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In community, we have more power than we think we do, and more than we have alone. It’s part of why what happens in our sanctuary on a Sunday morning matters, and extends beyond our walls. Whenever we walk into something new, whether it’s a job, a congregation, a friend group, or any transition, we ask ourselves a version of the same question: Is there a place for me here? We're wired for belonging. And

Most of the time, we don't notice our running monologue or the habitual thinking underneath everything, deciding what to criticize or excuse in ourselves, as if wholeness had to be earned. It doesn’t. We're already whole. There's no destination to reach. Science of Mind core concepts can help us be more conscious and live lives from a place of wholeness.

Looking back, we had a month of love, culminating in Pride Day this last Sunday. Rev. Michael reminded us we're already swimming in it. Rev. Liz said to plant your flag. Rev. Jim said love means reaching for the better response. And Rev. Larry closed it out with one question: What would love do?

Love isn't something that arrives when conditions are right. It's a force — Martin Luther King's word — and an active one. SOM founder Ernest Holmes said it would be difficult, if not impossible, to find any situation that doesn't respond to love's creative and healing power.

Some of us likely grew up in an environment where questions weren’t welcome. Whether that was school, family, or church, we learned that toeing the line, not asking questions, and not talking back were the correct behavior. We were expected to believe what we were told (how many heard our parents say, “because I said so!”?). For some of us, that didn't sit well. If we’ve learned nothing this month, talking about doubt, it’s that doubt isn’t the opposite of faith. It’s an impe

What to do when doubt shows up, especially self-doubt, and how to transform it.

It may sound cliche but love is all around us. It's everywhere, all the time, all at once. When we see love as a way of being, rather than a feeling, it gets easier. It's all part of Oneness, the universal expression of divine connection. We just can't always see it, with so many distractions and active efforts to divide us. And yet, if we act from a place of love, we become love. We are love, at our core.

What to bunnies, eggs, and presence have to do with each other? Easter is filled with symbolism and Rev. Jim Boone brought all these home with his talk, Living with Presence and Deep Awareness. Kicking off with Oh, What a Beautiful Morning, sung by an amazing group of humans, we kicked off Easter joyfully, mindfully, and with practicality.

Closing our 5-week "What If?" series with a service that brought the house down, we're challenged us to be "possibilitarians" — see possibility even in dark times and dare to act from love. Themes were co-creation, courage, and transformation, the spiritual reset we need right now. If you're looking for a spiritual community that asks you to think, question, and dare — come find us.

Want to change the world? Be a beetle. Say what? Rev. Larry took us on a journey through the jungle where bioluminescent beetles light the way. What does that mean for us? You don't have to be special to light the way for others; do what lights you up.

Rev. Don Beaty took us to the edge on Sunday - not in a cliff-hanging way, but in a quiet way that asks for contemplation. What do we do and value that's worth the "calories" we spend? IF we take nothing away from last week's message, take these three words: courage, compassion, and curiosity. Then add calories - as in, how do we spend the energy we have in ways that matter?

By exploring our own inner world, and applying spiritual principles to our inner experience, we’re better equipped to meet the world beyond us. The inner edge shapes the outer one.

Conscious practice can help us make sense of the world, or at least navigate through it with our sanity intact.

What makes up the best day of your life - today? With daily spiritual practice, your life can be close to perfect.