For Sunday June 28th, 2020

Hello everyone, it's said that you cannot hate someone while praying for them. This would seem to be an effective antidote for the amount of divisive strife currently in the world.

So the challenge is to find someone (and perhaps more) whom you find to be utterly despicable, beyond hope, useless, and/or deserving of scorn. That person(s) is who you pray for. Pray for them honestly, purely, whole-heartedly, with every fiber of your being. 

Due to variations in their free will receptivity there is no guarantee they will be changed, but you will. As the goal of unifying humanity always starts at home, what better way?

May we sit this evening for our larger goal, Oneness. May we respond to our greater guidance and celebrate any positive movement. 

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday June 21st, 2020

Hello to all of you, the most popular prayer in all of Christianity begins with the words, "Our Father..." If you forgive the patriarchal attitudes of the ancient writers you can see they mean, "Our Source..." stated as a lovingly parental relationship.

That parental relationship encodes our greatest gift. As horses give birth to horses and cows give birth to cows we, being the offspring of Divine Spirit, must have the spark of Divinity within us too.

As we grow to spiritual adulthood, with Omnipotent Wisdom as our guide, we come to see that spark of Divine Truth not only within ourselves but more expansively as well.

May we sit this evening with our focus upon this understanding; we are the beloved offspring of Divine Spirit. And; we are growing stumblingly into our spiritual fullness – as is every other human being on Earth.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday June 14th, 2020

Hello to everyone, this calming benediction is welcome in turbulent times, "The sun holds all the planets in orbit, yet it will ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else to do." - Galileo

It is ours to do whatever comes to hand, but we can be at ease with a sense of a greater power overseeing all.

May we sit this evening to open ourselves to that greater power. May it inform our hearts. May we be the ripening grapes.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday June 7th, 2020

Hello everyone, we're getting a front row seat for the unfolding conflict between those who believe in external power belonging in the hands of a few select people or groups and those who are beginning to recognize the emergence of authentic power, the power of the human heart. 

Looting, rioting, para-military groups, and heavy handed police tactics all fall under the heading of 'external power' – the reliance upon any form of force which comes from outside of ourselves, whether it be political, financial, military, material based, or psychological manipulation.

Authentic power is the power of the human heart. Authentic power seeks connection, communication, empathy, understanding, and tolerance. It moves us toward Oneness.

May we sit this evening to see ourselves clearly. May we recognize our own human foibles, have patience with others, find a path to full connection, and finally – realize there are no 'others'.

Thank you all,

Richard