The Joy of What is

The Joy of What isby Nancy Bowers, RScP “It’s not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh “You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer.”~Byron, Katie, Loving What is.  God is.  God is and the underbelly of that beingness is Love.  What is is Love.  Without judgment, free of condemnation, free …

All I Can Be, I AM

All I Can Be, I AMby Kathy Mathiason, RScP “Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to that I am string.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance I am full to overflowing when I know that God simply is. God does not have to prove anything to me or make me understand Its existence; God just shines in my life. And I know, right now, this Powerful, Loving Intelligence is the Light of the World. I am one with …

A Prayer For Our Country

A Prayer For Our Country by Alicia K. HanlenPractitioner EmeritusRGCSL – Taos Study Group Today let us recognize that we are all one in Spirit, in Life. We breathe the same air, are warmed by the same sun, and live on the same planet. Indeed, we are all made of the same divine substance. And in particular we recognize that we, as Americans, are joined together as part of the same “tribe”, if you will, …

Faith Beyond Appearance

Faith Beyond Appearanceby Nancy R. Bowers I breathe into the stillness.  Drop my breath deep into my abdomen and feel how my body relaxes as I gently fill my belly and empty it. In that relaxation, in that stillness, God is. I allow gratitude to well up and my heart feels once again connected to the Love of God, where there are no worries and nothing to fret about. I list some of the wondrous …

God is Unconditional Love

God is Unconditional Love by Rev. Kamatara Johnson, Director of Collaborative Ministries I recognize the Presence of the One Loving Source, That Which is Divine, God. God is Unconditional Love for all. God is the Comfort and Support, the Creative Energy of which all have access. God is Harmony in action as life unfolds here and now. I am one with God, the Divine Harmony. I am an individual expression of the Divine. The essence …