Drawing from three NDEs and more than 80 years of lived wisdom, he explores finding love in all things, living with clarity and intention, and embracing spiritual evolution through forgiveness, gratitude, and nonjudgment. Honoring all faith paths without dogma, Rev. Bill offers heartfelt stories and practical insight, followed by time for personal questions and reflection.

Join us for an inspiring and heartfelt webinar with Rev. Bill McDonald exploring why near-death experiences (NDEs) have such a profound ability to clarify what truly matters in life. Drawing from his own transformational experiences and more than 80 years of lived wisdom, Rev. Bill reflects on how encounters with the edge of life awaken us to love as the central truth of our existence.

In this illuminating conversation, he will explore what it means to find love in all people and circumstances, live with purpose and clear spiritual focus, and realize our oneness with the Divine Source within. Rev. Bill teaches that loving God is inseparable from loving ourselves—and that spiritual evolution unfolds naturally through love, forgiveness, gratitude, and nonjudgment.

This is not a dogmatic teaching or an attempt to convert. With humility and deep respect, Rev. Bill honors the many paths that lead to the summit, sharing insights that uplift without imposing belief. His stories and reflections gently point us back to the truth that we are not separate from one another—or from the Divine.

There will be time for personal questions and shared reflection at the end of the webinar.

About Bill

Rev. Bill McDonald is an international speaker, all-faith minister, and award-winning author whose work has touched audiences around the world. He has shared sermons, lectures, and retreats across Europe and India, spoken at numerous IANDS groups, and served as a keynote speaker at the 2019 IANDS International Conference.

A highly decorated Vietnam War veteran (including the Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart), Rev. Bill has appeared on more than 2,100 radio, television, and podcast programs, reaching millions through his own YouTube channel and guest appearances. He is the author of a dozen books published in multiple languages and has spent over 55 years supporting veterans with PTSD, serving as a volunteer prison chaplain at Folsom State Prison and as a volunteer with the National Suicide Hotline.

Rev. Bill has experienced three near-death experiences along with numerous spiritual encounters, which inform his teachings on love, forgiveness, and our oneness with the Divine. He lives in California with his high school sweetheart, to whom he is still happily married.

Bill’s website:

https://www.revbillmcdonald.com

Bill’s books:

https://tinyurl.com/43n3t89n

Bill’s social media:

 

This event will be recorded and available to view on our Videos page 3-5 business days after the live event!