VISION: A Center For Spiritual Living

Rev Patti Paris "How Big is Your Big?"

Are we citizens of the world, of our nation, of our state, our city, our block, or just our homes? We are called by Spirit to express a great and joyous life. Ego warns us to stay small, to not try for our dreams. But those are conditions. Truth is always pushing us onward to more.
When we are challenged or get our buttons pushed, we have a chance to examine ourselves from within, or we can retreat to blame and defend our woundedness. But they didn`t install that button, they just pointed it out to us. And so will the next person, until we do the inner work.

Rev Patti Paris "The Long View"

We must keep our eye on the goal, not on any obstacle or perceived block that appears before us. Look at where you`re going, not at where you are.
When we pray, we align with our desires- we don`t pray "for" something, a thing that is not with us/ part of us. We pray the experience of something we already are, already know- the truth of us; pray health, pray love, pray abundance and financial well being. We make our good welcome, and let go of the "how".

Rev Angela Geary "Reaching Higher"

We come together to remember the Truth of our being. Things can bring us down, but in community we lift each other up.
The perfection within walks hand in hand with the human experience. We go deep, we nurture those parts of us that feel neglected, that feel ignored, and with deep roots, we reach higher.

Rev Patti "The Melting Pot- The Salad Bowl"

We all come from a Unified Whole, and express it uniquely. Diversity and multiplicity are the Freedom of the Universe, Oneness is the Truth of It.
We seek community and space to grow and express our unique gifts and talents, and to admire and encourage the individuality of others.

Peter Bolland "Last Temptation of Buddha"

Beyond the spiritual words and ideas, we seek a life of living and bring them into action. We are called to Truth, and also called to the woundedness of the world.
We are not seeking Spiritual escape, but to become awake. To be a force for action and change. Without succumbing to ego and false control. We let go of the impossible task of fixing the world, and seek connection with it.

Rev Patti "And One for All"

There is a unity of all life, a single source, which we partake of by our individualized nature. Dreams and ideas, unless demonstrated, are meaningless.
We are drawn by our choices, and repelled by our choices. We come to a place in our lives, where we acknowledge our own volition, and move by using the tools of the spiritual life to create a life of our desires.

Rev Patti "All for One..."

We are ONE. There is One light that is the substance of everything. We are the myriad forms; infinite and diverse variety expressing the unlimited potential of the Universe!
There is no "other", there is nowhere to go, nothing to become- only more of our true nature to reveal and revel in.

Rev Patti "Answering the Call"

We have many tools at our disposal, but we must use them! We must keep the channel of Spiritual input clear, and we must consent to the idea when it comes to us!
We connect, and we act. We bring the I AM into every situation we find ourselves in. We must be big enough to claim it for ourselves.

Rev Patti "Don't Hang Up"

This will be our best year ever, our best day ever! We say it, we set the intention, we hold to that Truth, and it shows up in our lives. We are not subject to outside influence, unless we choose to be.
We make time to meditate, to take our concerns, our fears and our problem within, to that which holds all of our answers. We know that we are One with the Infinite, and we surrender our idea for a larger ideal.

Rev Dr Kathy Hearn "Inspiration"

We can spend our energy battling what is, or welcoming what we want. What drives our lives, what do we live from? When we are constrained, we are outwardly focused. When we are inspired, we are inwardly focused.

We see everyday as an opportunity, not living in the shadow of comparison and competition, but as an expression of the larger life.