RGCSL Homecoming Sunday October 16, 2016 – Both Services 9 and 11am! Calling all Religious Scientists to “come home” to the Rio Grande Center for Spiritual Living! In addition, our band will begin playing both services! Ancestor Blessing and Potluck, November 1, 2016 at 6pm Annual Thanksgiving Community Lunch, November 24, 2016 at 12pm
The Power of Forgiveness
The Power of Forgivenessby Chris Duvall, RScP I once witnessed a discussion between two mothers. One mother’s son had lost his life to the other mother’s son’s intentional action. As co-workers in a new ministry of reconciliation, the mothers defined forgiveness as extending grace to cover the ground that could not be made up. The one son had received legal justice and was serving time in prison, but the life of the other son …
Treatment for Gratitude
Treatment for Gratitudeby Marjorie Larragoite, Practitioner Emeritus “In everything give thanks.” …Gratitude is one of the chief graces of human existence and is crowned in heaven with a consciousness of unity.’ (Holmes, Ernest, THE SCIENCE OF MIND, p. 497.2 ‘ let us come with thanksgiving also, for a thankful heart is in harmony with life.‘ (Holmes, Ernest, THE SCIENCE OF MIND, p. 447.1) ‘Let us come before the Presence with thanksgiving…” (Psalms 95:1 Holy Bible …
The Reflection
The Reflectionby Nancy R. Bowers, RScP Creation doesn’t require effort; it requires precision. The universe does not interpret emotion or struggle — it mirrors the clarity of your self-definition. Everything begins with a word. Not sound, not speech — but the inner recognition of being. I Am. That quiet statement, unnoticed by most, is the foundation of every reality that follows. Before thought, before form, before movement — there is awareness declaring itself into existence. …
The Life of the Universe
The Life of the Universeby Rev. Gil William Olmstead, Spiritual Director Today I am grateful that the Life of the Universe is revealing Itself to me and as me. This one Life is All Life, It is my Life, It is your Life! Even as we move and have our being this Life is breathing us. I Am only because It is! We Are this Life expressing. We are bound to this reality whether we …
God is the Divine Vibration of All Things
God is the Divine Vibration of All ThingsRev. Kamatara, Director of Collaborative Ministries I recognize the One Loving Source, the All-That-Is, expressing Itself in all variations and possibilities. The diversity in nature and in people speaks to the infinite expressions of the Divine. And God is the Divine Vibration of all things, of all beings, of all places, of all times. God is creative and powerful, manifesting infinitely. And I am an expression of …
The Presence and the Power of the One
The Presence and the Power of the OneMaria Dion, RScP I acknowledge the Presence and the Power of the One. It is ever-present and is the Energy that is in back of every person, place and thing. It is the Creator, the Author, the Mother, and the Father. It is Joy, Peace of Mind and Presence. It is Love, Perfection, Peace, Harmony and Prosperity in every realm. And as I know that I am a …
Appreciation, Gratitude and Thanksgiving
Appreciation, Gratitude and Thanksgivingby Dr. Ernest Holmes It has been said that “the prayer of thanksgiving is the prayer of appropriation.” This was the manner in which Jesus prayed when he raised Lazarus from the tomb: “Father, I thank thee ….” Recognition, unification, and realization are the three steps in prayer or treatment. When we speak the words of thanksgiving to the God within, knowing “before they ask will I answer,” there is something in …
The Road of the Heart
The Road of the Heartby Tilia Giron, RscP and Chaplain, PhD It leads to nowhere and everywhere.You’ll get lost along the way a few times.Run into cacti, dead ends, get bruised, lost and may tumble and break a few things Including your heartAlong the way. But, somehow, the Road always leads back to the One,to Oneness,LovetoEverywhere. It is also the Road to NowhereBecauseIt all begins and ends with you like you really haven’t gone anywhere …
God, The Highest Wisdom of All Life
God, The Highest Wisdom of All Lifeby Lovater H. Jones, RScPon her first heavenly birthday, in memoriam, Nov. 25th, 1942 – July 16, 2025 “God is the highest wisdom that belongs to man [sic]; and just as man knows himself, he knows God; and man knows no God except that Wisdom that governs and directs his acts. We have been taught to believe that God is a being independent of man……”~The Complete Collected WorksDr.Phineas P. …
The Stillness that is God
The Stillness that is Godby Alicia K. Hanlen, Practitioner Emeritus Mile Hi CSL The only Power is God. It is Love, Life, and all goodness. I recognize in this moment the Presence of God. The sacredness that is Divine forever present in and around me. Only Love exists — I feel it, I sense it, I see it, and I know it. My unification is always present. I affirm and recognize my alignment, and I …