Through God’s Eyes

W. H. Murray was a Scottish mountaineer whose love of mount climbing is evident in his life.  One of my favorite quotes comes from his book, The Scottish Himalayan Expedition. In it he writes:  ” … but when I said that nothing had been done I erred in one important matter. We had definitely committed ourselves…

Honoring the Students

I love teaching the principles of the Science of Mind. This week we completed ten weeks of study on a course entitled, “The Essential Ernest.” This class is one of my favorites because it invites students to explore the ideas that excited and intrigued Ernest Holmes. It is based on a book compiled by Rev.…

Losing My Peace

Recently, I was nudged backwards in time to my mid-twenties. Although I treasured how smart I was, I was undoubtedly very unenlightened. I have never been much of an athlete, but I was exceptionally good at jumping to conclusions. Many of them were false, some were potentially harmful, and for some of those opinions, the harm…

Unexpected Good

Many years ago our spiritual center gave away an “Expect a Miracle” pin. It raised questions about how could something that was expected be called  a miracle and if you expected it then it wasn’t unexpected. What was it then? An ordinary? I believe what those pins did was to make us aware of the…

Good Friday Re-Imagined

This blog will post on Good Friday, March 25, 2016, the day that Christians around the world will be mourning the brutal death of God’s son, Jesus. His family and friends were in deep morning on the Friday. And we mourn for all beings brutally murdered knowing that each one is made in the image…

No Shades of Grey

Today my ex-husband of twelve years called me to chat. I knew he was going to call because he had tried to connect with me earlier in the week and I left him my cell number. It really was a pleasant conversation; we caught up on each other’s families and where we were living etc.…

Seeing God Everywhere

Last night in Foundations class we were talking about the spiritual practices of Oneness and Forgiveness. Very easy concepts to understand and often difficult to apply to our lives. Starting a discussion seemed impossible. Then one man courageously said that the topics were difficult to talk about. His courageous disclosure gave the others permission to…