A New Birth

It has been amazing week. There has been so many facets of life in front of me. The loss of Merlin, our cat is deep. It gets a little better each day as we surrender and accept the highest good for her and us. We know there is Divine perfection behind every experience. That is […]

Where is the Child in You?

There is a passage in the Bible where Jesus is to have said, “Be as little children.” Ernest Holmes writes in today’s reading of Science of Mind, “The life of the child is lived in natural goodness. God is natural goodness. The prison walls of false experience soon build themselves into barriers, shutting out the […]

I am Worth It!

I sit in my new home, so grateful for my life. The oxymoron of feeling this much gratitude and joy, and also missing and mourning Merlin, our cat, is still quite unsettling. I am still working through this and allowing myself the time to feel all my emotions. I am not rushing anything. However, right […]

Can We Demand It All? Part II

Yesterday, I wrote about the disappearance of our cat Merlin and my thoughts surrounding it. I questioned if I can demand her return. I’ve had another day to think and pray on this idea and I want to share my thoughts again as this relates to all areas of our life. In our teaching of […]

Can We Demand It All?

On Thursday, our cat Merlin disappeared. She was adjusting really well to her new living space and seemed to be really enjoying being an only cat. We were spoiling her totally. We did not anticipate that she would just disappear. It seemed to come out of no where. I am just going to relate my […]

Moving Out of My Comfort Zone

I’ve found that the only way to spiritually advance in my life is to move out of my comfort zone. Ernest Holmes once wrote that we should start where we are, but then he adds to begin to move forward from that place. I am talking about consciousness first. If we stay in one place […]

Again?

More shootings? It’s hard to believe, and yet it isn’t. Bandaids do not heal anything. They cover the wound and make us blind to it. It’s still there and until we get that and really look at the wound, this violence is not going to end. The dis-ease that lies beneath these shootings is self-hatred. […]

What is My Assignment Today?

I just read an article by Dr. Michael Beckwith. There were two things in the article that struck me. One was his vision statement for Agape of serving humanity through “spiritual practice, sacred service and unconditional love.” The other was the question he asks himself every morning: “What is my assignment today?” What is my […]

I Know Nothing. Now, What Can I Know?

There has been a lot of upheaval in many of the lives around me. For example, everyone in my immediate family (son and daughters and myself) have moved within the last year. All but one, have moved in the last three months. It seems like everyday I get notice of someone being diagnosed with a […]

You Deserve It!

A long time ago, my first Science of Mind teacher Richard Morgan told us that nearly always if we are not demonstrating the life we desire, it is because we feel like we do not deserve it. At the time, I’m not sure I totally comprehended what he was saying, but as the years progressed, […]

Love Changes everything

Author: Rev. Dr. Rita