Three-Week Sunday Series
Adventures in Prosperity
Cultivating Abundance
with Michelle Medrano

We often think that abundance comes to us by chance, luck, or because the Universe blesses us. Yet, cultivating abundance makes it welcome in our lives.

Sun., May 5
Cultivating Abundance Mindsets

Getting honest about what we think about abundance and upleveling our mindsets is a primary activity of abundance seekers. Explore powerful tools to improve our abundance-thinking.

Josh Reeves speaks with Kay Johnson about the Healing Ministry at Mile Hi Church.

Unlock the profound potential within the seemingly small actions: Join Roger Teel as he delves into 'The Power of Little Steps,' revealing how these subtle movements can catalyze transformation and shape our journey towards greater fulfillment and enlightenment.

Is it possible to face big challenges, and be perfectly wonderful on the inside? Is it possible to remain whole, even when things seem to be falling apart? Can you be okay even if things at this moment aren’t okay? Yes, you can be in the yuck but not of it. Drama is easy to fall into and hard to rise out of.  The courage to struggle, the willingness to grow, the optimism to choose positive change—this is the stuff of heaven we are made of.

Music: Featuring guest artist Zea Stallings, Youth Choir, Thom Lich, and the Mile Hi Band

Jedi in a Car Seat with Josh Reeves

Sun., April 21
Moving Forward, Together
with Barry Ebert

This Earth Day we will look towards expanding our consciousness to embrace the bigger picture: Mother Earth herself. We will celebrate what is going well to address our environmental issues and commit ourselves to each doing our part to contribute to solutions. We have the science; we have the tools—it’s our thinking that has to change so we can move to mindful action. We can do it, together.

Guilt Be Gone with Michelle Medrano

Sun., April 14
You Live, You Learn
with Michelle Medrano

Through the wise words of singer and songwriter Alanis Morissette, we will explore how rich our lives are as an opportunity for deepening, growth, and goodness.

How To Be More Intentional with Michelle Medrano

Sun., April 7
Finding Your Way
with Josh Reeves

Spiritual living isn’t about following a way or the way. It’s about making your own way in awareness that a Divine creative power goes with you. Whether you’re lost, stuck, or perfectly content, there is an underlining rhythm of Divine nature always present. Embracing our uniqueness, trusting in what unveils our path, and embodying what it teaches us along the way—we make our way with Spirit and Spirit with us.

Michelle and Josh on Spiritual Living and the Enneagram

Sun., March 31
Easter Sunday
The Resurrection of Humanity
with Josh Reeves

Have you ever experienced a bit of Christ’s story in your own? A time of crucifixion where you were persecuted or even experienced a kind of death? A time of resurrection, with great faith and resolve, where you rose again? Christ’s story is represented in the stories of our spiritual lives and the story of our shared humanity. How many times have we human beings failed on our promises, giving into hate and division, only to be renewed with newfound hope, resilience, and possibility? In our country, a resurrection of humanity is needed more than ever.

Three-Week Sunday Series
Spring Resilient
You Were Made For These Times

Sun., March 24
Growth in Surrender
with Roger Teel

There’s a basic rule of spiritual living: the power within you is always greater than any seeming power outside of you.

Spiritual resilience is the ability to go within and trust your inner resources to guide you through celebrations and challenges. It is within where we find liberty and liberation, love and the love of others, and true guidance and direction.

Yes, it is an election year. Yes, scientists tell us our environment is in possible peril. Yes, it’s hard to put the phone and find humanity. But, there is a Power within you, and its always greater than any seeming power outside of you. Use this power and spring resilient.

Spiritual surrender is never about giving your power away to another. It is about acknowledging your deepest relationship with God.

Three-Week Sunday Series
Spring Resilient
You Were Made For These Times

Sun., March 17
Faith in Discernment
with Josh Reeves

There’s a basic rule of spiritual living: the power within you is always greater than any seeming power outside of you.

Spiritual resilience is the ability to go within and trust your inner resources to guide you through celebrations and challenges. It is within where we find liberty and liberation, love and the love of others, and true guidance and direction.

Yes, it is an election year. Yes, scientists tell us our environment is in possible peril. Yes, it’s hard to put the phone and find humanity. But, there is a Power within you, and its always greater than any seeming power outside of you. Use this power and spring resilient.

Spiritual discernment isn’t about cynicism or doubt. It is about a commitment to truth, clear thinking, and living authentically.

Three-Week Sunday Series
Spring Resilient
You Were Made For These Times

Sun., March 10
Strength in Vulnerability
with Michelle Medrano

There’s a basic rule of spiritual living: the power within you is always greater than any seeming power outside of you.

Spiritual resilience is the ability to go within and trust your inner resources to guide you through celebrations and challenges. It is within where we find liberty and liberation, love and the love of others, and true guidance and direction.

Yes, it is an election year. Yes, scientists tell us our environment is in peril. Yes, it’s hard to put the phone and find humanity. But, there is a Power within you, and it's always greater than any seeming power outside of you.  Use this power and spring resilient.

Spiritual resilience isn’t found in building up your defenses but in profound transparency.

Kute Blackson is a renowned transformational teacher and author known for his empowering messages and teachings on personal growth, spiritual awakening, and living a fulfilling life. His concept of "The Magic of Surrender" emphasizes the power of letting go and trusting in the flow of life to manifest one's desires. In his interviews and teachings, he often explores the idea that true liberation comes from surrendering control and allowing the universe to work its magic through us.

Is your life taking you deep enough or, like an old pulp novel, is it going through the superficial motions? Living a life of meaning means co-authoring your own story with a divine power that is ready to turn the page of your life from the mediocre and onto your heart’s true adventure.

No matter how committed to our intentions we might be, doubts can arise.
No matter how devoted to spiritual practices we might be, doubts can arise. Learn spiritual approaches to face these doubts head on, reinforce your dreams, and to propel you forward.

Did you know you have all the power and magic within you to alchemize all that hinders or causes suffering in your life? Spiritual alchemy is the act of intentional inner transformation. Crack open wonder and joy and find out what your heart's got to do with it!

Michelle and Josh check in and ask, "Why Isn’t Centers for Spiritual Living More Popular?"

Activate Your Worship Circuit with Michelle Medrano
Humans appear to have a circuit within that can cause us to worship all sorts of things and people. However, the circuit sometimes gets overused, underused, or out of balance. Ho

Embrace celebration as a spiritual practice. Celebration shouldn’t only happen once in a while but as a key, regular practice to help you reflect, acknowledge your accomplishments and step proudly into your next-to-be.

Four-Week Sunday Series
Back To Basics 2024
Four Spiritual Rites of Thriving

Sun., Jan. 28
From Living For, To Living From Abundance
with Michelle Medrano

Eric Butterworth said, “Things may happen around you and things may happen to you, but the only things that matter are the things that happen in you.”

Life is abundant. Yet, our lives are only as abundant in our experience as our consciousness to receive them. The key is not about how much we can take in, it’s about our capacity to cultivate an awareness of the abundance of life within us and to live from and for it.

In this episode, our lead ministers, Michelle Medrano and Josh Reeves discuss political anxiety in 2024.

Ernest Holmes, founder of Religious Science, tells of a man who is incredibly thirsty, drinks a glass of water, and then carries on about how thirsty he was. The point being, too many of us have so learned to be thirsty that we must learn to be fulfilled and satisfied.

An important rite of spiritual living is when we acknowledge past disappointments and hurts and no longer choose to have our identity defined by them. There is a greater story of our life yet-to-be told. We all have the potential to live thriving lives, but it’s up to us to choose to realize that potential.

As we learn to live thriving lives, the thriving takes care of itself.

Are you ready to step into the new year with delight, or will you drag past mistakes, blunders, and absurdities with you into each new day, like Ebenezer Scrooge traveling through his past? How can you learn to leave what doesn’t serve you behind? Learn tools to help you embrace each day with its new moments and potential, knowing every day is the best day in the year.

Four-Week Sunday Series
Back To Basics 2024
Four Spiritual Rites of Thriving

Sun., Jan. 14
From Without To Within
The Power Within You
with Michelle Medrano

There is no greater rite of passage in the spiritual life than when you learn not to just seek a power outside of you, but to nurture and accept that it is also within you.

This awareness helps us move from victimhood and blame to one of cocreation and positive responsibility. It also assists us in understanding life isn’t something happening to us but something we play a part in creating, for better or for ill.

The spiritual life never requires we go without, but we learn to turn within and learn by doing so. Blessings then begin to reveal themselves all around us.

Four-Week Sunday Series
Back To Basics 2024
Four Spiritual Rites of Thriving

Sun., Jan. 7
From Broken To Whole
There Is Nothing Wrong With You  
with Josh Reeves

Although Religious Science celebrates the Golden Thread in all the common faith paths—Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and their many branches—there are some things that are unique about us and what we believe.

The world is fundamentally good and sacred.

Although brought up in a collective consciousness of separateness and violence, we are not born of sin or separation. We are born whole and complete.

We are here not only to learn but to thrive.

Explore what it’s like to graduate from the school of hard knocks into a new level of being that embraces a thriving life in a world made for good. There is nothing wrong with you!

In this episode, our lead ministers, Michelle Medrano and Josh Reeves discuss rituals for the new year.

The Real Gift of Christmas with Josh Reeves

Along with celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas is a season for personal reflection and actualization. It is an opportunity to connect with the Christ self, the mystical nature of our inner essence, and to sense the potential for renewal and dynamic leaps forward. The soul of Christmas invites us to step forth as instruments of transformation by expressing our love and shining our light.

Two-Week Sunday Series
Do You Believe in Magic? Part II
with Josh Reeves

Sun., Dec. 10

Robert Anton Wilson hit on some cynical truths when he pointed out that human beings live in their myths and endure their realities. There are moments when the sense of family relationships being as brittle as that glass teetering at the edge of the kids' table is what happens when the hope for holiday cheer transforms into holiday stress. Whoever says magic isn’t real is engaging in sleight of hand. We learn of Christmas magic through our great myths and stories, whether they are religious or in television and film. Even if the stories may be fiction, what they teach is real.

Two-Week Sunday Series
Do You Believe in Magic? Part I
with Josh Reeves

Sun., Dec. 3

Robert Anton Wilson hit on some cynical truths when he pointed out that human beings live in their myths and endure their realities. There are moments when the sense of family relationships being as brittle as that glass teetering at the edge of the kids' table is what happens when the hope for holiday cheer transforms into holiday stress. Whoever says magic isn’t real is engaging in sleight of hand. We learn of Christmas magic through our great myths and stories, whether they are religious or in television and film. Even if the stories may be fiction, what they teach is real.

Two-Week Sunday Series
Finding a Truth That Is True
with Michelle Medrano

Many of the issues that arise between hearts have to do with the perceptions we have about what is true of us, life, and the Universe. Learning to navigate this realm, peacefully, can be challenging and requires profound spiritual maturity.

Sun., Nov. 26
When Your Truth Is Not Mine

Just as we stand near a field of diverse wildflowers and feel great appreciation and beauty, can we develop the ability to perceive others from this same perspective? Here is a clue: gratitude is a first step.

In this episode, our lead ministers, Michelle Medrano and Josh Reeves chat about how to make the holidays sacred.

Two-Week Sunday Series
Finding a Truth That Is True
with Michelle Medrano

Many of the issues that arise between hearts have to do with the perceptions we have about what is true of us, life, and the universe. Learning to navigate this realm peacefully can be challenging and it is profound spiritual maturity.

Sun., Nov. 19
The Evolution of Truth

Being open-minded, being teachable, and being a critical thinker are all qualities that allow us to be a collaborative human. Yet sometimes we can feel flaky or even unsafe in embracing of these qualities. Finding balance in our journey is empowering.

An experience of Sabbath can happen in a day, a minute, or an hour. It is an experience of what is most Sacred in our lives, which is often timeless and Divine. As we move into the holidays, we can truly enjoy them with a Sabbath heart.

Sun., Nov. 5
Youth Sunday
Curiosity: The Desire To Know
with Barry Ebert and Camila Self

Our younger generation shares their talents and dedication at this special youth service.

Five-Week Sunday Series
Adventure in Faith
Spirituality From the Ground Up

Sun., Oct. 29
Joy, No Matter What
with Josh Reeves

Joseph Campbell encouraged us to participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. Living a Spirit-centered life when we hear of other’s suffering, we are called to practice compassion. When suffering is inflicted upon us, we are called to practice forgiveness.

When the mental world of humankind seems flipped up-side-down and shaken sideways that we might seem not to recognize our own reflection, we are called not to go down in the muck with the sensationalists, pundits, and cynics, but to rise to the level of those who are most spiritually awake with a refusal to live from anything but joy.

In this episode, our lead ministers, Michelle Medrano and Josh Reeves check in with each other about what's up this fall.

Five-Week Sunday Series
Adventure in Faith
Spirituality From the Ground Up

Sun., Oct. 22
The Mustard Seed
with Josh Reeves

Jesus used the mustard seed as a symbol of faith. The Buddha used it as a symbol of acceptance. One of the greatest things about exploring other faiths isn’t only in how they see things as the same, but the same things from different perspectives.

You can practice the faith of Christ, the discernment of the Buddha, the wisdom of your ancestors, and the wonder of your children. Your faith isn’t a combination of many—it is one faith uplifted by the wisdom of many.

Five-Week Sunday Series
Adventure in Faith
Spirituality From the Ground Up

Sun., Oct. 15
Your Tree of Life
with Michelle Medrano

The tree of your life has many branches. Some are overflowing, some need trimming, and others are barren.

As you nurture the ground around the tree of your life giving what it needs to grow, and as you clarify in your mind where you are called to branch out, your tree of life is strong and rooted in sincere faith.

Sun., Oct. 8
In the Garden
with Josh Reeves

Ernest Holmes said of the garden of our souls, “It may be necessary to cultivate your garden, to uproot the weeds and straighten out the rows, planting new seeds—new ideas, broader visions and deeper realizations of life.”

The garden of your soul needs tending so the best fruits of your life can blossom. In the tending, you may find much to prune. But you may be surprised to recall seeds of intention planted in the past of what has grown.

Five-Week Sunday Series
Adventure in Faith
Spirituality From the Ground Up

Sun., Oct. 1
Roots and Wings
with Josh Reeves

Spiritual living is about finding our roots and transcending perceived obstacles.

As you root yourself in the Sacred, clear the brush of your mind, and lay hurts on the table having faith that they can heal, you begin to grow wings. Wings that carry you over of what you might have thought was all there is, to greater and greater realities and ways of being.

In this episode, our lead ministers, Michelle Medrano and Josh Reeves check in with each other about the upcoming general election.

Two-Week Sunday Series
with Roger Teel

Sun., Sept. 24
When You Need More, Part II

The demands of life can seem never-ending. Where can we turn to find the empowerment, resources, and guidance we need? Throughout the ages, enlightened masters have encouraged humanity to awaken to the Kingdom of Ever-Expanding Good. Learn how to open to the bounty and miracles that are always available.

Two-Week Sunday Series
with Roger Teel

Sun., Sept. 17
When You Need More, Part I

The demands of life can seem never-ending. Where can we turn to find the empowerment, resources, and guidance we need? Throughout the ages, enlightened masters have encouraged humanity to awaken to the Kingdom of Ever-Expanding Good. Learn how to open to the bounty and miracles that are always available.

For the most spiritually attuned, the journey of life is rising up again and again. This can feel challenging and exhausting, but there are key practices that can support us in welcoming our inner magnificent resilience.

On this holiday weekend, take a break from stress, anxiety, and anger and examine their role in our lives. Sometimes they can be healthy, but when we lose a sense of their practical purpose of informing us why we feel the way we do, they get out of control and start possessing us instead of us possessing them.

What is the lens in which you see the world? How do we create a greater field of spiritual awareness? Discover what needs to change for us to see the world through a new paradigm.

In this episode, our lead ministers, Michelle Medrano and Josh Reeves check in with each other and chat about getting out of their comfort zones.

Everyday Spirituality
Three-Week Sunday Series
with Josh Reeves

Our teaching isn’t just for holidays, Sunday mornings, times of trouble or doubt; it’s an everyday spirituality. We teach spiritual practices for meaningful and successful living. Explore the wisdom of an everyday spirituality and the practices that are the secret to living a great life.

Sun., Aug. 20
Everyday Forgiveness

Martin Luther King, Jr. said forgiveness should not be an occasional act but a permanent attitude. How do we cultivate an attitude of forgiveness? By making it part of our daily practice. When we regularly do our own work, forgiveness becomes the demonstration of a willing consciousness to God’s grace.

Everyday Spirituality
Three-Week Sunday Series
with Josh Reeves

Our teaching isn’t just for holidays, Sunday mornings, and times of trouble or doubt; it’s an everyday spirituality. We teach spiritual practices for meaningful and successful living. Explore the wisdom of everyday spirituality and the practices that are the secret to living a great life.

Sun., Aug. 13
Everyday Ritual

Every day, at least once a day, make some time for the timeless. This can be your morning coffee and a good book, an evening stroll through the park, or a Mile Hi Church Insight Timer meditation. The more your life is filled with ritual, the more you feel in rhythm with the heart of your life and less like life is passing you by.

Everyday Spirituality
Three-Week Sunday Series
with Josh Reeves

Our teaching isn’t just for holidays, Sunday mornings, and times of trouble or doubt; it’s an everyday spirituality. We teach spiritual practices for meaningful and successful living. Explore the wisdom of everyday spirituality and the practices that are the secret to living a great life.

Sun., Aug. 6
Everyday Awe

Awe isn’t just a state of amazement but also part of an everyday prescription for spiritual living. How do we cultivate daily experiences of awe that can help us move through stress, overcome depression, and achieve a consciousness that embraces wonder?

Sun., July 30
Better Living by Releasing Resistance
with Michelle Medrano

Being resistant to ideas and possibilities can drag on life energy and inhibit full expression. Learning why and how to release such resistance brings greater anchoring in the greatest power we have, now. This allows us to up-level living in every realm.

Sun., July 23
The Perfect Time
with Barry Ebert

When the time comes for us to make a move in life, we often hesitate and wonder if the timing is right. Should we wait for conditions to change around us? The truth is, the present moment is the greatest gift we have, and the opportunity to create and experience something new is always available to us if we have the confidence and courage to step into it.

There may not be a greater keeper of a grand truth than a good story. No matter how long the game of telephone or how one part of a story may be overly emphasized, there can be an original truth a story always retains. This is what Jesus believed and shared, knowing so much of his teachings would be distorted. We dig deep into the stories Jesus told to find meaning for living in heaven on Earth today.

In this episode, we delve deep into the world of Kirtan as we sit down with Scott and Shanti Medina, and our guest host, Zemirah Jazwierska.

Steeped in quotes, ideas, and wisdom about ways to stand in our truth when faced with conditions and circumstances, you are invited to boldly stand, speak, think, and act from Spiritual Truth.

America is defined by beautiful landscapes, laws, history, and character. That essence has developed through many figures in our history but all have had something in common—a love of liberty and a tenacity of Spirit.

Thomas Paine said, “I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”

As Americans, freedom of speech and expression is a legal and spiritual birthright, and overcoming tyranny, be it because of injustices or self-imposed, is our oldest pastime. Celebrate the tenacity of American character and the historical characters who have made it so.

In this episode, we delve deep into the world of Hinduism as we sit down with Shilpi Dandavati, a long-time Mile Hi'er and practitioner, and our guest host, Zemirah Jazwierska.

Who has had the greatest impact on people’s spirituality in the last hundred years? It’s hard to argue against the answer being The Fab Four. Learn to view the Beatles' cannon as rock and roll scripture and glean the wisdom they teach.

Music: Featuring guest artists Tori Lich and Evan Weant, Thom Lich, and the Mile Hi Band

The worst thing about being stuck is the realization of how long we’ve actually been stuck. The missed opportunities and connections can cause us to feel life has left us behind, to be stuck in regrets, self-judgments, and limited thinking about what’s still possible. But this isn’t the truth! We may be stuck but being a full participant in the flow of life again is to get unstuck

In this episode, our lead ministers, Michelle Medrano and Josh Reeves chat about Dan Harris and the power of meditation.

The curious mind and heart will always be able to transcend the obstacles they encounter within or in life. This means learning the art of asking and answering big questions to forward our momentum in problem solving, dream building, and living full out.

We celebrate our high school seniors as they step into what’s next in their lives! What a wonderful opportunity to consider the stage of life we are currently graduating from and how to make what’s next filled with wonder. How do we live our best lives in a way that matters? How can we create fulfillment in a way that makes a positive impact on others?

We are individualized expressions of the Spirit within us. Maybe our life purpose is less about what we are doing and more about the expression of our soul. Where are you called to transform? Is it in the composting of life's challenges or to bloom with authentic self-expression? Explore ways to flower your soul and live more from the aroma of your deepest inner essence.

Three-Week Sunday Series
Adventures in Prosperity
Joyful Abundance
with Michelle Medrano

To have an abundance of something is to have more than needed. When it comes to the pursuit of abundance, we can get very serious! Rediscover the joyousness of our inherent abundant nature and learn how to live from that place in daily life, relationships, and finances.

Three-Week Sunday Series
Adventures in Prosperity
Joyful Abundance
with Michelle Medrano

To have an abundance of something is to have more than needed. When it comes to the pursuit of abundance, we can get very serious! Rediscover the joyousness of our inherent abundant nature and learn how to live from that place in daily life, relationships, and finances.

Three-Week Sunday Series
Adventures in Prosperity
Joyful Abundance
with Michelle Medrano

To have an abundance of something is to have more than needed. When it comes to the pursuit of abundance, we can get very serious! Rediscover the joyousness of our inherent abundant nature and learn how to live from that place in daily life, relationships, and finances.

Sun., May 7
Does God Love Abundance?

Are those who have more favored by the creator? Are those who have less not favored by the creator? If God is abundance, why don’t we all have everything we need, all the time?

God is Love. God is Spirit. God is Energy. God is Joy. God is Reflection. God is Letting In. God is Letting Go. God is always more than we think. What is the name for God most being called for in your life? Explore a hundred names for God and maybe even more.

In this episode, our lead ministers, Michelle Medrano and Josh Reeves check in with each other and abundance and intentional savings.

As we gather to celebrate Earth Day, we acknowledge the environmental conditions of our beautiful and precious planet are in serious need of attention. Climate is changing, quickly and dramatically, but the situation is not hopeless. Honor and celebrate our Sacred Mother Earth and commit to taking action as Earth citizens to work together and build a sustainable future.

Altars, just like the Sacred, are everywhere. But, sometimes we can miss seeing them. “Altar” your life to be more intentional, Sacred, fun, and meaningful. The spiritual practice of identifying and creating altars can ultimately bring forth the best within you.

Taking from the powerful story of Easter, a resurrection from death, and applying it to our daily life is a profound gift. Great courage and spiritual resilience is needed to rise into a new life when conditions or life change dramatically. The approach Jesus taught can serve us to boldly walk forward through the fire of change and transformation.

The heart reveals that which matters most and moves life forward. We become a beneficial presence when we say yes to serving as instruments of highest love.

Where is the true seat of intelligence in humans? Could it be the heart plays a huge role in our intelligence? In order to utilize this intelligence, we must be open and connected to the heart.

Within certain temples, there is a room called the Holy of Holies that only the kings and queens could enter. There is a place within you where no one but you can go—your personal Holy of Holies. What is required of you to enter? The answer and other Egyptian wisdom will be shared.

Music: Featuring guest artist, Gary Lynn Floyd

In this episode, our lead ministers, Michelle Medrano and Josh Reeves check in with each other and discuss their daily spiritual practices.

It is one thing to say you believe in love, honesty, or oneness, but do you really know what these virtues mean? Explore the teachings of the great philosopher, Socrates, who implored that the unexamined life is not worth living. When we know ourselves, we come to understand the virtues that make us feel most alive.

Life can often seem complex and challenging. Yet, there are guiding principles that can help each of us stay on track and make the most of our unique journey.

At the heart of our teaching is that a Divine Perfection resides in everything. What about when that Divine Perfection seems not only absent but nonexistent in the face of challenges we see or endure?

We talk a lot about the power of giving love and being loving, yet the benefits of being a willing receiver of love are tremendous. Can you receive and feel love and support from other people? Can you receive and feel the love of God? Let’s uplevel our love receivership!

We live in a critical and, oftentimes, violent world. People are afraid to talk about their feelings, thoughts, or beliefs and withhold energy for fear of being ridiculed, punished, or excluded. We resort to hiding our deepest dreams and desires away and cover them up with doubt, insecurity, old experiences, and fears. We have forgotten that within ourselves is a powerful, creative voice that wants to emerge and make a difference on this planet.

One of the greatest benefits of spiritual practice is the experience of stillness.
This experience can be described as a feeling of at-one-ment, of being fully present or experiencing an extra layer of awareness grounded in peace. We don’t have to be absolutely still to get to the heart of stillness. All that is required is reverence for whatever is in this moment and an ability to forget everything else.

We often think of forgiveness as a grand act in response to a great offense; certainly, this is an important aspect of forgiveness. Yet, forgiveness is also an everyday tool for even the slightest of slights. When we don’t practice everyday forgiveness, those slights and nicks may not seem to affect us at the moment, but they can add up which leads to a sense of victimhood, burnout, and resentment.

There are notions about meditation that are simply not true—there must be absolute silence and no distractions; it must take a long time; your mind races too fast to accomplish its purpose; it’s hard to do. Meditation is the ability to appreciate what is in the present moment. When we do this, it anchors us in the now rather than reverting back to old perceptions of what has been. It opens us up to what really is and can be.

Affirmative prayer is the key tool of the Science of Mind practitioner. It is by affirmative prayer that we acknowledge our relationship with a higher power, and with that knowledge, look at our lives and affirm what that means. This contributes to the health of our bodies, relationships, self-image, and vision. Affirmative prayer is a means to manifest, see clearly, and live authentically.

Perhaps the greatest promise of Science of Mind is not only in the existence of a higher power but by also improving our relationship with this Power, we can change our lives for the better. This Power is present and willing if we are present to it, ready for renewal.  

Beyond the many plans and goals of our worldly lives, we are all called to a pilgrimage. It is the pathway to the Sacred and to all that is represented by the Christmas manger. Embrace this great journey and actualize ever-greater dimensions of our spiritual birthright.

These words are uttered by distraught George Bailey in the movie as he experiences a crisis. How do we open ourselves more fully in balanced times or crises to feel Divine guidance?

 

In this episode, our lead ministers, Michelle Medrano and Josh Reeves check in with each other and discuss the holidays.

Using the storyline from the holiday favorite It’s A Wonderful Life, we explore a deeper commitment to the wonderful aspects of life and the holiday season.

There are spiritual techniques that can take us outside of clock time and into a sense of eternity. These glimpses of eternity help us return to our busy lives with a grander sense of a time that is not fleeting but Sacred and changeless.  This may be what we long for this holiday season.

Thanksgiving is focused on a singular spiritual practice—gratitude—one of the greatest spiritual practices because it can transform consciousness. But it can also be misunderstood, with many levels of how to give thanks and some are more creative and inspiring than others.

Do you take things for granted? Or do you take them with gratitude and grace? Learn how to shift your perspective on life's challenges and see a deeper meaning to enhance your spiritual growth.

Dr. Barry gives a passionate message about the power of kindness to ourselves and others. And our younger generation will share their talents and dedication at this special youth service.

The stars are always out but the glare of our everyday world obscures our sight to see them. Still, true vision isn’t just sight. It’s the deep knowing and remembering that the stars are still there. Your inner constellation of truth is always right there to help you make the connection and lead with light.