For Sunday March 27th, 2016

Hello everyone, there is a little known ecological truth that says 'you can't plant a forest.' If you were to precisely measure everything that is growing in a section of forest then tried to recreate it in a nearby field by planting all the same things in the same places, it wouldn't work. A major percentage would fail to flourish and you'd end up with a skeletal representation of the original. 

Perhaps the same is true of our spiritual growth. Just as forests develop naturally over time from grassland, to scrub brush, to saplings, to mature trees with a complex undergrowth, we also grow into our spiritual completion. 

In this season of rebirth and resurrection may we celebrate this process. May we make loving use of all that has come before. May this lifetime bring fullness. 

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday March 20th, 2016

Hello everyone, given the current difficulties seen in our country's electoral process perhaps it would be worthwhile to ask for God's Light to come down upon us and our choices. 

May we sit this Sunday for the wisdom and strength required to find our way through this miasma of attitudes and distractions. May we find the quietness and self-honesty to detect the same in others. May our choices be in keeping with the highest good of all.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday March 13th, 2016

Hello everyone, while watching the calculated use of anger, bitterness, and division in our political arena part of an Edgar Cayce reading came to mind. "Take an interest in thy fellow man because he, or she, is one with thine own self, and a manifestation of the might of the God thou would worship!"

This is said not only to those who use anger to promote their personal agendas, it is also said to those who are disheartened at watching it occur. Even the bitter and angry are manifestations of God, lost and spiraling into their smaller selves though they may be. 

May we sit this Sunday for the highest good of those whom we find offensive. May 'prodigal sons' of all variations find their way. May their paths be exactly what they need to bring them home. 

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday March 6th, 2016

Hello everyone, we search for peace in this world. Politicians promise it. Religious leaders preach it. Victims and survivors demand it. Our hearts yearn for it. And yet, peace is always within reach.

Our fascination with material power and it's accompanying violence, evidenced in so many popular movies and some politicians, keeps us from our peace. Moment by moment we choose our paths just as our thoughts reflect our desires. In truth, we bring peace to the world by being at peace within ourselves. 

This evening may we sit for inner guidance. May we honor our higher selves as Light shines through us. May we be the change we wish to see.

Thank you,

Richard