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We’ve all snapped at someone and wondered where that came from. Or felt stuck, no matter how hard we try. Sometimes it’s an old belief we picked up years ago to get through something hard, and it’s still running the show. Rev. Lynnea Jardine calls it a hidden agenda. Once we see it, we get to choose something new. Here’s a simple way to start looking.

What happens when you affirm "I am at peace" with clenched fists? At CSL Ballard, Rev. Marilyn Sprague closed out our Sacred Embodiment month with a talk on living in alignment, when what we affirm matches how we live. She drew on Ernest Holmes, Louise Hay, and her own story about a pain that wouldn't heal until she made a different choice. Plus, a simple practice for listening to your body, and a Core Council update.

We're exploring the edges - how to stretch and grow beyond what we already know. We're living in a time of extraordinary complexity, with overburdened systems and ineffective narratives. That's why sitting with silence matters. We can't solve today's problems with yesterday's thinking, and the only way through is through silence.

In Sunday’s talk, Rev. Larry reminded us of central ideas in Science of Mind: our thoughts become things. What we focus on expands. These are powerful statements about prosperity — and all forms of abundance. It starts in our minds. He talked about the difference between spending and investing , not just in money but in our energy and attention. When we invest our thoughts in possibility and gratitude, we open the channel for more of that to flow in. When we focus on fear or