The recognition of the presence of God or Good…automatically wipes out any picture of undesirable conditions, for the Spirit of God is a law of elimination and obliteration to everything unlike Itself! – SOM p. 186.4 Week’s Affirmation: I allow Spirit to fill me to overflow revealing Divine Truth. 

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Free Your Mind and the Rest Will Follow - Rev Dr Bob Deen

One of the greatest stumbling blocks in any man’s spiritual advancement is dishonesty; the refusal to honestly face an idea if that idea happens not to please him.  This comes in part from the human tendency to take the line of least resistance, whether it be in our physical endeavors or in the operation of our mind.  Confronted with an idea that repudiates one we have held for years, we go far out of our way, entirely around the idea, to keep from being compelled to analyze and possibly to absorb it. Our cry is: “I do not like to believe that!” Back of this is the fear that an idea may be forced into our consciousness which will uncover to us our own responsibility. – Ernest Holmes, It’s Up to You Week’s Affirmation: I commit to the highest vision for my life. 

Is Your Commitment Greater Than Your Resistance? - Rev Dr Bob Deen

Unity is the song of life; it is the grand theme underlying the rich variations that exist throughout the cosmos. Whatever we see, whatever we experience, is only a manifestation of this eternal oneness. – Sherry Evans Week’s Affirmation: I am the Spiritual and moral arc of the Universe. 

We Hold These Truths... - Rev Dr Bob Deen

Namaste is a clarion call for the Soul to express its Beingness, freely, boldly, unapologetically, and to be fully what it already is! We must recognize the Divine in ourselves, emancipate ourselves, and be the meta-physicians who heal ourselves first. Harriet Tubman could free others because she herself was free! Learn about Rev Granda here.  Week’s Affirmation: I consciously and confidently live my own truth. 

The Soul’s Call to Freedom with guest speaker Rev Dan Granda

Without love, EVOL-ution is a spiritual path of apathy, complacency, and lethargy. It’s easy to talk the talk about love and more challenging to love our neighbor as ourselves. The evolutionary leap of this radical love calls us to reach out and love another. This is the Be-Loved Community in action! Week’s Affirmation: I move forward in my life from a place of Love. 

What’s Evolution Without Love? - Rev Dr Bob Deen

If humanity is to awaken its Spiritual Magnificence and a World that Works for All, our discomfort must become our guru. Individually and collectively, we must dive deeply into areas we shy away from – Politics? Privilege? Black Lives Matter? Spiritual Activism? Money? “There is no coming to consciousness without pain.” – Carl Jung Week’s Affirmation: I lean into discomfort and allow it to teach me. 

Lean into the Discomfort - Rev Dr Bob Deen

 Suppose we didn’t deny or avoid pain but rather embraced it as an invitation to higher consciousness, deeper love, and more resolute to faith in action. “I believe everything is as real as it is supposed to be. If a person hurts, he hurts; …there is no use denying it.” – Ernest Holmes Week’s Affirmation: I transform pain into fertilizer for my next success. 

Pushed By Pain - Rev Dr. Bob Deen

What stories about our individual and collective past do we continue to tell, that if we are honest, we know are not the most life affirming stories? What if this Sunday we commit to changing the narrative? Imagine being so bold as to Truly embody Principle as author, not precedent! Learn more about our speaker on his website.  Week’s Affirmation: Today I release my old story and behold the new me as the beloved! 

Boldly Living a New Story with Guest Speaker Rev Dr Raymont Anderson

Many cultures honor the ancestors and those who have transitioned. 911, the AIDS quilts, Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), biblical genealogies are a few examples. Giving ourselves opportunities to remember, reflect, and honor Life/God as It has shown ItSelf as each person, allows their power, story, love to live on in us. Week’s Affirmation: I rise up and lead; I am someone’s answered prayer! 

Say Their Names - Rev Dr Bob Deen

So many taboo topics many of us will not touch, each of these must also be God, right? No matter the political affiliation, sociological/cultural experiences, religious/spiritual paths, also God, right? What could shift if we embraced and communicated courageously openly and vulnerably about these things many of us avoid? Week’s Affirmation: I speak my word with truth, from Love.  

This Too is GOD - Rev Dr Bob Deen

Unconditional Love is powerfully committed to a Wholly Holy Revolutionary Act that exudes grace, compassion, and boldness. SOM&S is a R-Evolutionary (Radical Evolutionary) teaching that positions us at the leading edge of global transformation and those who engage it at that level walk the walk by balancing Love and Law.  Week’s Affirmation: I am an ambassador of revolutionary love! 

Revolutionary Love - Rev Dr Bob Deen

If the etymology of adventure includes occurrence, risk, event, and chance, we are invited to look at where we are allowing this One Life to show up, where are we taking holy risks to evolve, how often are we taking chances (opportunities) to let our Spiritual Magnificence be our experience.  Week’s Affirmation: With unshakable confidence, I participate fully and freely in the adventure of Life! 

This Adventure Called Life with Rev Dr Bob Deen

…we seek to make our dreams come true, and unless our dreams are subjective hallucinations, they will become actual experiences if we demonstrate our principle… true ideas pass through to accomplishment. Ernest Holmes, Can We Talk to God  Week’s Affirmation: I confidently step up and into my greatness. 

Stepping Out, Stepping Up: Elisha Christopher Berrios-Hayden

The One encompasses and flows through All, spilling Itself into numberless forms, and personalities. SOM p. 420.4 Week’s Affirmation: Everything in my life welcomes a realization of Spirit. 

Bless-itation - Rev Dr Bob Deen

This is the greatest discovery of all time. The road to freedom lies, not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of Nature’s forces and laws. SOM p. 31 Week’s Affirmation: I am consciously aware of the Presence of Spirit. 

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