Catherine Ponder (b.1927) is an American clergywoman of the non-denominational Unity faith. The founder of Unity Church Worldwide, she is the author of several New Thought books on prosperity.
Born in Hartsville, South Carolina, Ponder attended Worth Business College and Unity Ministerial School. She served in Unity faith ministries in Birmingham-Alabama 1958–61, Austin-Texas, 1961–69, and San Antonio-Texas 1969–73. She founded a ministry in Palm Desert-California in 1973, where she remains minister.
Ponder’s works include the Millionaires of the Bible series. Her notable publications include The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity (1962,) The Dynamic Laws of Healing (1966,) The Healing Secrets of the Ages (1967,) Open Your Mind To Prosperity (1971,) and The Dynamic Laws of Prayer (1987.)
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The forgiving state of mind is a magnetic power for attracting good.
—Catherine Ponder
Topics: Goodness, Forgiveness
Forgiveness is all-powerful. Forgiveness heals all ills.
—Catherine Ponder
Topics: Forgiveness
When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.
—Catherine Ponder
Topics: Forgiveness
Joy is one of nature’s greatest medicines. Joy is always healthy. A pleasant state of mind tends to bring abnormal conditions back to normal.
—Catherine Ponder
Topics: Joy, Nature
If you want greater prosperity in your life, start forming a vacuum to receive it.
—Catherine Ponder
Topics: Success & Failure, Prosperity
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