Center for Spiritual Living Midtown

For many of us, 2025 has been quite a year. 

And believe it or not, in just a few days, we will move into a new year, with a fresh new calendar.  So the question for us is, what are we carrying with us?  What are we stuck in or with that doesn’t really serve us?  Are we prepared to move into the new year, or will we stay stuck in 2025? 

“Ye though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I need not stop and build a condo.”  You might have heard that expression before. Consider that the “valley of the shadow of death” may very well not refer to physical, but emotional death.  Resentment, regret, anger, fear, all keep us from expressing and experiencing all the good that life has for us, because, and you might have heard this before, what we focus on expands. 

At any point, we can put down the hammer we are using to “build the condo,” release what no longer serves us, and keep moving through the valley. 

Harmony is Heaven’s 1st Law

It does not need to be created, just revealed.

The creativity is in what is mine to do in the revelation of that thing, which I see as a Higher order of Being

 

Song reference James Taylor - Shower the People

It is human nature to fear what we don’t understand. Sadly, some of God’s most exquisite creatures have been turned into “monsters” because of it. Today, guest speaker and musical artist Rev. Kit Holmes dives into how to rekindle our childlike wonder and curiosity so we see how deeply connected we are to all of God’s creations. 

You have to tune in for the rest of the story! This month’s theme of “loving the unlikeable” means shifting our perspective so we can feel grateful for everything—and I mean EVERYTHING. It’s all God, and it all has purpose. Not your average gratitude talk! 

This week dance with the choices available to use when faced with information that challenges our beliefs. Do we react, respond, or is there another possibility that opens us up to a deeper truth?

The message is about living life fully, with no restrictions. Moving beyond beliefs that no longer serve and not allowing fear to hold us back from being all we might be. 

Gratitude as a spiritual practice is transformative and can renew the mind, body and soul. 

Join us for a transformative talk exploring the sacred rhythm of existence — the eternal dance of beginnings and endings. From the first breath to the final release, Life is whole, unbroken, and beautifully continuous. Drawing from Religious Science, natural philosophy, and timeless spiritual wisdom, we’ll reflect on how to embrace the mystery of transition with peace, love, and awe.

Darkness is the absence of light. And, when the light is turned on, darkness disappears. How are you tending to the light within you? Our individual “glow up” is inspired, designed, and guided by the Truth that resides in us all. There is no “glow up” in the human experience without acknowledging, and nurturing, the eternal Presence of the Divine. Dr. Tracy will invite us to nurture the light within so we can show up as the “glow up” needed to illumine both our individual lives and the world we are cocreating. 

Why is it important for us to give reverence for the Earth? The full answer may surprise you! And what does it look like for us to revere it? In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, let’s find inspiration from Native Americans’ tradition to honor our land as holy, sacred, and divine, which is a true glow up!