SUNDAY CELEBRATIONS
& ENCOURAGEMENTS

Sunday Celebrations. Each week at 9:30am & 11am we gather in the Great Hall to renew friendships and enjoy exciting celebrations featuring an "encouragement" by minister DR. JESSE JENNINGS, the music of GEOFFRY OSHMAN and guests, and the spiritual support of our practitioners. This month's series is How to Build Character While Remaining Yourself.

Weekly topics this month are:

• Aug 3 … Ordinary Virtue: Embracing a Life of Increasing Good
• Aug 10 … Knowing the Right Thing to Do, and Then Doing It
• Aug 17 … True Colors: Bringing to Light What's Back of Our Choices
• Aug 24 … A Whole New World: Faith Rooted in Solid Ground
                (one service only today, at 11am)
• Aug 31 … The Genuine Article: Your Life's Passion Uncovered

Listen to past encouragements now!

Be sure to check out all the other fantastic activities happening Sundays and all week long!

Below are past Sunday Encouragement talks that were given at Creative Life Spiritual Center by Rev. Dr. Jesse Jennings. In addition, the opening meditation and closing benediction for each Sunday are also included if available. Many of the talks are centered around a particular "theme" for the month. Each talk is approximately 30 minutes long and are compiled in an MP3 format. The files have been optimized for both low or high bandwidth connections. In general, these talks will not be posted online until six months after they are given.

Can't seem to make it every Sunday or live out of town? You can subscribe online to the weekly encouragement talks and have them delivered to your door! You can also make an online order for individual recordings for recent (or past) Sunday Encouragement talks. Talks from 2004 to present are available on both CD or cassette tape. Older talks are only available on cassette. Recordings can either be picked up in the bookstore or delivered via postal mail. For additional information, please contact the CLC Bookstore.

Theme / Title	Bandwidth
September 2007 Five Principles of Inner Peace Inspired by a series of essays by mystic philosopher James Allen (1864-1912)
Duty: Undivided Attention, Intelligent Concentration	Low | High
Honesty: Bright Joy Accompanies Well-Earned Success	Low | High
Economy: Vestibule to More Spacious Chambers	Low | High
Liberality: A Generous Heart, Bestowing Goodwill	Low | High
Self-Control: Suspending Judgment, Mastering the Self	Low | High
August 2007 I am It and You are It and It is It and That is That Based in large part on the work of American Buddhist philosopher Alan Watts (1915-1973)
On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are	Low | High
To Prepare for the Future, Live Fully Now	Low | High
The Undeserved Gift of Divine Grace	Low | High
Go Out of Your Mind at Least Once Every Day	Low | High
June 2007 Telling Typos: Why There Are No Misteaks
Causal Attire	Low | High
Prayer and Mediation	Low | High
The Boy/Mind	Low | High
Scared and Profane	Low | High
May 2007 Rising Up to Our Higher Selves
All You've Ever Wanted is Right Where You Are	Low | High
Remembering Who You Are: Spirituality & Family Matters	Low | High
When You Wish Upon a Star: Reclaiming Everyday Magic	Low | High
Never the Same River Twice: Smooth and Natural Change	Low | High
April 2007 There is Good for You: Wisdom from Emma Hopkins
Everything is Seeking Its Good	Low | High
We See Life Where We Have Believed in Death (Easter)	Low | High
Love is the Highest Name of God	Low | High
Things are Plastic Substance which Your Skillful Fingers Mold	Low | High
Will Married to Meekness Carries the Day	Low | High
March 2007 The Secret is Out: Laws of Attraction and More
All Right Already: This is How We Do It	Low | High
"RURTR": Are You Ready to Receive?	Low | High
To Get What You Want #1: Bless What You Have	Low | High
To Get What You Want #2: Less Wanting, More Knowing	Low | High
February 2007 Thoughts on The Four Agreements This month's talk series uses the popular writings by Don Miguel Ruiz to enrich our daily lives.
Where Often Was Heard an Impeccable Word	Low | High
How to Take Things, If Not Personally	Low | High
Assume the Position of Avoiding Assumptions	Low | High
Why Doing Your Best is the Best You Can Do	Low | High
January 2007 YES, YOU CAN! This month's talk series is an inspirational and motivational series on the Science of Mind as a way of life: yours, mine, and ours.
You Can Find and Use Your Inner Power	Low | High
You Can Live in a State of Deep Joy	Low | High
You Can Express Yourself Heartfully	Low | High
You Can be Free, Whole and Happy	Low | High
December 2006 Winter: Something Waits Beneath This month we'll celebrate the depth of magic and wonder in this season that's contemplative as well as festive, and culminates in the birth of the Eternal Child.
The Spirit of Gladness (Rev. Marsha Leyhman, speaker)	Low | High
Naughty or Nice? Santa, I Can Explain!	Low | High
In the Name of All That's Holy	Low | High
A Rose from Tender Root Hath Sprung	Low | High
On the Verge of the Vision	Low | High
November 2006 Champing at the Bit for Change
How Can I Develop a Positive Outlook?	Low | High
How Can I Trust Myself to Do the Right Thing?	Low | High
How Can I Be Grateful For What I Have?	Low | High
How Can I Live in a Sense of the Sacred?	Low | High
October 2006 Lengthening Light: A Touch of Magic in the Air This month we'll explore the Great Mystery that lies beyond all our feeling and reasoning. As Ernest Holmes said, "There is something beyond anything you and I have touched."
Who Knows? The Shadow Knows	Low | High
The Moonlit Side of the Self	Low | High
The Hobgoblin of Little Minds	Low | High
The Banquet Hall of Heaven	Low | High
The Best Game of All is Make-Believe	Low | High
September 2006 Dawning Light Through an Eastern Window
Work is Love Made Visible (Gibran)	Low | High
No Gem is So Gracious as Enterprise (Hafiz)	Low | High
Taught to Fish, We Eat for a Lifetime (Maimonides)	Low | High
Longing, the Core of Mystery, Brings Its Own Cure (Rumi)	Low | High
August 2006 Sense and Sensibility: The Yin and Yang of You
Head and Heart: One Pushes, One Steers	Low | High
Might Just as Well Let It All In	Low | High
Out Inner Critic: Shaping Up, Shipping Out	Low | High
Imagination: Say, Are Those Wings Real	Low | High
July 2006 American Avatars: Light From the Heart The "Four Freedoms" articulated by Franklin D. Roosevelt from the foundation for these talks, using examples from wise Americans both historic and contemporary. Freedom is our divine birthright. Now we claim it, share it, and use it!
Freedom: Is It Just Another Word?	Low | High
Freedom of Speech: Tell It Like It Could Be	Low | High
Freedom of Religion: Out There, Beyond Belief	Low | High
Freedom from Want: Nothing Missing, Never Was	Low | High
Freedom from Fear: New Allies, New Answers	Low | High
June 2006 Ready-to-Wear: Your Coat of Many Colors This month we walk through the biblical journey of Joseph, son of Jacob (Israel) and find that his story can illuminate our own. Have you doubted your dreams? Have you been dropped into a well? Many layers of meaning reveal themselves as we delve into this timeless tale.
Here Comes That Dreamer	Low | High
A Well is a Deep Subject	Low | High
Things Any Pharaoh Should Know	Low | High
For the Best of All Will Be Yours	Low | High
May 2006 Outside the Box: Expanding Our Spiritual Frontiers Whatever the tradition in which we grew up and received our first spiritual education, there are other ways of seeing and believing. This month we consider guidance, Goddess imagery (Mother's Day), childhood as a pristine state (our Center's Youth Rite of Passage), and loss, grief and immortality (Memorial Day weekend).
The Next Voice That You Hear	Low | High
Goddess of the Silver Lake	Low | High
I Never Thought I'd Live to Be a Million	Low | High
...and Cut Him Out in Little Stars	Low | High
April 2006 Painting Rainbows: On the Path of Optimism This month we look at ways to keep our spirits lifted — not just temporarily jacked up, but operating on a whole new level. We will learn from the mysteries of Passover and Easter, reconcile apparent opposites, and gain practice in using spiritual law.
Nature's Optimism: Law Guided by Love	Low | High
If All the World Seems Against You	Low | High
Easter: To Have Not Seen and Yet Believe	Low | High
Between What's So and What Could Be	Low | High
If Something Can Go Right, It Must	Low | High
March 2006 Six Ways From Sunday This March we explore six paths to a way of effective living that extends beyond our "Sunday high," wherein anything is possible. We take our knowing with us when abroad in the world, and employ it in all the situations we encounter. All things are part of one spiritual reality and, having shown up, we're the ones called on to recognize this.
The First Way: Inner Directedness	Low | High
Second and Third Ways: What's In It From Me	Low | High
The Fourth Way: Staying Conscious	Low | High
Fifth and Sixth Ways: Faith With Feet	Low | High
February 2006 You, Me and Everyone Else Our February them builds on the basics of our teaching and applies them to human relationships. While we've all had unique experiences and developed distinctive styles of being in the world, we're essentially all "cut from the same cloth," and the recognition of this makes being with others not only tolerable, but liberating and delightful.
Other People? Mirror and Window	Low | High
Right or Happy? Let's Have a Look	Low | High
Unconditional Love? It's Not Realistic	Low | High
Great Expectations? Let's Settle for More	Low | High
January 2006 S.O.M. Kinda Wonderful We kick off the new year in exuberant style on the 1st, then move into our annual series on the basics of the Science of Mind: our faith and practice.
525,600 Minutes: Measure in Love	Low | High
Everything is Part of Everything Else	Low | High
Infinite Mind is the Name of the Game	Low | High
Thought Plus Feeling Equals Creation	Low | High
Prayer as Science, Not Last Resort	Low | High
December 2005 That Perfect Gift People hunt the stores for it, scour catalogues for it, search online for it. For those we love, the gift has to be perfect, not just thoughtful or appropriate. It has to know their socks off, and be remembered forever. Well, it will do both, and it's already right where we are!
The Gift of Vulnerability (Rev. Marsha Lehman, speaker)	Low | High
The Gift of Astonishment	Low | High
The Gift of Audacity	Low | High
The Wise are Still Seeking	Low | High
November 2005 Appreciating Assets Counting blessing leads to appreciating assets: more blessings are inventoried than we previously knew we had. In this way, challenges are reinterpreted as opportunities, setbacks as teachable moments, and downtimes as "pauses that refresh."
Spiritual Citizenry: The Art of Voting	Low | High
How to Know What to Do Next	Low | High
God, Neighbor, Self: The "I Am" Still Is	Low | High
After the Banquet's Been Cleared Away	Low | High
October 2005 The Voice Celestial We will travel with the Farer, who stands for spiritual seeker in all of us, whose tale is told by Ernest Holmes and his brother Fenwicke in their book-length epic poem, The Voice Celestial. From teacher to teacher and age to age, we'll follow the thread of truth...
Good Judgment is Still Judgment	Low | High
Fate is Just a Name for Consequence	Low | High
The Great Dazzling Flash of Illumination	Low | High
Our Deeds Follow Us As Does Our Shadow	Low | High
Sacred Mysteries: Some Call Them Spooky	Low | High
September 2005 All the World's a Stage We consider the power of personal belief and the collective agreement, where the human mind mingles with the Divine, and latent powers are awakened: "Things are not as they seem — nor are they otherwise."
Why What We See is What We Get	Low | High
I Take a Stand for Love	Low | High
What on Earth is "Collective Consensus"	Low | High
Good Judgement is Still Judgement	Low | High
August 2005 Life at the Circle V Ranch Yee ha! Our teaching symbol provides the backdrop for four Texas-themed talks, on the place where country music, folklore and homespun humor meet timeless wisdom and conscious living.
If There's Sawdust on the Floor of Your Heart	Low | High
Come On Out of the Wheatfield, Nellie	Low | High
Heartache and Troubles are Just Up and Gone	Low | High
The Stars at Night are Big and Bright	Low | High
July 2005 I Live for This Voices from a Religious Science Hall of Fame. This month we enjoy the words of some wise and wonderful teachers of the past — Ben Winter, Idella Chadwick, Robert Bitzer, Frederick Bailes, and Jack and Cornelia Addington — whose love and power endure to inspire us.
Today I Am the Star Child	Low | High
Perfect Life Within Me Comes Forth	Low | High
My Good Comes Through All Avenues	Low | High
The Healing Power of Balanced Emotions	Low | High
Daily I Increase in My Wisdom	Low | High
June 2005 Let's Pray! Let's Play! We revel in the experience of a whole summer available to us to bring our heartfelt dreams into manifestation, through a mix of inner exploration and our celebration.
Let's Walk Out in the Forest Primeval	Low | High
Let's Take a Dip in the Sea of Creation	Low | High
Let's Accept What's Always Been Ours	Low | High
Let's Play a Game That Everyone Wins	Low | High
May 2005 New Light on the Family: True Values of the Heart We consider families, biological or not, as workshops for spiritual growth, and places of real joy.
What's Love Got to Do With It	Low | High
Goddess: Maiden, Mother, Crone	Low | High
Did We Choose Our Family?	Low | High
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn	Low | High
What Spirit Has Joined Together	Low | High
April 2005 "I Used to Worry All the Time": the Faith of a Higher Power We look at peace at the center of the soul, which is said to be able to "pass all understanding," and which we claim by trusting in a Power greater than we are, yet right where we are!
Why It's Never, Ever Too Late	Low | High
Why No One Really Really Fails	Low | High
Why We Can't Lose What's Ours	Low | High
Why There's No Party Without Us	Low | High
March 2005 Living in Balance: Home, Work and Homework We access what we know in order to "spiritualize" everyday life, which doesn't mean changing anything but our outlook, since that's what determines our life's quality.
Are You Being Served?	Low | High
The Spiritual Power to Do the Work	Low | High
The Prosperity Lessons of Spring	Low | High
The Day the Dream Came Untombed	Low | High
February 2005 Little Lower Than the Angels: All Our Relations We explore using spiritual principles in gifting ourselves and our fellow Godlings with humor, honesty, welcoming, trust, peacefulness, and just generally sweet feelings.
First, Do No Harm	Low | High
Love Will Keep Us Together	Low | High
All Beings Seek Their Good	Low | High
What to Hold Onto and How to Let Go	Low | High
January 2005 With Eyes Wide Open: This Path We Walk We rediscover the basics of the Science of Mind way of life.
The Basis of Our Faith and Practice	Low | High
Push The Rock (Rev. Marsha Lehman, speaker)	Low | High
The Imprisioned Splendor	Low | High
Amidst Infinite Possibilities	Low | High
A Fluent Force is Taking Form	Low | High
December 2004 Love and Joy Come to You We look into the heart of the meaning of holiday rituals and traditions, for a key to things that are true for all of us, year-round and irrespective of creed: "The only begotten is forever being born in us."
A Great Miracle Happened There	Low | High
Being Good for Goodness' Sake	Low | High
As We Dream by the Fire	Low | High
The Hopes and Fears of All the Years	Low | High
November 2004 The Soul's Code James Hillman's landmark book is the basis for this series, when we talk about purpose, discovering and using our inner power, abundance, gratitude, and action steps into effective living.
On Calling: From Acorn to Oak	Low | High
On Course: Motivation and Momentum	Low | High
On Choice: The Art of the Heart	Low | High
On Character: Claiming Excellence	Low | High
October 2004 Quest for Light We delve into the Divine within, using material from the wisdom teachings of the ages, both well-known and obscure, including the Oculatum, Dead Sea Scrolls, and The Book of Coming Forth By Day.
To Journey You Must First Go Out	Low | High
An Action is Repaid by Its Like	Low | High
You Shall Eat in Plenty and be Satisfied	Low | High
The Pale Queen of Autumn Casts Her Leaves	Low | High
The Fantastic Night	Low | High
September 2004 Deity in the Details: Science, Religion and So Forth We venture some of the many places where science and religion converge and converse. They may not yet be "walking hand in hand," as Ernest Holmes envisioned, but they're sure passing notes in study hall!
Omnintelligence: A New Way of Sensing	Low | High
The Universe is Expanding and So Am I	Low | High
Care and Feeding of the Bodymind	Low | High
Sacred Geometry for Fun and Profit	Low | High
August 2004 The Game of Life and How to Play It These talks surround the wise, insightful teachings of Florence Scovel Shinn (1871-1940), an illustrator of children's books who went on to become a legend in the world of practical metaphysics.
The Silent Listener at Your Side	Low | High
Giving Every Event the Same Name	Low | High
A Burnt Match in the Pincushion	Low | High
Getting Off the Plane of Opposites	Low | High
Under Grace in a Perfect Way	Low | High
July 2004 Coming Up Roses: Being a Beautiful Mind We look on the bright side of life, using, among other things, the marvelous metaphor of the mind as garden, in which we carefully plant, wisely cultivate, and lovingly nurture.
This Land, Our Land	Low | High
The Name of the Rose	Low | High
The Compass Rose	Low | High
Thorns Have Roses	Low | High
June 2004 Good Care: A Positive Pattern We sharpen our spiritual focus, do the best we can, and remember there are powerful principles we can use, no matter how things look.
Fact and Truth: When Worlds Collide	Low | High
Twinges of Guilt or Torrents of Shame	Low | High
Heavenly Father: Man and Metaphor	Low | High
Limits are Made to be Tested	Low | High
May 2004 Reality Shows: Spirit in the Culture We find empowerment through a new paradigm unfolding around us. God is all there is: in the arts, sciences, commerce--you just name It!
The One Designer's Latest Fashions	Low | High
The Great Mother, Enfolding Us All	Low | High
The News: Collective Mind's Report Card	Low | High
"Moody Food of Us that Trade in Love"	Low | High
"Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking"	Low | High
April 2004 Universe/Omniverse: Opening to the Mystical We devote ourselves to the art and science of true mysticism. The mystical experience is the one we all seek, whether we know it or not; it's also the experience we're continually having, if we would just notice!
Remembering Who We Are	Low | High
Easter: Messiah, Master, Messenger, or...	Low | High
The Veil is Thin Between Indeed	Low | High
Hidden Powers of the Mind & Heart	Low | High
March 2004 Here for Good: Creativity, Prosperity and More
Making Honestly Prosperous Choices	Low | High
What To Do If You Ever Feel Stuck	Low | High
Make Way For Your Personal Springtime	N/A
Service: From The Lip To The Heart	Low | High