LETTING GO AND LETTING IN
For me the indelible image of Easter is a violent earthquake rolling back the stone sealing the tomb containing Jesus’ body after he was crucified. Mary Magdalene and the other…
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VULNERABILITY: DEFINING AND ALIGNING
During March we explored the practice of cultivating authenticity, which is discovering and expressing who we truly are as we live life out loud! During April, we explore the power…
RADICAL GRATITUDE
RADICAL GRATITUDE Rev. Dr. Patrick Harbula and Rev. Pam Brandman Rev. Dr. Patrick Harbula will be giving the talk at CSL Tahoe-Truckee this Sunday, March 26, 2023. Here he shares…
BOUNDARIES BUILD BRIDGES
Recently I purchased a new Fitbit watch. Similar in size to my old watch, I assumed that it worked in essentially the same way. Aesthetically, the new watch had been…
DROPPING THE MASK: DISCOVERING WHOLENESS
Masks have long been a part of human culture. People wear masks to impersonate characters in a play or scary creatures that would frighten off even scarier demons. We wear…
INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO FLOW
INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO FLOW Rev. Pam Cosby Brandman When was the last time you remember time standing still while you were doing something that you love? Everything…
WHAT LIES BENEATH THE SURFACE
The 1977 dance drama movie Saturday Night Fever starred John Travolta as Tony Manero, a 19- year-old Italian-American man who escaped his day-to-day life and limited future prospects by becoming…
OPENING TO A NEW BEGINNING
It’s 2023 – Happy New Year! It’s a time full of Infinite Possibilities. We get to choose whether we continue in the patterns we set in 2022 or, instead, venture…
COMING TOGETHER IN CANDLELIGHT
Have you ever been to a Christmas Candle Lighting service or midnight mass and noticed that people come together with their families, sometimes bringing with them people who might never…
Ode to Joy
Do you remember the first time you heard a live performance of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy?” It is a magnificent experience that usually brings the audience to their feet! Beethoven’s…