Posts tagged peace
Overwhelmed by Love
Dec 10th
At the time I found the Center of Light two years ago, I felt like a leaf that was hopelessly tossed about in the autumn wind. There were some temporary ups and funny turns, but the overall trajectory seemed downward and hopeless. In my heart I was despaired. For years I had tried to find More >
Not Your Parents’ Jesus and Mary
Aug 6th
I have been living in spiritual community for six weeks now, as a novice at the Chicago Center of Light. I made this move because for the last two years I have been more and more involved with this spiritual practice, through meditation classes, spiritual seminars, and eventually through relationships with Teachers, priests, and the More >
Growing and Deepening into Who I Truly Am
Jul 19th
Recently I was watering some houseplants. They looked healthy enough, but I noticed that they weren’t growing and that the roots were at the surface, all tightly wound together. As I transplanted them today, I felt the relief of the plants as I put them in fresh soil, in their new spacious pots. They felt More >
Definitely Worth the Effort
Jun 28th
I am so thankful for the Center of Light. This past Sunday, I was so happy and felt so much joy about going to the Center for our conclusion to our seminar weekend with Mother Clare. I just wanted to be surrounded and filled with the love of my teachers and community. Even though I More >
From the Heaviness of Depression to the Lightness of God
Jun 24th
Many of my old friends ask how I got onto the spiritual path, no less became a minister. I was the atheist and usually the one who got into arguments with Christians about how God was just in their imaginations. In college, I opened up to the possibility that God did exist, but I held More >
The Vastly Superior Intelligence of Love
Jun 9th
There have been huge moments, overwhelming experiences of Divine Love that have blown my concepts apart and marked turning points in my life, but lately it is the little things that are springing up everywhere, like flowers after the winter snow. The other day at my son’s game, I saw a friend who is recently More >
Hope Made Manifest
Jun 7th
I’m so thrilled to be sharing what is most meaningful to me…this transformative path! It is a path of learning to love and be loved, to see and be seen, to open completely to God who wants to know all parts of us. It is hope made manifest, faith turned into reality, love expanding from More >



