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We have all driven through storms. Some came suddenly. Some lingered. Some took people, places, roles, identities, and comforts we thought would always be there. Every attachment has meaning. Every relationship carries value.

At the very end of sitting quietly, I realized that what I was yearning for wasn’t insight, answers, or clarity. I was yearning to feel—just an ounce—of the love of Spirit, of the Universe, of that sustaining Presence people talk about. I wanted to feel it as me, moving through me, holding me.

We often spend too much time focusing on what’s wrong with us—our limits, our mistakes, our unfinished work. But what we repeatedly think about takes root. When we affirm our deficiencies, we strengthen the very patterns that keep us stuck.

I’ve learned the hard way that the mind is convincing—but not always honest.

Over the years, I’ve learned something simple that has changed everything for me as a spiritual student: understanding my own life is far more powerful than trying to figure out anyone else’s.

Ernest Holmes was the Founder of Religious Science (now known as Centers for Spiritual Living) and the author of our text, "The Science of Mind."

With the arrival of a new year, many of us look forward to new things—new opportunities, new directions, new possibilities. Beneath all those hopes, however, is something even more fundamental: what we are seeking is also seeking us. Happiness. Peace. Security. Meaning. Support.

Every year, we bring a Christmas tree into our homes and sanctuaries. We decorate it. We light it. We gather around it. And most of us never stop to consider that we are standing in front of one of humanity’s oldest spiritual teachings—disguised as holiday décor.

Have you ever been going about your day—feeling fine, grounded, relatively peaceful—when suddenly something small happens and you’re thrown completely off center?

The body is impermanent. The mind is conditioned. The personality shifts with circumstance and history.

This week we will revisit some basics of the Science of Mind, the foundational philosophical teachings of Religious Science and the Centers for Spiritual Living. Our Text, "The Science of Mind," was written by our founder Ernest Holmes in 1926. Actually it was not written as a book, it was/is a compilation of his many years of lectures and meditations on how to accept our Divine Nature, the fact that God/Life is always for us, and that we are each co-creators of our lives.

On Sunday, November 23, we will be asking how much 'thanks' we will have in our Thanksgiving, and exploring the extensive benefits which can result from living in a state of gratitude.

Have you ever stood in a garden after rain and marveled at how each flower, different in color, shape, and fragrance, somehow creates a symphony of beauty that no single bloom could achieve alone? This is the mystery we explore today: how our spiritual community becomes most truly unified not by becoming identical, but by celebrating the divine uniqueness that Spirit has woven into each of our hearts.

There comes a moment in every spiritual journey when we must ask ourselves: Are we truly separate beings bumping into each other in the dark, or are we expressions of something far more magnificent? The Science of Mind philosophy, gifted to us through Dr. Ernest Holmes, offers a profound answer that transforms everything we thought we knew about existence itself.

There was a time in my life when I believed every thought that passed through my mind. If a thought said, “This is going to go wrong,” I believed it. If it said, “They must be upset with me,” I believed that too. Catastrophizing and over-thinking felt normal — like breathing.

There exists within each of us a longing: a gentle pull toward something greater than our individual selves. This sacred yearning is Spirit calling us home to the truth of our interconnectedness, to the recognition that we are not separate beings navigating this world alone, but threads woven into the magnificent tapestry of all existence. Oneness is not some mystical concept reserved for mountaintop meditation retreats or ancient texts. It is as close as your next breath, as

There is One Infinite Mind, which we may approach for inspiration, guidance, and direction. The answer to every question is within.

There's a sacred rhythm that beats at the heart of our spiritual journey together, one that flows like a divine river through every aspect of our shared life. It's the Law of Circulation, a principle as ancient as the breath in our lungs and as present as the love we share in this moment. When we speak of circulation, our minds might first drift to the blood coursing through our veins or the way water moves endlessly from ocean to sky to earth and back again. But Spirit invit

Beloved community, there's something stirring in the spiritual landscape of 2025 that feels both ancient and urgently new. As we gather in our Centers for Spiritual Living across the globe, we're witnessing a profound shift: a movement from inward contemplation to sacred activism that honors both our spiritual depth and our call to service. The old paradigm of separation between our Sunday morning prayers and our Monday morning actions is dissolving. In its place, Spirit is

Beloved ones, we gather here today in recognition of a profound truth that Spirit has been whispering to our hearts: anxiety need not be the soundtrack of our lives . In communities across our nation, a beautiful transformation is unfolding, one where fear-based living gives way to grace-centered being, where worried minds find peace in divine love, and where spiritual families become sanctuaries of healing. This isn't merely wishful thinking or spiritual bypassing, dear frie