Center for Spiritual Living Midtown

Just Another Peace Talk

When it comes to creating peace instead of war, we all want to do something meaningful and effective; we just don’t know what. Even honest and caring people can’t seem to agree on the best way to stop the fighting. As a result, we end up doing either the wrong thing, or doing nothing. And that doesn’t move us forward as a race in the direction we’re trying to go.

Beware the Ides of March” Versus “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway - Rev David Barrett

Yes, there is an aspect of us that has never been fearful, never been scared, never doubted, but what is it that is within us the feels fear, is scared, and doubts? It is that beautiful divine/human aspect of us that we walk around daily in. On Sunday, we’ll discuss how the Universe is never afraid and we shouldn't be either, while balancing it with the Kennedy Shultz quote, “Be open at the top, but don’t let your brains fall out!”.

Awaken from Winter’s Discontent

Oh, how we are full of discontent for the weather, but is there actually a discontent somewhere else in our lives? What if we were to REALLY awaken to that something that is trying to come forth in our lives, that at first feels like discontent, but is actually an entire greater life to be lived? Come hear how we can truly awaken ourselves to our spiritual magnificence.

It Takes All Kinds

We teach here that this Power that created us, this Power that continually expresses life through us, has no religion, no gender, no skin color, and no sexual orientation. This power is the Creator of all those things and the substance of all things, but it embodies none of them. We are the ones who make those distinctions. Differences are not a problem until we start judging or evaluating each other based on those differences, thinking they’re more important than they really are. Then, when other people have the nerve to judge us, we start to feel threatened, and we react. Then they react, and we react, and on and on and on. That’s when things like discrimination and prejudice start to rear their ugly heads, followed closely by terrorism, persecution, wars, genocide, and so on.

Great Balls of Fire- Living the Passionate Life!

The month of Love talks continue with living a Life we truly LOVE, the Life that will make you say when you look at body in the mirror, “Great Balls of Fire!”, the type of job you walk into every Monday morning announcing, “Great Balls of Fire!”, the type of financial status that when you see net worth, you proclaim, “Great Balls of Fire!”, and before a date starts, you go to bed with your spouse, or you enjoy your single Life, you announce, “Great Balls of Fire!”.

Goodness, gracious, we know to announce these things even though it might not be true in our current circumstances. We’ll learn how to think correctly about all the areas of our lives so we truly exclaim… GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!

Crazy Love - Rev. Paul Gonyea

“We spend too much of our time and energy listening to a very confused and cynical world telling us how dangerous it is to open our heart even for a moment, let alone keep it opened. And even worse, we constantly look backwards at our own experiences in the area of love and relationships — most of which occurred when we either didn't understand our own emotions, or were trying to connect with someone who didn't understand their emotions — and we assume the future will be just like the past, if not worse. So every time we get hurt, we shut down a part of our heart, then another part, and then another, until eventually our heart looks and feels like an armed fortress.”

Inflate Your Love - Rev Daid Barrett

With all the talk of inflation and deflation, we’ll take this SUPER BOWL SUNDAY to examine just how much we deflate ourselves, even unintentionally, to the point that we feel tired, under appreciated, and not loved. But with one small ‘tool’, smaller than an inflation needle, we can inflate ourselves back to our intended, full pressurized Life. This ‘tool’ is available in Atlanta, no tire pump required!

Science of Mind Basics Talk 4: The Doorway to a New Experience

“What we need to understand and to remember is that we are the means by which God, or Spirit, creates and expresses Life in the world. It does so marvelously in the world at large, whether we choose to live that way or not. It will do it through us, or around us. It will do it with us or in spite of us — just not necessarily  TO us or FOR us. The choice is always ours and ours alone. God doesn't make our choices for us. It gives us what we expect. So we can refuse to accept our good; we can deny it; we can close our eyes and claim we don’t see it; but we can’t change the Nature of this Power that’s always there to give us our heart’s desire. All WE can affect is how much good we are willing to accept.”

Why Creation Never Ends

Whenever an idea comes to us, especially a powerful, exciting, life-expanding idea; when we finally accept it and give it our complete attention, and put our passion behind it, that idea will always find a way to appear in our life. But first, it has to become alive in our consciousness. Once we allow it to do that, then we become the means by which it becomes a part of our experience. And nothing outside of us can stand in its way, because it is the Power of All Creation doing what it does, which is creating something fresh and new in our life.

We’re All Divine

“It’s one thing to believe in a higher Power, in whatever way, shape or form that takes for us. But to live our life in the way we truly want to live it, we also have to believe something else. We have to believe that we all have within us — because, once again, we are all perfect ideas in the Mind of God — that we have within us all the power we could ever need to create whatever we choose to create. You are the only thinker, the only decision maker, in your life. And I am the only thinker in mine.”