CSL-White Rock Sunday's Message

Speaking on The Miracles of Our Sacred Yes , this Sunday is Rev. Champion Fleming, whose powerful description has me very intrigued and excited: ‘Saying yes to the Divine, and to your own divinity, cultivates a consciousness of possibility that allows the Magnificence of Spirit to flow into your life and experience. We often call this a miracle. Living into our Oneness with the Divine, we see more...

Last week, through a series of enjoyable, but non-routine events, I missed the Sunday Gathering which always grounds me with beautiful music, a mind-clearing meditation, uplifting affirmative prayers, and a message from our amazing Spiritual Director that moves my heart and feeds my soul. On Tuesday, I missed the calming meditation provided by our wonderful practitioners. Also, I could not make it...

‘To accurately hear a whisper, you must give it your full attention and focus. Modern-day life has a lot of noise that can keep us distracted and disconnected. However, when you make a commitment to spiritual living, it is wise to begin listening to the whispers of your heart and soul. The Divine is offering you the clarity that leads to your greatest fulfillment. Are you ready to listen to the wi...

Our Sacred Yes is our intriguing July theme. For our talk and our book of the month, Rev. Cassandra Rae describes the following: ‘“Experience the Divine in Your Life with One Sacred Word…Yes.” These are the words on the inside flap of the cover of July’s book of the month, The Sacred Yes: Letters from the Infinite, Volume 1, by Rev. Deborah L. Johnson. In this first of a series of four talks, we’l...

For the final piece in our June theme, The Soul’s Call, we are blessed to welcome as speaker our very own Minister of Organizational Development, Rev. Champion Fleming with their topic, The Humility of Liberation : ‘Can we be humble enough to accept the Truth of our own Divinity? Join us this Sunday as we explore spiritual freedom, shared liberation, and the communal activation of Love.’ Since the...

‘Without love, Evolution is a spiritual path of apathy, complacency, and lethargy. It is easy to talk the talk about love and more challenging to love our neighbour 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!’ The brilliance of this description of Rev. Cassandra Rae’s talk for this Sunday, What’s Evoluti...

‘If humanity is to awaken its Spiritual Magnificence and a World that Works for All, our discomfort must become our teacher. Individually and collectively, we must dive deeply into areas we tend to shy away from. Within the path of unconditional happiness, there is space for discomfort and what it is teaching us - even when it’s uncomfortable.’ This description of Rev. Cassandra Rae’s talk this we...

I admire our incredible Spiritual Director, Rev. Cassandra Rae, for her courage, compassion, and willingness to serve up the difficult topics. If the title for this week’s talk, Pushed by Pain, was a Netflix movie title, I would skim right past it. That is until I read Rev. Cassandra’s talk intro: ‘Suppose we didn’t deny or avoid pain, but rather embraced it as an invitation to higher consciousnes...

I see a new world. It begins with me.”   ~ Rev. Ruth Littlejohn  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!   Rev. Ruth Littlejohn is an or...

“Compassion is the wish that everyone, without exception, is free from pain and suffering and its causes.” - Ruth King in Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out We envision a world in which we live and grow as One Global Family that respects and honours the interconnectedness of all life. In her book Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out Ruth King says, “Bearin...

“As we become more conscious of our conditioning as racial beings and as one collective force, we enhance the whole of humanity through our lived example.” - Ruth King in Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out  There are 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 experience...

Revolutionary Love invites us into a way of being, a way of thinking, a way of feeling, and a way of acting that is rooted in our love for one another.  It is in this rising up of our consciousness that we rise up in revolutionary love for ourselves, for each other, and for the wholeness of Life Itself. This week we explore mindfulness as a practice that sows revolutionary love into our heart...

Ruth King, a celebrated author, educator, and insight meditation teacher, boldly declares, “Racism is a heart disease, and it’s curable.” In the month of May we are delving into King’s book Mindful of Race: Transforming from the Inside Out where we will learn to use spiritual principles and practices for racial harmony and healing. Join our Wholly Holy Uprising to co-create a world that truly work...

This week, as Rev. Cassandra Rae takes her monthly-board-ordered Sunday off, we are thrilled to welcome Tamara Rossander, CSL White Rock’s very own RScP and Ministerial student, as our guest speaker! Tamara walks with people on their path, helps them open their hearts, expand their lives, and transform the world. Her highest directive is to create space for Divine Love to show up in the world. Tam...

You are an eternal being now on the pathway of endless unfoldment, never less but always more yourself.” -Ernest Holmes, (p. 122), This Thing Called You  Every new journey we choose to embark on is filled with excitement and anticipation, and there may also be feelings of hesitation. This paradoxical state could be called a “bless-itation” a combination of blessings and hesitations. As we tra...

“The desire you have to be something, to do something, is a mental echo in your mind of the Spirit which already exists within you.”  -Ernest Holmes, (p. 67) This Thing Called You,  Commitment to a Vision calls us to embrace change, transformation, and newness. As we boldly step into the unknown, we find ourselves navigating the winds of change, welcoming some and resisting others. We ha...

I vividly remember my first Sunday at CSL White Rock, 6 years ago. It was the first time I learned that I am not a human being on a spiritual journey - I am Spirit having a human experience. In that moment, I was stupefied and elated! Clearly, this was the explanation for the conundrum I had often debated with others: If God is all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good, and everywhere, how can evil exis...

This Sunday we welcome guest speaker Rev. Marie Kirkland! She is the founder and Spiritual Director of the Living Aligned Virtual Ministry. Her community brings people together to experience the power of alignment through practical spirituality, inviting each person to live intentionally, deepen relationships, and live aligned and forward while doing their meaningful work in the world. Through her...

‘What beliefs, ideas, and actions must we embrace, embody, and become to live in alignment with Spirit’s Highest Vision for our lives? Embracing these things brings us into the realization of the Vision. Following that inner voice of wisdom might lead you into change, but it also leads you into your greatest fulfillment.’ This uplifting description of Sunday’s talk, With Open Arms , by Rev. Cassan...

How thankful I am that the entire month of March is dedicated to the theme Open to Possibilities. As Rev. Cassandra Rae introduces this week's talk, Release and Let Go, she explains: “Rev. Michael Beckwith says that 100% of spiritual growth is in the letting go. Releasing and letting go of ideas, beliefs, and attachments that no longer serve creates openness and spaciousness. It removes obstacles...

May each and every one of us say ‘yes’ to accepting our life purpose, which is born out of love, thrives in love, and merges in union with love’s source.” ― Life Visioning: A Transformative Process for Activating Your Unique Gifts and Highest Potential by Michael Bernard Beckwith This month we open to the Highest Idea of our lives through the spiritual practice of Visioning. Opening up to the guid...

This Sunday we are so excited to welcome Rev. Dr. Victoria Bomberry as our guest speaker who will provide us with the final installment of our February focus on forgiveness. With her talk, Journey to Freedom, she explains, ‘Freedom is intimately bound to responsibility. There can be no freedom without a shared responsibility for one another and for ourselves. Freedom is dependent upon the basic hu...

This week our talk is entitled One Mind, Infinite Connections. Rev. Cassandra Rae explains, 'Our shared humanity is an expression of our divinity and our interconnectedness is a reflection of our oneness. We must open our hearts to each other knowing that our connection has the power to be an avenue for harmony, healing, and ultimately love. Let us walk the fourfold path of forgiveness because it...

‘While there might be times in your life when you break, you aren’t broken. In fact, the very essence of you can never be harmed. And yet, as humans how do we reconcile this spiritual truth with our very personal experiences of hurts, trauma, and pain? Join us as we explore the fourfold path of forgiveness as a way to feel the truth of our wholeness.’ This description of Rev. Cassandra Rae’s talk...

There is a natural human tendency to judge, criticize, blame, and shame people who cause harm. In the world right now there are a lot of harms coming into the light. Individually and collectively we are at a choice point: Will we retaliate or reconnect? In The Book of Forgiving Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu teach us that we can choose forgiveness instead of retaliation; we can choose to heal instead...