Community of Infinite Spirit

We are observing the Advent Season in lighting our Advent candles. We may also use our imagination to light these candles within our heart. We shall now relight the prior 2 candles; first Hope and now Faith. This week is about joy. Today our Advent candle represents joy. I shall read from Matthew 7-11: “Behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him.

Today I am speaking about The Joy of the Soul. Merriam Webster defines joy as, “a feeling of great happiness or pleasure: delight, a state of great happiness: bliss” Spiritually, joy can be seen as a quality of the soul, grounded in faith in God’s presence, even in challenging times. A sense of closeness to God elicits the joy of the soul. We are truly one with God, living, moving and having our being in God. In meditation God’s presence may be felt within, in the heart, in t

This is the second Sunday of the Advent season. Each Sunday we light a candle. You may light an actual candle or light an imaginary candle in your heart. Last week we lit the first candle for Hope. Let’s take a moment to relight the candle of Hope. Now we move to our candle for the second week of Advent, the candle representing Faith. The scripture reading for today is from Luke 1, verses 38 and 45-47. “Mary said, Here I am, a handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according t

Today’s talk is about Exercising Faith in Difficult Times. There are many kinds of challenges we may experience. These may be a personal life tragedy as in a loss of loved ones, terminal disease, or life altering injury. Then there are traumas as in a break-up of a long relationship, loss of a job, or our home and possessions. We all at times have been challenged living through difficult times. All these and many more can bring about depression or worse. For some people these

Today we begin the annual Christian tradition of Advent. Advent means adventure and coming arrival. This is a spiritual adventure that we take each year which begins on the 4th Sunday before Christmas and ends on Dec. 24th. Advent is the remembering the birth of Christ Jesus, and is the period of preparation for the 2nd coming of the Christ. In Divine Science and New Thought teachings this 2nd coming of Christ happens within us. A popular tradition for the Advent season is th

Today is the first Sunday of Advent and we light a candle for hope. As we go through the Advent season we have the hope of the birth of the Christ, not just in Christ Jesus so long ago, but in each of our hearts right now in this present time. What is hope? Merriam-Webster says hope is “to cherish a desire with anticipation: to want something to happen or be true” It is “desire accompanied by expectation of obtaining what is desired or belief that it is attainable” It is also

Good morning! This is Rev Teresa. I have a reading for you this morning from “Where There is Light, Insight and Inspiration for Meeting Life’s Challenges” by Paramahansa Yogananda. He says: “Every day do some good to help others, even if it is only a pittance. If you want to love God, you must love people. They are his children. You can be helpful materially by giving to the needy; mentally by giving comfort to the sorrowful, courage to the fearful, divine friendship and m

This Thursday many people of this country shall be celebrating Thanksgiving Day by having a feast. Some tables may be serving the traditional turkey, dressing, gravy, yams, pumpkin pie. For others it may be tofu in place of turkey, or eat ethnic gourmet foods of other cultures. A feast represents God’s bountiful good with plenty for everyone. Plenty to share with our family and friends regardless of the particular form it takes. Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday to celeb

Today’s reading is from our text Divine Science Its Principle and Practice page 117. Within the thought of evolution is the recognition of a persistent urge in all living things to move on, to progress to new things and new experiences. Emerson says, “The creation is on wheels, always passing into something else, streaming into something higher.” There is something in the very nature of life that itself that compels it and its creatures to move on. There is an innate urge th

This morning, I am speaking about grief and gratitude. Gratitude is an important element of healing from grief. There are many kinds of losses and reasons for grief: the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, divorce, loss of a friend, loss of a pet (and a pet generally qualifies as a friend), loss of a pregnancy, loss of a home through a disaster or financial loss, loss of a job, loss of a career, loss of a dream, loss of a physical ability, loss of a body part, lo

Good morning! I have a reading for you this morning from today’s Divine Science Daily Study titled: THE NATURE OF LIFE “The Nature of Life” is a theme as large as the universe. …[Let us] consider it from the Divine Science point of view, with emphasis on a growing awareness of the Truth, realizing first of all that there is a Source, a Cause for everything that is, one Original Creator. This One, this Source creates out of Original Substance, and this One (God) is i

Today I’m speaking on the Spiritual Law of Wealth. Autumn is best known as our final season of the year to harvest; a reaping of that which we have sown. This is a Universal Spiritual Principle of wealth in cause and effect. How living in principle makes it so we don’t have to be negatively affected by the worldly scene. When challenged it’s not a time to give up, but this becomes a time for being more creative, digging deep within, and planting our seeds in affirming what

This is a time of the year for Honoring Our Ancestors, All Hallows Eve on October 31st, All Saints Day on November 2nd, Dia De Los Muertos November 1st-2nd, a sacred time of honoring those significant people in our life who have made their transition to the other side of the veil. This year is also significant for me, as my beloved husband of almost 52 years, Rev Mark Stuefloten, made his transition to the other side on October 1st, 2024 just a little over a year ago. His pas

Today’s reading is from the Divine Science Daily Studies by Dr. Lucile Frederick 1902-1994, Minister, Educator and DSFI leader, at Denver, CO. I was fortunate to have her as my teacher for the Practitioner course back in 1984. GOD’S GRACE “God is bound to act, to pour Himself into thee, as soon as He shall find thee ready.” (Meister Eckhart) God’s grace is not something mysterious and apart from us. It is the omnipresence, the omniscience, the omnipotence, and the omni-actio

Good morning! This is Rev Teresa. I have a reading for you today from the October 17th Divine Science Daily Study titled: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD Without light there would be no life, and without intelligence there would be no progress in that life. In metaphysics, Light is recognized as meaning Spirit; Understanding; Intelligence; an aspect of God. When we understand something, we say, “I see!” Yet the seeing is not a visual experience, but an inner perception. Physicists

My message for today is on The Great Uncover. Its time to uncover the coverup. For many, their first thought when they hear coverup is conspiracy. Meaning, those people keeping secrets from us with intent to do harm or for selfish purposes. I’m not saying that people aren’t keeping secrets, but the greatest coverup is the one we ourselves do regarding our true self. Jesus the Christ spoke so much about heaven, and how our minds are like gardens; our thoughts being the seeds t

Today I am speaking about the gift of grace. The grace of God is a term familiar to most Christians. The Cambridge Dictionary defines...

Today’s reading is from the Divine Science Daily Studies written by Dr. Karl Kopp, 1934-2005, Senior Minister First Church of Divine...

Good morning! This is Rev Teresa. I have a reading for you this morning from today’s Divine Science Federation International Daily Study,...

The title of my talk today is Let Your Light Shine. This is about our energy field, our light body also known as our aura. In the bible...