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Dock with sunset Trust Your Inner Guidance
Sunday, September 22, 2024
This Sunday, my lesson is called “In the Question,” which refers to me standing amidst your questions. It is in essence, a Q & A Session with me, in which the congregation will write down questions for me anonymously,…
Sun, waves, bottle
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Memory is the power to retain and recall information and past experiences. Our brain's memory helps us recall lots of memories—like multiplication tables and various dates. The word “memory” applies to both the individual…
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Sunday, September 8, 2024
Paul said, “Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Jesus put it a little differently. In Matthew 9:16-17 it is recorded that he said, ”And no one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch…
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Sunday, September 1, 2024
We are called by our love and passion. Joseph Campbell, mythologist, named it “following your bliss.” We let our heart prevail and it guides us where we are supposed to be for the greater good. This may make more sense when…
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Sunday, August 25, 2024
A healing consciousness is focused not so much on the description of the illness or problem, as it is on the prescription, the remedy. Not description, but prescription. And God is always the best prescription. How can we…
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Sunday, August 18, 2024
One of my favorite teachings of Theologian Matthew Fox is that we are all meant to be both mystics and prophets. The mystic sees and is awakened. The prophet, on the other hand, acts…  The prophet is the mystic in action…
People and stars
Sunday, August 11, 2024
We are all creative. We have the Divine Presence within us—that creative impulse always seeking some sort of expression. We are even creative in our names for the Divine. There is Wakan Tanka, Brahman, Allah, Tao, Goddess,…
Man in field of flowers
Sunday, August 4, 2024
Do you want more good in your life?  Who doesn’t?! There are spiritual tools you can use to create greater good than you can imagine! This Sunday Rev. Laurie shares several stories of creating space for good that unfolded in…
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Sunday, July 28, 2024
I changed my lesson title this week after President Biden stepped down and passed the torch to Vice President Harris. It was such a beautiful sacrificial act that I had to at least mention it in the context of the theme of…
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Sunday, July 21, 2024
My lesson title this Sunday is “Finding God.” Some of us settle into the religious beliefs we were taught growing up and find contentment in that. Those more spiritually inclined generally seem to take a journey to discover…