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…
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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…
BELOVED COMMUNITY: LONGING TO BELONG
One of the strongest needs of the soul is for community, to belong. Loneliness is a common complaint in our society, and the recent collective pandemic experience has only exacerbated…
WELCOME TO YOUR DREAM HOME
As a child I remember playing house. My friends and I would act out the roles we observed of our mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters. Typical scenes included setting up,…