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INSPIRATION
Each week our Practitioners (who are trained and licensed in providing affirmative prayer and counseling) provide a short inspirational message during Sunday Service as part of our Practicing the Presence.


Life is Calling - Will You Answer? - Martine Evans
Answering the call of life begins with listening. Isaiah 30:21 tells us “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.'” John O’Donohue reminds us of the richness we discover when we answer life’s call. “Every life is braided with luminous moments.” “Your life is much deeper and more meaningful than you can fathom.” But how do we answer correctly? Ralph Waldo Emerson reminds us, “Do not be too tim
3 days ago


A New Year Begins with YES - Rev. Sage Bennet
This beginning has been quietly forming,
Waiting until you were ready to emerge.
Jan 7


Stepping into the New Light - Kathy Juline
Our reading is from Creative Mind, a book by Ernest Holmes. "We have within us a power that is greater than anything we shall ever contact in the outer. A power that can overcome every obstacle in our life and set us safe, satisfied, and at peace, healed and prosperous in a new light and in a new life. We have as much of this power to use in our daily life as we can believe in and embody. We stand at the gateway of limitless opportunity in the eternal and changeless now. No
Dec 28, 2025


Gifts Born of the Invisible – Mary Vavrik
With Christmas here and a new year upon us very soon, our founder, Ernest Holmes, wrote in the book science of mind, the following meditation for peace of mind: “Be still and know that I am god. I am the Christ, the son of the living god within me. I am the principle of peace within me. I am the manifestation of love within me. My mind is poised in peace and beauty. All sense of fear or doubt is gone. I rest in calm trust and rely on the law of Spirit to bring good into
Dec 21, 2025


Lighting Our Way - Emilie Van Cleave
From The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo
Dec 13, 2025


What If I Am The Miracle? - Barbara Taylor
These words are from Rumi, the 13 th century mystic When I am with you, everything is prayer. I prayed for change, so, I changed my mind. I prayed for guidance and learned to trust myself. I prayed for happiness and realized, I am not my ego. I prayed for peace and learned to accept others unconditionally. I prayed for abundance and realized my doubt kept it out. I prayed for wealth and realized, it is my health. I prayed for a soul mate and realized I am with the One. I pray
Nov 30, 2025


What If Heaven is Here and Now? - Madeleine Haskett
“They say in Heaven Love comes first, we’ll make Heaven a place on earth. Ooh Heaven is a place on earth.” -Belinda Carlisle “Sing like no one is listening. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching, and live like it’s heaven on earth.” - Susanna Clarke “Both heaven and hell are within us.” - Mahatma Gandhi “There is the music of Heaven in all things.” & “Humanity, take a good look at yourself. Inside, you’ve got heaven and earth, and all of creation.
Nov 26, 2025


What If Love Is Always The Answer - Susan Robertson
What if Love is always the answer
Nov 18, 2025


What if Everything is Working for Good? - Barbara Taylor
What is everything is working for your good?
Nov 4, 2025


Wisdom Meditations - Rev. Sage Bennet
May you find peace. May that vibration of peace transform our world.
Aug 27, 2025


Love's Healing Power - Barbara Taylor
This reading is from Rumi, the 13th century mystic Love is not contained in speaking or hearing. Love is an ocean whose depth is...
Aug 24, 2025


Opening Prayer - 17Aug2025 - Martine Evans
At the Centers for Spiritual Living, we practice five-step affirmative prayer. In the first step, I recognize that God is all there is....
Aug 17, 2025


The Sacred Tapestry of Life - Martine Evans
Living From the Heart – A Path of Love, Compassion & Unity We Are One: The Sacred Tapestry of Life
Aug 17, 2025


Compassion: The Bridge Between Souls - Madeleine Haskette
Compassion - The Bridge Between Souls
Aug 12, 2025


Blessed Be The Flowing - Rev. Sage Bennet
our lives have an intelligence and mystery guiding them like an invisible river that knows it’s way back to the source.
Jul 29, 2025


The Flower Doesn't Hurry - Emilie Van Cleave
Freedom includes the grace to unfold in our own season. This message explores the spiritual art of patience, presence, and trust in the natural rhythm of becoming.
Jul 20, 2025


When the Soul Remembers its Wings - Barbara Taylor
When the Soul Remembers its Wings
Jul 14, 2025


Born to be Free - Mary Vavrik
Born to be Free
Jul 9, 2025


The Unshakeable Life - Madeleine Haskett
Everything is either an obstacle or an opportunity to grow. You get to choose.
Jul 9, 2025


The Path of Trust - Kathy Juline
Learning to Trust Will Make Us Happy
Jun 8, 2025
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