15 Transformative Spiritual Practices

As beings on a spiritual path, we understanding that manifesting our good on the outside requires goodness and light on the inside. But, it goes beyond just positive thinking. As we learned last month, our feelings play a significant role in the effectiveness of our thinking. Recently, in talking to a member of our Center,…

Beating Myself Up

Last week I lost my footing in step aerobics and tumbled off my step, rearranging my thumb and tibia from their normal locations. I was embarrassed but my stepper friends assured me that I had fallen gracefully.   Yesterday, to stay on the same theme, I walked smack into a closed glass door. I perceived an…

The Journey or the Destination

Dear Friends, It occurs to me that I have been a destination-driven person most of my life. When I was awakened by a call to ministry, I wanted to go directly through the courses to become credentialed. From the moment I felt called, I was focused on being  a senior minister. I was not curious…

Life is Consciousness Not Years

Today I took a tumble in my exercise class. I think I scared my friends, all of who are younger than me; I scared myself too. Why did I fall? I probably was doing a more difficult routine than I should have been doing. The choreography was complex and the routine was fast. Most of…

Just Like Paving Paradise

The lyrics from “Big Yellow Taxi” popped into my head a few minutes ago. I was thinking about a gift we received from an out-of-state person who attends another New Thought church/center but evidently fell in love with Ernest Holmes when she came across his writings. She couldn’t find a Center for Spiritual Living in…

100 Years of Science of Mind Theme for September

How You Feel Matters I’ve been a member of our Center for nearly 15 years and in that time my spiritual work primarily has been focused on growing a prosperity consciousness. I’ve had glimmers of success, but not a complete healing (up until now.) This year I declared…This is IT! I’m going to heal myself…

Vulnerability Leads to Authenticity

  Forgiveness Stay with us You leave our company when you speak of shame And this makes everyone in the Tavern sad Stay with us As we do the hardest work of rarely laying down that pick and shovel That will keep revealing our deeper kinship with God, That will keep revealing our own Divine…