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…

Finishing With a Flair

Tuesday, August 8th was the last day of our 16-week course, On the Spiritual Path and The Nature of Effective Prayer. We actually took 19 weeks to complete due to the choir show and my personal schedule. We also grew the number of students attending the class during the weeks!  We completed  the course with a…

What Affirmative Prayer Is and Is Not

Every Sunday Dr. Heather states, “The most powerful spiritual practice we know is Spiritual Mind Treatment or Affirmative Prayer.” And, she invites the congregation to see a practitioner, either one in service on Sunday, or by contacting any of our enlightened practitioners. But what really is affirmative prayer? What can we expect from our time…