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 a central part of his life’s spiritual philosophy: “With each and every life challenge, we access lasting peace and enter the sacred by asking what…

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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 updated from a utilitarian sports watch to a beautiful gold case with an attractive digital face. What I didn’t expect is that the software and…

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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 masks for fun during holidays or at parties. On Halloween night the streets are full of children wearing an amazing array of beautiful, colorful, funny,…

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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 seems to fit together perfectly. We are One with the Universe, with Nature, with our bodies, minds and hearts. There is no tension, no resistance…

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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 king of the dance floor at his local discotheque. One aspect of his life that impressed me was that Tony had never been out of…

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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 out in a new direction. But which direction? Do we go someplace new just to have new experiences? That new experience could be good or…

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