Church of One Love

Confronting Eraser Mentality with Dr. Pennie Murray

Ever wish you had a magical eraser that could erase anything? If you did, what would you erase…A. Your beliefs?     B.  The experience of an ex-lover, spouse, or someone else?  C. Your mistakes/poor choices?  D.  Yourself?

Lessons in Goodness: Continuing with the Tao

Tao 33, 36, 38  We all want to be good—or at least to be thought of as good.  Can we be good if we just try hard enough?  The Tao says that true goodness does not know itself.  What does that mean?  What is the nature of goodness itself?  Let’s explore this subject through the lens of this ancient Chinese scripture.

Lessons in Nature: What the Animals Teach Us

Everywhere we look there are lessons from the natural world, from the plants’ natural turning toward the sun to instincts and loyalties of our pets.  Join us for a special pet blessing and gain wisdom from the animal world. 

Lessons in Paradox: Exploring the Tao de Ching

48 “The world is governed by letting things take their course.  It cannot be governed through interference.”  56  “Those Who Know do not talk.  Those who talk do not know”

The Tao is full of similar paradoxes—two extant truths that seem at odds with each other.  It is in coming to terms with paradox that wisdom is found. 

Letting Go of What No Longer Serves

The single thing humans are most afraid of is…CHANGE.  Even when we very much want change and can see it is for our good, it’s difficult to leave the past in the past and walk boldly and bravely into what’s next.  Rev Mel will discuss why and how to let go of what was then and is now—in order to pave the way for what is to be. 

New Thought: A Living Spirituality

Guest speaker Rev Dr PJae Stanley shares how our spirituality can work for us 24 hours a day—7 days a week. When we actively engage with Spirit, our personal relationship with Divine Principle makes our individual lives more loving, abundant and joy-filled, even as we make the world a better place thru loving connection with God and others.

Looking In - Without Judgment

(What’s on the Shelves?)    Rev Mel is back this week, with a look at how to be truly self-aware and self-observant with absolute self-love and self-compassion. When dare to see ourselves as we are—without comparison or regret—we let go of shame, judgment, defensiveness, and need for constant justification.

To Live What We Believe

Do we know what we believe? Can we articulate it?  Do we hold our big decisions and small daily choices up to our beliefs and values, and if so… do our actions support and illustrate our beliefs?   Can others tell what we believe by the way we live?  Let’s explore these questions in order to clarify for ourselves what we value most.

The Light and The Shadow

Are both necessary?  We have a tendency to want to be in the “light” all the time. To “see the light,” to “take ourselves lightly.”   And yet many great master teachers have taught us the importance of our journey through the “dark night of the soul.”  There is beauty and healing in taking a good look at our darker sides, facing our fears, our rage, our selfishness and our doubts.  We can’t bring light into the shadow until we are willing to go there unadorned.

Cultivating Everyday Love

Love is the answer…always.  But what are the questions we deal with day after day?  Not just the big ones but the small, seemingly inconsequential ones? And how do we show love when people don’t really want our love or are not ready to receive it?  Let’s explore simple practices we can do every day to make our lives—and thus the world—a more loving place.