These words are from Pat Humphries’ profoundly inspirational contemporary folk song “Swimming to the Other Side.” We are living ’neath the great Big Dipper We are washed by the very same rain We are swimming in the stream together Some
We are showing up for the birth of a new day for humanity. We want it to happen, we are excited about it happening, but how does it happen? The Tree of Life is a symbol of Creation. It is
At the commencement of our service here today, I’d like to consciously join people of goodwill around the world to claim our humanity, to claim our kindness, to claim our oneness and our solidarity with the good people of Squirrel
There’s a profound spiritual practice that has to do with beautiful, orderly thought. For a person who finds that their thoughts are going all over the place, it is very effective. It goes like this: Pay attention to what you
I have been thinking about my own spiritual practice. I was noticing how heartily and lustily I throw myself into life and into the things that come to me. And there are specific things that are way high on my
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. So said Solomon. We have the amazing ability, through the words that we speak, to give birth to something beautiful in the world and to let something
It is an important juncture in the year for Emissaries of Divine Light. We meet annually at this time with people from around the world, including many of us who live here at Sunrise Ranch, to set the course of
(A group of Sunrise Ranch residents offered statements on “Peace.”) Peace begins as the kiss of dawn. Deep waters rise, giving the breath of life, renewing old dust. It is our starlit anthem, our sweetest dream, our union in glory.
I feel like we are a powerful jet, hurtling down the runway and taking off. Not being a jet pilot, the closest experience I’ve had to guiding such a craft is as the skipper of a sailboat. That’s as close
I invite you to a deep meditation into the very nature of what it means to be a human being and what it means to be actively involved in Creation, as we all have the opportunity to be. I would
It can be unpopular among some people to speak about the Divine as being above us. We don’t want to feel diminished as human beings. And certainly the Church has in many ways put down our humanity, calling people sinners.
I want to say in brief what I didn’t get to in the service this morning. It could come off as a teaching, and I suppose I won’t deny that in some way it is. But my greater interest is
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