What is Accountability for Us?

A Prayer Wall at our Center: We Go to God First What is a culture of accountability? Do we have this culture at our Center?  My questions led to more questions. Roger Connors in his book Fix It: Getting Accountability Right  writes: “Accountability is a personal choice to rise above one’s circumstances and demonstrate the…

Celebrating My Brothers

On Sunday, June 4, my baby brothers will be 67 years old. I remember when they were born. We were expecting ONE baby.  Evidently the doctor was not sure there were two babies. She could tell there were extra appendages, but because of their position in my mother’s womb, the doctor couldn’t hear two heartbeats.…

It is April and I am experiencing a little bit of spring fever, defined as  a feeling of restlessness. I have been researching short pieces for a wedding I will help officiate in August. Part of my research led me  to a website for on-religious weddings. On it I found a quote which I will…

Consciously Planting Your Spiritual Seeds

Many New Thought teachers have used the metaphor of a garden for the creative process. Sometimes, the preparation for the planting is omitted in the process.  When we omit preparing the soil, we will end up with a garden that is sparse and looks neglected. For we find that we rarely stumble across soil that is tilled,…

Abide With Me

The first line of a hymn from my childhood is in my heart and mind.  “Abide With me; fast falls the eventide;   the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide;  When other helpers fail and comforts flee,  Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me.”  Henry F. Lyte I know that it may sound old-fashioned, but…

The Trouble with Hate

Dr. Kenn Gordon wrote a great message today about peace and unrest. He said, “It is not what we hate that is the issue, the issue is that we hate at all.”That brings to mind, my favorite quote from The Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes: My Identity: Who Am I? And it is a…

They Were Here First

Black Bear Similar to My Bandit When I was seventeen, our family had a vacation in a beautiful park in Waskesui, Saskatchewan. Waskesiu is a beautiful area with numerous lakes and backwoods which is essentially untouched by humans. Of course, that means that there is plenty of fish and also wildlife — squirrels, bears, elk, moose, cougars,…

Connecting With Source

“I Was Told to LiveBy some inner mystic Presence,I was told to live, and to love, to laugh and be glad.I was told to be still and know of the One Almighty Power, in and through all.I was told to let that Power work through and for me.I believed that voice and I received my…

Wholeness Revealed as Scars are Healed

Sister Kathy and I In preparation for Altogether Day this coming Sunday, I have been watching the movie “Frozen.” The movie explores many themes including the true love between sisters and how actions can be misinterpreted. I began thinking that our deep emotional scars may not have been incurred through a parent’s angry words, or…