Center for Spiritual Living Midtown

Before, During, and After Christmas - Rev David Barrett

There is a consciousness that we have before the holidays start, then another unfoldment right in the middle of them, and finally after the holidays have gone, another level of consciousness should occur.  On Sunday, we’ll examine how one level of consciousness leads to another and what it is we are to KNOW once the holidays are over. Come grow in consciousness this Sunday. Your Mind is ready for more than you think!

How to be sane in a crazy world - Rev Paul Gonyea

"If you think about it, the times when we are the craziest are those times when we're focusing on events outside of us as being more powerful or more important than what's inside of us. But as Forrest Gump would say, "Crazy is as crazy does." It’s even worse when the “unexpected” happens, though it shouldn't be. In a world that changes constantly, we’re bound to run into a few surprises now and then. That’s normal. It’s the way the world works. But we don’t need to get all wound up just because we didn’t expect something to happen in the exact way we thought it should happen."

The Season to Suspend Disbelief - Rev David Barrett

Something amazing happens in Life when we each suspend disbelief during the holiday season. So many people hold deeply on to things they don’t believe in during the holiday season. People say, “I don’t believe in Santa Claus,” or “I don’t believe in the virgin birth story,” or I don’t believe the oil lasted for eight days.”

However, if just during this holiday season, you suspend your disbelief on these few items, something wonderful happens when the Creative Mind of yours lets go of the grip of things you don’t believe in, and allows for creativity to occur in you Life in ways you know not of. Suspend Disbelief now.

The Calm Within the Storm - Rev Paul Gonyea

“There are a number of reasons why we get so traumatized by major challenges in our life. But it’s important to remember that no problem can ever be any bigger than we allow it to be. In fact, one of the greatest differences between a happy and successful person and an unhappy, unsuccessful person is that the unhappy person sees his or her problems as being much more significant to their success than does the successful person. One sees the problems in every opportunity, while the other sees the opportunity in every problem.”

Give Thanks a Chance - Rev David Barrett

Not your typical Thanksgiving talk, this is about Thanks Living... something to think about.

What Season Are You Living? - Rev Angela Harmon

 The leaves are changing beautifully, Falling from the trees like snow,The time on the clock has changed Halloween has come and gone
Dressing up for costumes parties, trick or treating and fun with friends, Thanksgiving approaches, Time with family, stuffing the turkey and watching football 
Confirming Fall is here, Christmas is around the corner, Commercials have begun to show holiday decorations,Christmas songs being played, And in less than 8 weeks
A new year begins, A reminder of the seasons of life, Season are not  just Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall,Seasons celebrating birthdays, weddings,  & retirements

A season of job lost or job gained, Love lost and love gained, Life events occur day in and day out, Walking our dog, Feeding our cat, Getting the mail, Paying bills 
On and on. Days break down into time, Seasons come and go, Which equal time passing , How do you live the seasons of your life? 
Is this peak season? Or off season?  Are days predominately happy? or sad? or even neutral? Are you feeling like you’re living each day to the fullest?  Or is life passing you by? 
Are you waiting for tomorrow to live a dream, To make more money, To travel, Write a book, Life goes on no matter the season, Or what’s on the calendar or clock

Allow Science of Mind principles to steer you towards principled centered living, To demonstrate abundance in all seasons of your life, Incorporating the practice of living in gratitude daily
Because the more we give thanks, The more we have to be thankful about, So live in gratitude, Throughout every season!  And so it is

After the War Begins - Rev Paul Gonyea

The truth is, we do not believe in war because it is in the world. War is in the world because we believe in it. In the Science of Mind text, Ernest Holmes writes, “The more the world arms for war, the more certain it is that there will be war.” As long as we see war as a necessary evil, as an unfortunate but unavoidable event that has existed since civilization began, it will be a part of our world. If we see it as the only way to solve certain problems, our collective consciousness will see that we have plenty of problems that require it. Or as Abraham Maslow, the great psychologist, once said, “When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem begins to look like a nail.”    Paul Gonyea

Googling God - Rev David Barrett

Finally being able to track all the data that is out there, Google has released some stunning statistics about the search for word “GOD” on the internet. Not only are there searches for what the definition is, but also questions about WHY God does certain things, and also, requests being sent to God. This Sunday, we’ll look at some of that data, but we will also turn the question around. Instead of googling God… what would happen if God googled YOU! The answer is surprising!

Who Do You Want To Be? - Rev Paul Gonyea

“Even though we’re all connected at the God-level, each one of us is self-contained. We are the only ones who know where our own passion lies, the only ones who know what’s truly gratifying to us. The inner awareness that allows us to see who we really are is not visible to anyone else. If we don’t look for it, if we don’t find it and nurture it and allow it to grow, it will stay hidden from the world forever. That’s what it means when we say that this is our life and no one else can live it for us. The Law of Mind is ready to work through us, with all the power in the Universe at our disposal, but we have to decide to use it. We have to give it direction.”

The Rich Power of Your Mind - Rev David Barrett

If you had an App that was named “Magic Box” and it produced whatever you wanted whenever you opened the App, what would happen to your State of Consciousness? The first thing that would happen would be a complete change in your thinking!….And guess what happens after you change your thinking? You change your Life! Come hear how you have that App already this Sunday