Archive for November, 2024

The One Life – December 1, 2024

Joyous Christmas, Chanukah, and Kwanzaa wishes to you and your loved ones!

At times we may hear it said that Christmas has become materialistic, but the truth is no thing or no one can take the Christ-spirit out of this sacred season. My intention is that each of us may realize the eternal Christ presence within us as we share December’s theme, “The Everlasting Light of Christ Consciousness.”

The December 1, 2024 topic is The One Life. The One Life that we call God is living itself in us, through us, and as us. As Acts 17:28 reminds us, “for in Spirit we live, and move, and have our being.” It is through our commitment to our spiritual practice that we awaken to this inherent wholeness and beauty that is the ultimate truth of our being.

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The Inseparability of Love and Forgiveness – November 24, 2024

Loving greetings and joyous Thanksgiving wishes to you and your loved ones as you celebrate all the blessings in your lives. And please know that your presence in our spiritual family is to me a gift for which I am so deeply grateful.

Life’s journey is clearly multifaceted, interwoven as it is with pairs of opposites such as joys and sorrows. By giving ourselves quiet time for prayer and reflection, we gratefully discover that even within our challenges there is potential for inner growth. When such gratitude fills our heart, we feel what true prayer is, what Spirit’s unconditional love is. And that is why our theme of the month is “Gratitude: An Unconditional Quality of Consciousness.”

The November 24, 2024 topic is The Inseparability of Love and Forgiveness. The question is not about deserving or not deserving forgiveness; the question is about whether or not we have sufficient love in our hearts to forgive both ourselves and others. When we withhold forgiveness we simultaneously withhold love. The more readily we forgive, the more we express the quality of divine love within us. As the adage goes, “To err is human, to forgive is divine.”

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The Energizing Grace of Perseverance – November 17, 2024

Loving greetings and joyous Thanksgiving wishes to you and your loved ones as you celebrate all the blessings in your lives. And please know that your presence in our spiritual family is to me a gift for which I am so deeply grateful.

Life’s journey is clearly multifaceted, interwoven as it is with pairs of opposites such as joys and sorrows. By giving ourselves quiet time for prayer and reflection, we gratefully discover that even within our challenges there is potential for inner growth. When such gratitude fills our heart, we feel what true prayer is, what Spirit’s unconditional love is. And that is why our theme of the month is “Gratitude: An Unconditional Quality of Consciousness.”

The November 17, 2024 topic is The Energizing Grace of Perseverance. Webster’s Dictionary describes perseverance as remaining steadfast “in a course of action in spite of difficulties, obstacles or discouragement.” Our commitment to persevere in our spiritual practice despite setbacks or distractions is supported by a Divine Grace that empowers us to always keep going, to discover that we never walk the journey alone.

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Appreciation: An Energy of the Heart – November 10, 2024

Loving greetings and joyous Thanksgiving wishes to you and your loved ones as you celebrate all the blessings in your lives. And please know that your presence in our spiritual family is to me a gift for which I am so deeply grateful.

Life’s journey is clearly multifaceted, interwoven as it is with pairs of opposites such as joys and sorrows. By giving ourselves quiet time for prayer and reflection, we gratefully discover that even within our challenges there is potential for inner growth. When such gratitude fills our heart, we feel what true prayer is, what Spirit’s unconditional love is. And that is why our theme of the month is “Gratitude: An Unconditional Quality of Consciousness.”

The November 10, 2024 topic is Appreciation: An Energy of the Heart. Authentic appreciation gives our heart wings to fly directly to our Creator Source, which has graced us with the capacity to feel, to love, to laugh, to grieve, to heal, to co-create with all aspects of our life. This knowing causes us to bend a knee in profound gratitude, to know why it is said that “Thank you” is the most complete prayer.

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The Paradox of Gratitude – November 3, 2024

Loving greetings and joyous Thanksgiving wishes to you and your loved ones as you celebrate all the blessings in your lives. And please know that your presence in our spiritual family is to me a gift for which I am so deeply grateful.

Life’s journey is clearly multifaceted, interwoven as it is with pairs of opposites such as joys and sorrows. By giving ourselves quiet time for prayer and reflection, we gratefully discover that even within our challenges there is potential for inner growth. When such gratitude fills our heart, we feel what true prayer is, what Spirit’s unconditional love is. And that is why our theme of the month is “Gratitude: An Unconditional Quality of Consciousness.”

The November 3, 2024 topic is The Paradox of Gratitude. There are aspects in each of our lives for which we are grateful and those which we resist and desire to be different. Therein lies the paradox of being human! Today, we will focus on embodying the truth that in every moment, just as it is and just as we are, Spirit’s Universal Laws and Love flow through our body, mind, and spirit, supporting, uplifting, and transforming us.

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