THE REDISCOVERY OF CHRISTMAS
For some people Christmas is a season to join the crowds shopping for gifts; decorating our houses and businesses with trees covered with sparkling lights and ornaments; baking, cooking and/or…
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THE GIFT OF A NEW JOURNEY
One of my favorite Christmas carols is “We Three Kings of Orient Are.” It recounts the story of the three Kings, or wise men, who journeyed from the east to…
THE JOY OF BECOMING
This month as the winter solstice approaches, we are taking a pause to reflect on our life’s journey. In the stillness, our attention turns from the busy outside world to…
Surrender is Action
As 2021 draws to an end, we pause to reflect on the journey we have traveled together in the last year: our challenges, our victories, our inner growth, and the…
Gratitude Beyond Gifts
GRATITUDE BEYOND GIFTS Rev. Pam Cosby Brandman As I write this message, tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I am grateful that two of our adult sons, along with our daughter-in-law and soon…
CELEBRATING THE TRIUMPHANT JOURNEY
During the last year we have each made a journey through uncharted territory. As the COVID pandemic went on and on, we learned to spend more time alone and listening…
Seeing Beauty, Feeling Love
Last weekend about 25 of us attended the Center for Spiritual Living Tahoe-Truckee annual retreat at Ananda’s Expanding Light Retreat. It was truly a retreat that allowed us to let…
Breathe In the View
When I reach a mountaintop after a long, perhaps difficult climb, the magnificence of the view rewards me for making the journey. With joy and gratitude, I celebrate reaching the…
I’ll Meet You There
When I spend time contemplating God as the One Infinite Reality, my understanding of the Infinite Oneness of Life always grows a little. As human beings, our conscious awareness and…
We > Me: Going Further Together
For many people, their determination to be independent and free of society’s directives is their highest goal. In fact, they may be limiting themselves from creating something even greater through…