Dear Friends,

The other day I was listening to some favorite CD’s and one was by Eric Hansen, a beloved musician, songwriter and singer. Eric passed away some years ago, however his beautiful songs and lyrics remain filling us with joy and truth. The words below are from his song
“The Holy Man.” It reminds us we are all holy, precious and worthy. In 2021 let us all remember we are created by God so we ALL have God’s DNA, Divine Nature Attributes,
(from Detra Johnson RScP) within us.
Over the holidays we may have been frustrated by mail and delivery people when packages, or mail did not arrive on time. We may have felt irritated when service in stores or restaurants were not quick or correct. However, all people are Holy, created from God’s DNA.
In the New Year, let us make a commitment to see the HOLINESS in all people we come
in contact with and/or over the phone. When we do, our irritation subsides and we can continue to BECOME more of our GOD DNA potential.

Here are the Beautiful Words and the YouTube video link is below.
Enjoy and Remember!

THE HOLY MAN

Treat every one you meet
Like a holy man
Know that every step you take
Is on holy land

Do not grow impatient
Do not speak in haste
Do not strike in anger
There’s so little time to waste

[Chorus:]
Holy
We are holy
Anyone you see could be
The Holy Man

It could be a stranger on the street
A lover that you meet
The check out girl in a grocery store
Standing on her feet
It could be that guy you were so rude to
When he was nice to you
A teacher that you hated
When you were back in school

Treat every one you meet
Like a holy man
Know that every step you take
Is on holy land

You are me
And I am you
We are one
Spinning ’round the sun
And when the day is done
We have done our best
To see the Holy Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZvgvePuKU8

Treating All as Holy,
Abigail and Steve

Dear Friends
This has been quite a year for us, expanding our faith and increasing our fortitude!

Our hearts and prayers go out to all the people around the world who lost their lives due to COVID and to the families grieving.
We continue praying for our essential workers and the scientists who have worked so diligently throughout this year to take care of the sick and create a vaccine for the health of the world. We bless them and express our gratitude and thanks for their service to humanity.

Ernest Holmes in his “What We Believe” says:
“We believe in the eternality, the immortality and the continuity of the individual soul, forever and ever expanding.”
We believe all those who have passed on to the other side are still expanding their soul because they are immortal. No one ever “dies.”

As the New Year approaches, how do we want to BE in the coming year. How can we expand spiritually here on earth?
Where are the areas we need to learn and grow? We are here to BEcome Godlike. Our Spirit is perfect, and yet here on earth our challenge is to recognize the perfection and beauty of our Spirit, our God essence.
“We believe in the eternal Goodness, the eternal Loving-kindness
and the eternal Givingness of Life to All.
We believe in our own soul, our own spirit and our own destiny,
for we understand that the life of all is God.”
The LIFE of ALL is GOD. Can we in 2021 move ahead in our spiritual growth to recognize God in ourselves is the same God in ALL people everywhere?
Can we be kind to ourselves, therefore be kind to everyone regardless of faith, culture, creed or political persuasion?
What will we have to BEcome in order to do BE that?
For an inspirational video, please view the Near- Death Experience of Jeff Olsen.

In the midst of great pain and hardship, the message it always there.
GOD IS, Heaven exists and we are NEVER alone.

BEing New in the New Year,
Abigail and Steve

December 15, 2020

Dear Friends,

At this time of year I like to prepare myself in prayer and meditation for the wonder of Christmas and all it means. Every symbol has meaning and significance, and springs forth from an idea that came before.

Many churches celebrate this Advent Season .
“Advent is a time of expectation and hope. “Advent” means “arrival” or “coming,” and it prompts us to pause each day in December and remember why Jesus came at Christmas. Advent today is a time of anticipation and expectation of the birth of Christ. Advent lasts for four Sundays leading up to Christmas. The Advent wreath is created out of evergreens, symbolizing everlasting life in the midst of winter. The Advent wreath is a symbol of the season, with a candle lit each of the four Sundays leading up to, and on Christmas Day.
The candles represent Hope, Faith, Joy and Peace. The middle candle represents Light and Purity and is called the Christ Candle lit on Christmas Day.”
The light of the flickering candle flames reminds us who Jesus is: “In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (John 1:4-5).”
https://www.crosswalk.com/special-coverage/christmas-and-advent/advent-wreath-candles-understanding-the-meaning-history-tradition.html
Remember to always let your LIGHT Shine as a sincere heart, kind word, and a supportive action.

Christmas Tree and Garland
Other Christmas symbols are the Tree, and the Garland. Gathering Garlands is an ancient Druid influence. The freshness reminds us of life everlasting. The Christmas Tree represents the Tree of Life (also Jewish symbology) and honors the Christ presence in the home.

Martin Luther originated the first domestic Christmas Tree.
The Sacred Heart of Christmas by Flower Newhouse.

Christmas Carols
Christmas Carols are enjoyed by all. There was a time when people actually went door to door singing the favorite songs of the season. I did with my dad when I was little. It was a joyous event even in the cold wintry Chicago air. Sound and Song are considered in many religions the true way of communication with the Divine (Hindu, Sikh, Ekankar). “Christmas Carols possess latent power for unifying men and women with the higher orders of Life,” the Holy Ones, the Angels.
The Sacred Heart of Christmas by Flower Newhouse.

Three Kings and the Star
“The three Kings represent the souls who have risen above their lower natures and found what is truly important. The empty wilderness resembles the uncharted times in one’s life when familiar ways no longer exist. One must strike out towards the star and ideal.”
The Sacred Heart of Christmas by Flower Newhouse.
We all have times in our lives when what was working, no longer works, nor serves us. Time to open to a new way of living, moving and having our being. Let us follow the star (intuitive guidance) of our heart.

For the next two weeks, allow yourself time to remember the reason for the season.
LOVE, JOY, PEACE, KINDNESS, all the that Jesus the Christ represented. Ask yourself, what does this Holy Day and Season mean to me?
According to Flower Newhouse, a Mystic, and Minister, “Emmanuel” was the name the heavens knew Jesus by. It was his Holy name. Jesus was his earthly name.
Let us all tune into our Holy name and be that which we aspire to be now and always.

With Love,
Abigail and Steve.

Dear Friends,
A word kept coming to me this week as I read spiritual materials and took walks in my neighborhood. It is the word REVERENCE. When I am walking I have great reverence for the beauty of the trees, hills flowers and the beautiful gardens I pass. I feel at peace and am quiet. I also feel reverence when I pray to God, Spirit, Divine Source. There is that feeling of goodness, joy, peace, awe when in the Presence of the ONE. I know the ONE is in each one of us, all beings, and in all of nature.

It is easy to feel reverence for a spiritual leader and those who do outstanding work for human kind. It may not be so easy to feel reverence for someone you dislike, or have had ‘words’ with and cannot see eye to eye. It is at these times, we need to remember the reverence we feel for God is within each being. This is the place to connect even if we cannot share words.

I remember years ago when I was first studying to be a practitioner, a seasoned practitioner told me about a person in her real estate office who continually picked on people or took clients away. This practitioner, before going into the office, daily affirmed, the God within her is the same God within the other realtor. She saw her as God sees her, a loving emissary for good in this world. In time she noticed the realtor stopped being edgy with her and did not take any clients away. Those who are the least likeable, need to feel revered the most. Ultimate Truth of everyone and everything in the world/universe is God is who they are

Again, when we see the Good, the God in people and feel reverence for them, the energy changes. We do create our world by our hearts, thoughts and words.
Who ever you have an “issue” with, family, friend, government leader, begin to see the God within each person.

One of our New Thought Principles, written by Ernest Holmes states:
” We believe in the unity of all life, and that the highest God and the innermost God is one God. We believe that God is personal to all who feel this indwelling presence.”

Today, feel reverence for all creation, from the smallest to the largest.
How Great Thou Art is in each one. Think it silently to all you meet and all you talk to.
All is Holy, All is Sacred, All is Revered.

With Reverence,
Abigail and Steve

Dear Friends,

The best prayer there is, is “Thank you GOD.” As I mentioned in last week’s newsletter, when we give thanks for everything, the energy about every situation (Good or Not Good) changes. Vibrations are higher and Conscious answers become clear.

This week let us recognize and give thanks for ALL the opportunities, situations, events that we did not pray for and happened anyway. Many of us have had those turning points in life where God gifted us a NEW path or NEW way of being. We may not have prayed for it, however Spirit showed up as a thought, a whisper, a word, a push, a pull, or a delay.

A major turning point in my life was when I ‘told’ God, at a stop sign, I would never step into a church again. I was tired of church hopping. I was absolutely done! Then I got a postcard in the mail the following week with an invitation to attend a “Reincarnation” workshop. I was fascinated, so I went. The workshop was in a Religious Science Church in Newport Beach, CA. I loved the workshop so I decided to give Sunday Service a try.
Well needless to say, that was a major turning point in my life and I went on to become a New Thought minister.

Another major turning point in my life where I did not vision, pray for, or actively seek out, was when I was reading the local paper and a news item inviting people to join the Bahai’s to plan their World Religion Day in January 2004. I looked at Steve and said, “What’s a Baha’i?” Out of curiosity we went to their meeting. We came away with the absolute feeling that we wanted to participate and so I was invited to speak on the interfaith panel, as a New Thought minister.
That turning point led us to help found the Poway (POINT) Interfaith Team.

There are just times in our lives where we KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt (even if it is hindsight) there is a GREATER DIVINE PLAN for each of us. We are continually guided. We must be continually aware and open to the NEW and the wonderful beyond what we imagine or ask for.

The direction you took at your turning points led you to where you are today. You would not be reading this newsletter now, if everything in your life hadn’t been exactly as it was. There are no mistakes made, only lessons to be learned. God is continually guiding us.
Trust – Listen – Act.

Let us say Thank you GOD at the Thanksgiving Table for ALL we prayed for, and ALL we did not pray for. Let us recognize our life as whole and complete and in a Great Divine Plan to move us forward in purpose and Consciousness.

Thankful for All,

Abigail and Steve

• the pandemic
• the aftermath of the election,
• the quarantine with family,
• the love and support of family and friends,
• the learning how to zoom with distant relatives and friends
• and more.

Dear Friends,
The Soul and Vibrational Energy of our country has been through trials, tribulations, strife and stress.
We have a new President and a new Vice President. Many Americans are elated and others sad. We need to come together now greater than we ever have before, and heal the wounds and divisiveness in our country. It is time to remember our Oneness, our Divinity and our being part of this great Human Family. Let us all pray for our new leaders to stay in integrity, move forward with honesty to serve the American people in the highest and best way for our nation.

We as spiritual leaders are the peacemakers. Let us be the healing balm to family, friends, co-workers, strangers and our spiritual
community. All are in Gods circle of love, compassion and forgiveness. There are no outsiders in God, so let us continue to be open,
receptive, inclusive and keep our hearts and mind open to everyone.

For an inspirational message from Rev. Wendy Craig Purcell go to:

Knowing Our Oneness with All,
Abigail and Steve