God is the Answer

For the past few days I have struggled with what to say in the aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting in United States history which happened in Orlando over the weekend. 

How do I respond? How do we respond in the wake of events such as this? 

More importantly, what is the answer? What can we do to prevent such tragic events?

Many social media posts from my friends express pain and anger, especially because this particular attack was directed toward LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) people. As a gay man, I understand the outrage and despair that many have expressed. I also appreciate the love and support from family, friends and community who stand in solidarity with us.

More than a few of those posts blame the hate speech that comes from the leaders of traditional religions and sects within those religions. My friends who are angry and in pain are calling for these leaders to end their words of condemnation against LGBT people, words that can incite violent action such as this. Many of us have been the targets of this condemnation and have felt the pain of being denied a place within traditional religion. 

I applaud my brothers and sisters who stand for the inclusion of LGBT people within traditional religious institutions. When more of our faith communities begin to acknowledge and accept all people as equal children of God there will be less fear of those who are different; therefore, less violence, whether in thought, word or action. And, still I wonder, is that the answer?

Others are blaming the lack of gun control regulations that allowed the shooter to obtain an assault weapon with which he executed dozens and injured dozens more. They support stricter laws that would limit access to certain guns. I have also seen and heard others say, “Guns don’t kill people; people kill people.” While there is some truth to that, people without guns are much less likely to kill fifty or more people at a time. 

I agree that the majority of guns owners are responsible, law-abiding, conscious, caring people. I have friends and family members who prove that to me. I stand for freedom, and I stand with my brothers and sisters who support a ban on assault weapons and additional regulations that limit one’s access to guns. And, still I wonder, is that the answer?

My Unity friends and colleagues, as well as others, have posted on social media photos and memes that say “Pray for Orlando” and other words encouraging prayer as our response to this horrific event. I have witnessed this as a common response to such events in the past.

I stand with my Unity brothers and sisters who say that prayer is our first response to all fear and violence. Prayer is always the first step because prayer opens our hearts and minds to be filled with the truth of God. Once we are filled we are more consciously connected and open to the inspiration of what is ours to do as a loving response, our call to action. I will continue to support and promote prayer as a powerful spiritual practice. And, still I wonder, is that the answer?

I stand with them and I will do what I can to support my LGBT brothers and sisters who are struggling to find acceptance and inclusion within traditional religion, and to end the hate speech.

I stand with my brothers and sisters who support more sane and responsible gun control regulations.

I stand with my brothers and sisters who are praying, and I will continue to pray for Orlando and for all people.

Still, I believe that the answer is much more personal and yet more universal.

In the wake of the event in Orlando and through my own prayers and contemplation, I am renewing and strengthening my commitment to encourage and support people in having a personal experience of God.  

Yes, God is the answer.

The leaders of religions and movements within religions who speak words of hate do not truly know God. They have not had a personal experience of God. Those who perpetrate acts of violence do not know God.  Those who fear and believe they must protect themselves with powerful assault weapons do not know God.

“Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.” – I John 4:8

If there is hate in one’s heart, which is born of fear, he does not truly know God. “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out all fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love” (I John 4:18).

When we know God, truly know God in our hearts, we are free; free from fear, thus free from hate. Jesus said, “You shall know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free” (John 8:32). That we are all held eternally within the perfect love of God is the Truth that sets us free.

The answer is always Love. The answer is a global awakening to the Love of God and to our oneness with all humanity and all creation.

I am recommitting myself to doing everything within my power to live the personal mission statement that was recently revealed to me. My mission is to support humanity’s awakening to and expressing of the transforming power of love. I will do that through as many avenues as possible, including offering and facilitating more services, workshops, classes and meditations that foster deeper connection and realization of the God within us all.

I hope you will join me as we claim the only answer to all manifestations of fear, hate and violence – the  Love of God revealed and experienced within our hearts and minds. Together, we can and will live peace, compassion and love for ourselves and for all.

To BE or Not to BE

Since beginning my lesson series, “Life as Art,” that I completed last Sunday (listen here), I have been focusing more consciously on connecting with my soul – my unique individuated expression of God. In fact, I have been engaging in conversations with my soul.

I feel a bit anxious sharing that. I fear that some may consider it strange, either because they do not believe it is possible to converse with one’s soul or because they don’t believe in the reality of the soul. There was a time I would have thought it odd as well.

In times past I have even questioned the validity of the notion that each of us is a unique soul. Needless to say, with all of this ambiguity I would not have fathomed the possibility of actually having a conversation with mine. Yet, I have come to know, through my own experience, that unequivocally there is an aspect of us that exists outside of time and space. Further, that we can consciously connect with it.

I am convinced that there is a consciousness, or an energy field, that holds within it a higher knowing of who we are and why we have incarnated at this particular time in the evolution of human consciousness.

As an emanation of God, the Creative Life Force, the soul holds profound wisdom and is our greatest teacher. Author and teacher, Byron Katie, founder of The Work, said “You are the only guru you will ever need.” She also quips that ‘guru’ should actually be an acronym for “Gee, You Are You.”

During a recent conversation with my soul I asked, “What is my greatest lesson in this incarnation?” How do I master that lesson?” “What is blocking me?”

The answer came very quickly:

“Your greatest lesson is to learn to ‘BE.’”

To which I asked, “What does it mean to ‘BE?’

My soul replied,

“To BE means to be present in every moment for what is alive in the moment. It means to grow and learn from what is showing up in your world.”

“You are at the center of your universe, and you are co-creating everything that you experience. If it is showing up for you, some aspect of you has drawn you to it. Allow it to be your teacher.”

“You will master the lesson by practicing being present in the moment. Your life is your teacher!”

“You are blocking your lesson because you hold a belief that it is not safe to have fun and experience so much joy. You have been injured physically and emotionally when being enthusiastic. As a result, you block it.”

“Try it. Be present with your joy and enthusiasm. See how it goes.”

While none of that was really new information or surprising, I heard it in a way that I had not previously been able to. I was reminded of the teaching of Jesus when he said, “Unless you become as a little child, you shall never enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 18:3).

Children engage in life with curiosity and wonder. They are always eager to learn. They often ask, “Why?” and “What is that?” Unless they are restricted by adults, they dance when the music moves them, sing when they feel the urge, laugh when they are happy and cry when they’re hurt or sad. Children are present to what is alive in the moment. Jesus was teaching us that we must allow ourselves to be present for life and live it as a child does in order to know the presence of God. God shows up in everything and everyone. We must embrace life and ‘BE’ if we are to experience God in every moment.

To become as a child means to reclaim the purity and light of our souls. We all knew ourselves in this truth prior to taking on the myths, messages and beliefs of the world and forming a sense of self based upon them. Jesus was saying that our belief that we are something other than the pure and perfect Light of God – our belief in separation - blocks our conscious awareness of our divine nature.

To enter the kingdom of heaven means that we reclaim the conscious knowing of our unity in God and our unique expression of God.

My soul was also telling me to lighten up, that I take life too seriously. It was a great reminder for me to let go, and enjoy every moment.

This is my life. It may not be the only life my soul has lived or will live, but it is the life I am living now. To paraphrase Bil Keane, cartoonist of The Family Circus, “Every moment is a gift. That’s why they call it the present.” If I am not present for my life, then who will be? There is no one but me who is here to engage fully with my soul and bring it into expression. Likewise, you are the only one who can fully engage with your soul and give it expression.

In order for us to do that we must learn to ‘BE’ present for life in every moment. Through the practice of ‘BE-ing’ we will come into the full realization and manifestation of our soul.

I hope you will join us at 10:00 this Sunday as we welcome a very special guest speaker and guest musician. My friends Rev. David Ault and Ty Andrews will be here to share the message and music. I know you will be blessed as they share from their hearts and souls with us.

I will be back on Sunday, June 19, after what promises to be an inspiring Unity People’s Convention in Kanas City. I hope to see you then.

Life as Art

This past six weeks I have been exploring the concept of “Life as Art,” through my Sunday morning lessons, and in my daily life. I have found over the years of being a teacher that the saying “we teach what we need to learn” is true. The truth of that adage has never been more apparent to me than during this journey of discovery on creating life as a work of art. The exploration has given me direction on what it means to create, through thoughts, words and actions, a life that reflects the nature of my soul – the individuated expression of the life of God that is unique in each of us.

I have come to the somewhat painful realization that in many ways I have been fitting my life into a mold that I have allowed others to shape for me. As a result, rather than creating my life as a unique work of art, I have instead been living a replica of what I believe others have found worthy and acceptable of appreciation. I have discovered that, in some ways, I have lived to fit into a mold that was formed in response to the thoughts, beliefs, words, and actions of others. As it turns out, there are parts of my life that are at best in some ways an imitation, if not a complete forgery of my authentic soul. I suspect that may be true for others as well.

“Life as Art” is a life that is inspired from within. The following quote is attributed to the great Italian artist, Michelangelo.

“In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.”

An artist is one who brings the invisible into visibility. The work of a great artist is to look with eyes that are willing and able to see the beauty of what already exists in potential and to reveal it to others. In the case of the great sculptor, a great work of art is revealed by removing everything superfluous until the “soul” of the statue is revealed.

Similarly, our work, as the artist of our lives, is to be willing to look within to see the beauty of our soul and allow it to reveal itself to us.

The first step in doing this is intentionally inviting awareness of the light of the soul within to reveal itself.

I recommend doing this by making time to sit in a quiet place, possibly your regular meditation space. As you sit comfortably, focus on the breath and gently, either aloud or in your mind, ask your soul to be present with you. Then, using the power of imagination, one of the twelve powers of man discerned by Unity cofounder Charles Fillmore, imagine your soul revealing itself through words, visions, sounds or impressions. The mind may get busy, maybe busier than usual, but keep going back to the breath and focus on the light within. Even if you don’t immediately receive anything definitive, trust that you are connecting with your soul. Do this for at least 10 minutes every day. Write in your journal any impressions received. Also, pay attention to what begins to show up in your life. Do not discount anything or anyone who shows up in your conscious awareness. Trust that there are no accidents and that through your intention to connect more consciously with your soul, it is at work drawing you to people, places and situations that will teach you what you long to know.

As we become more consciously aware of our souls, we awaken to the beauty that is uniquely ours to share with the world through our innate gifts and talents. In connection with our souls, we can begin to “hew away the rough walls that imprison” us so that our true nature may be revealed.

This doesn’t necessarily mean that everything in our lives will have to change. The “rough walls that imprison us” are first hewn in our consciousness. As we encounter the walls of our limiting beliefs we must be willing to question them, and if we find them restricting, then transform them. As St. Paul said, “I am transformed by the renewing of my mind” (Romans 12:2).

When the walls of our limiting beliefs fall away, we are more open to the revelation of our true selves; our souls which are “shaped and perfect in attitude and action.”

Our work then, in creating our lives as a work of art that embodies the individuated nature of our soul, is to continue to stay focused on the true nature within and allow it to guide our thoughts, words and actions. In this way, we reveal to the world our Divinity. And, in doing so, we encourage others to do the same. As spiritual teacher and author, Marianne Williamson said,

“As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” 

We are all here to shine as the light of God in our own unique and wondrous way, and as we allow ourselves to do that, we co-create a world that reflects the Glory of God.

As I am wrapping up this series of lessons, I am keenly aware of how this journey has impacted my life. I am amazed and delighted by the people, books and processes that have come into my life to support me. I am taking it as evidence that I as I set a clear intention to be more consciously aware of my soul, that it is revealing to me in myriad ways who I truly am and what I am here to share. If I am to honor my soul and follow its guidance, I will be making some changes in my life.

I am being called to assess what “ministry” looks like and how my soul longs to express through ministry. I am being called to look at how I may be attempting to fit into a mold of ministry that when formed by others does not allow me to express fully as who I am. I do not yet have clarity on how that will unfold. I am doing my best to trust and allow this creation to express in Divine Order.

“Life as Art” is a life in which the innate beauty of the soul is revealed. As the artist of our life, we must be willing to see it clearly in all its wonder and majesty and release all that would imprison it. I am recommitting myself to creating my “Life as Art” on a daily basis. I hope you will join me in that commitment. Let’s celebrate our journeys together.

Join us on Sunday at 10:00 as we explore further how we might reveal to the world who we are as God’s great masterpiece.

The Art of Remembrance

Your soul is calling you to the remembrance of itself as you. Remembrance is the consciousness of remembered union in God and as your Divine Nature.

Your soul is calling you to say ‘Yes’ to the Life of God expressing as the fullness of you. It is calling you to remember your creativity, passion, enthusiasm, love and joy.

As you are in remembrance of your soul, you are remembered in your own conscious awareness as God’s image-likeness, the masterpiece of the Master Artist.

In remembrance, your soul is embodied in every aspect of your being. Every cell of your body remembers its Divine Nature. All aspects of your life come into congruence with the frequency of Light that you truly are.

This Sunday, May 29, I will continue with my series, “Life as Art” as we explore “The Art of Remembrance” and how it assists us as we commit to bringing into visibility the invisible nature of our soul through our thoughts, words and actions.

We will also have the opportunity to participate in a time of remembrance of our loved ones who have transitioned from this Earthly plane of existence. Monday, May 30, is Memorial Day. This federal holiday is designated as a day to remember Americans who have died while serving their country. It is an opportunity for us to practice the “Art of Remembrance” as we honor them for their commitment to embrace and to make the ultimate sacrifice in support of the principles of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness upon which the United States of America was founded.

It is also a time for each of us to answer the call of our souls to remember that Life, Liberty and Happiness are innate qualities of our souls as the image-likeness of our Source and that by being in remembrance of that Truth, we answer the call and become those who manifest those values NOW.

I hope you will join us on Sunday for our 10:00 service as we come together in remembrance of who we truly are, and together bring into manifestation a world that embodies the nature of our Divinity.

The Art of Aligning

This Sunday I will continue with my series entitled “Life as Art.” My premise for this series is that each of us, through our thoughts, words and actions, is the artist of our own life. As we connect with our soul, which I believe is our essence created as the image-likeness of the Master Artist, God, we bring into manifestation all that is aligned with our divine nature.

For those who are students of Unity and Heart-Centered Metaphysics, I realize that my use of the word ‘soul’ is not in agreement with the official Unity use of the word. Unity’s concept of ‘soul’ is that it is the “sum total of all our beliefs, thoughts and attitudes, both conscious and subconscious minds.”¹ I, however, prefer the more common usage of the word. I resonate with what spiritual teacher and author, Marianne Williamson, said of the soul, 

For me, it's the truth of who we are. The light, the love which is within us goes by different names, but is the truth of us. Michelangelo said when he got a statue that he would go to the quarry and get a big piece of marble and the way he imagined it, God had already created the statue and his job was just to get rid of the excess marble. So that's what we're like. Inside is the being that God has already created. Some call it the Christ, the Buddha mind, the Shekinah, the light, the soul. And our job is to get rid of this excess, useless fear, thought forms of the world that actually hide the light of the soul.

The soul is the essence of us that is the unchanging experience of who we are. In our humanness we have forgotten this truth. My intention for this series is to offer some practical tools that will help us to rid ourselves of whatever hides our true light and by doing so reveal the masterpiece of God that we are.

My lesson this week is entitled, “The Art of Aligning.” We live in a universe of energy. All energy is in motion and vibrates at a particular frequency. The energy of the soul is no different. As an expression of energy, the soul resonates at a specific frequency. In a similar way to tuning a radio to a particular frequency in order to listen to the desired transmission, we align in consciousness with the frequency of the soul by tuning into it. Intention is the “dial” we use to align with the frequency of the soul.

We set our intention as we activate our power of ‘Will,’ one of the Twelve Powers of Man as discerned by Unity cofounder Charles Fillmore. The power of ‘Will’ includes the mental attitude of willingness to consciously connect with the inner guidance of the soul. Further, ‘Will’ includes our power of free will to make conscious choices that are in alignment with the soul. In addition, ‘Will’ is our power to make a firm commitment not only to listen to the soul’s guidance, but also to follow it. For more on the power of 'Will' I highly recommend reading Divine Audacity by Linda Martella-Whitsett.

As we embrace the willingness to be open and receptive to our soul’s guidance, make choices that reflect the guidance we receive and commit to our choices, we move closer to bringing the invisible nature of our soul into conscious visibility through our thoughts, words and actions.

I hope you will join us on Sunday at 10:00 for our service as we come together to explore further how the power of ‘Will’ can assist us in aligning with the resonance of our soul to bring that vibration into manifestation.

¹ Heart-Centered Metaphysics, Page 157

The Art of For-getting

My current Sunday lesson series, “Life as Art,” is intended to help remind us of our true selves and acquaint us with some tools and practices we can engage in to strengthen our conscious awareness of and further our connection with our souls. God, as the Master Artist of all creation, created us as expressions of Itself. Each of us is an individuated soul formed in the image-likeness of God and born into this life experience to share our own unique gifts and talents with the world.

As we give expression to our souls, we bring into visibility the invisible nature of our unique image-likeness of God and create our lives as works of art. In order to do so, we must, as all great artists do, learn to use our tools, in this case it is our thoughts, words and actions with focus, skill and vision.

We are born with awareness of our souls. However, we soon learn from our parents, schools, churches and others how to behave in ways that are “acceptable” but very often belie the expression of our true nature. We learn to hide our true light under a bushel basket full of myths, messages and beliefs that tell us a story of who we are, but which are, in actuality, who we are not. As a result, we lose conscious connection with our image-likeness, our souls, and instead of creating our lives as works of art in service to the God of our being, we live our lives in service to what others have taught us.

The title of my lesson this week is “The Art of For-getting.” I thought of titling it “The Art of Remembering;” however, I was inspired when I thought of ‘for-getting’ as a contraction of the words ‘before getting.’ I am intrigued by the idea of using our power of imagination to return in consciousness to a point “before getting” corrupted by the world.

Through setting a clear intention and using the power of our minds we can return to any point in our memory, a point before we took on the limiting beliefs of our parents, society, culture, religion or any other external influence. New Thought teacher and writer, Neville Goddard, called this practice “revisioning.” “Revisioning” involves recalling a time from your past in which you took on a belief about yourself that is not in alignment with your divine nature. Then, from that place, imagining a different scenario, one that is affirming, rather than limiting, and one that reflects the essence of your soul. I will talk more about this and give some examples in my lesson on Sunday, May 15. If you are unable to attend service, you can listen here beginning Monday, May 16.

In addition to “revisioning,” other elements of “The Art of For-getting” include the practices of reclaiming and repenting. “Reclaiming” is acknowledging the power of the word and using our words to establish ourselves in the energy of truth by claiming our divine nature. “You shall decree and thing and it shall be established for you” (Job 22:28). Note that this Scripture does not say that it “may” be established, but that it shall be. This is true because the moment we speak our intention through the power of our word, we align ourselves in the vibrational frequency of whatever we speak.

While the word “repent” may trigger some people due to the historical misuse of the word by some fundamental Christian teaching, the word actually means to “have a change of mind” or “to turn and make a different choice.” Repenting is the power we have to make different choices in our actions. When we are willing to practice honest self-reflection and determine that our actions contradict our divine nature, we can without burdening ourselves with guilt or shame, make different choices that assist us in living our lives in service to our souls.

I hope you will join us on Sunday, and for the rest of the series that will conclude on Sunday, June 5. My hope is that we each make a renewed commitment to being true to our souls and in doing so further the manifestation of heaven on Earth.

Vessel of the Soul

My current six-week series of Sunday lessons is entitled “Life as Art.” I am basing this series on the idea that each of us is the artist of his or her life. An artist is one who makes the invisible visible. All art begins with an idea, a concept. The idea begins in the invisible realm and is impressed upon the mind of the artist. The artist then becomes the vessel through which the image becomes visible. Artists create works of art through the skillful, focused and visionary use of their tools in the application of their media.

Likewise, each of us is here as the artist of our life to bring into visibility the aspect of us – our soul – that exists in the invisible realm. The soul is the very essence of who and what we are. The soul exists eternally as a concept in the Mind of the Master Artist – God – ready for us to manifest it. Each of us has the opportunity, through the skillful, focused and visionary use of our tools - our thoughts, words and actions - to bring into visibility a physical representation of who we are in the Mind of God. We are here to be the vessel through which the soul, through the media of our creations, becomes visible.

As I stated in last week’s post, you are the image-likeness of God (Creative Intelligence, Life Force Energy, Source) endowed with all of the attributes and qualities that you assign to God. Poet, peacemaker and scholar, Rev. Dr. John Philip Newell said, “to say that we are made in the image of the Divine is to say that what is deepest in us is of God.” And as Unity cofounder Charles Fillmore said, “It is your mission to express all that you can imagine God to be.”

In order to be the true artists of our lives, in order to bring the invisible nature of our soul into visibility, we must be willing to open our minds and our hearts, in order that the awareness of God, thus the vision of our souls, may be impressed upon them.

We do that by first becoming consciously aware that we have allowed a misperception of ourselves to become fixed in our hearts and minds. We have given power to the illusory image of a false self which was created, not in the image-likeness of God, but in the image-likeness of the myths, messages and beliefs of those who impressed their images upon us. We have broken the first two of the Ten Commandments¹. In the vernacular of the Hebrew Scriptures, we have created an idol of the false self and worshiped it as our God.

We have believed, falsely, that this image is who we are, and in our ignorance have allowed it to block us from bringing the invisible nature of our souls into visibility.

I fully realize that the false self was mostly created for us without our permission. I also realize that for the majority of us, those of us who are adult with full mental capacities, have the ability and power to stop worshipping at the altar of the false self and begin to focus on the true self, the soul, through our practice of prayer, meditation, contemplation and mindfulness.

Once we become aware of this false self, we must continually invite and welcome conscious awareness of it so as not to allow it and its fear to control our thoughts, words, and actions. When the false self is in control, we are not bringing the invisibility of our souls into clear vision. We are not creating our lives as works of art. We are, instead, creating our lives as imitations of what others have believed and taught us as truth.

Recent experience has shown me that it can be powerfully painful and scary to come face-to-face with the image of the false self. After 55 years of continuing to feed it, my false self is pretty strong. Even though I was aware that it was in my face, and was keenly aware that it is not my truth, during a recent incident I still found it daunting to return to the conscious awareness of my soul and stay grounded there. While I believe I was able to do it to the best of my ability, it required a great deal of energy and focus. 

I prefer not to go into detail here, but I will share that just before beginning the service on a recent Sunday morning, someone told me something in a way that triggered a powerful aspect of my false self. I walked into the sanctuary fully engaged in my fear and pain, knowing that in a few minutes I would be in front of the congregation welcoming everyone and then presenting a lesson. During the entire service, I felt the inner struggle. I wanted to be grounded and bring through the lesson from a deep connection with my soul and with the souls of all in the sanctuary. Yet, the deepest fear of my inadequacy had been stirred up and was effectively overshadowing my true soul.

I did my best to shift my focus from the thoughts that were racing through my mind telling me that I was not loved, accepted or competent. In spite of my internal struggle, I believe I was able to walk the line, leaning more toward the soul, at least during most of the service. My guess is that some people sensed the shift in my energy, but not everyone.

I am reluctant to admit this, but I was not able to reclaim a deep connection with my soul until about 24-hours later. We all need help from time-to-time holding ourselves and others in our Highest truth. I was finally able to reclaim my truth after being guided through a process of self-awareness and self-discovery.

I share this for three reasons. First, even though it was not a pleasant experience and one I hope not to repeat any time soon, I am grateful that I was aware of what was happening in the moment. Awareness is the first step in being able to make a different choice. The second reason I share it is to offer encouragement. The false self, the ego, the personality, all names for the same amalgamation of limiting beliefs, can and will be stimulated. It happens for all of us, at least for all of us who have not yet achieved a permanent state of enlightenment. Finally, this episode was a clear reminder that attempting to do battle with the false self is not the way to gain freedom from it. I remembered later, with the help of another, that the best way to move through a powerful ego-activating situation is to breathe into the heart and connect with the true self – the soul – and allow its light to shine through. We must reclaim the soul energy and allow it to be the light that illumines our truth.

The purpose of my series, “Life as Art,” is to help us all become aware, not only of our souls, the image-likeness of God that we are, but also to remind us of the tools we have to bring the invisible nature of our souls into visibility.

As the artists of our lives, we are the vessels through which our image-likeness becomes visible. Just as any artist does, we make our life a work of art through skillful, focused and visionary use of our tools – our thoughts, words and actions – to create life experiences, our media, which are imbued with our soul’s qualities.

I will take a one-week break from this series as we welcome Jan Garret and JD Martin this Sunday, May 8. They will present the message and music at our 10:00 service.

I will continue with “Life as Art” on Sunday, May 15. The title of my lesson will be “The Art of Releasing.” I hope you will join us then. If you have missed the first two installments, you may listen to them here. Please join us as we come together to co-create a world that reflect the nature of our divine souls.

¹ Exodus 20