Dear Friends,
This year, believe it or not, is a year of Light.
For 100 years, The Church of The Christian Community, has
now been in existence, proclaiming the Word of God, or Logos, in a new form.
For 100 years, the Light of the Christ has streamed forth
from every altar, reaching every corner of the globe. It will continue to touch
every soul for many centuries to come.
We may not be conscious of this Light, but it is in each and
every one of us, regardless of race, color or creed. We come from Light, and
are born into this earthly existence. We are essentially beings of light, who
have forgotten where we came from. There have been many recorded instances,
where someone, experiencing a next-to-death moment, has seen that Light – has become
conscious of it, and been forever changed when they returned.
That is our purpose on Earth - to once again become
conscious of this reality – to become aware of it in our very souls, live with
it, and work with it.
There are forces who desire to turn us away from this
purpose, to distract us, but as we have recently seen in current events, people
are waking up. We are no longer content to be treated like machines, or
animals, to be merely a cog in the wheel that serves those who are only
interested in money and power. That wheel wants to grind us into dust. But we
are far more than mere clay.
Everywhere, in everything we see and do, there can be Light.
Perhaps it is in a flower, perhaps it is in a kindness someone has shown you, a
friendly hello, a work of art, a strain of music. You only have to look or
listen for it. Perhaps it is a feeling welling up inside of you! We, as human
beings, can and will be co-creators of this Light. It is our choice as to when
that will happen. We can choose for it to happen right now, this moment, or in
the far distant future. This has to do with our ego and our will. When we can
let go of our own ego (lower self) and willfulness, we create space for the
Light of Christ to ray forth.
Thy Will be done, on Earth, as it is in Heaven.
Today in our community, we had the rare, once in a lifetime
privilege, to meet, welcome and shake hands with the world-wide leader of our
church; also, to hear some of his thoughts on the challenges we face for the
next 100 years as a global community. So strongly did this experience tug on my
heartstrings, that I could barely speak afterwards, and there were tears in my
eyes as I drove home.
In two weeks, we will welcome home into our midst, our very
own, newly ordained priest, Erica Maclennan.
More later!
Sparky
