Mother's Day
For this year's Mother's Day, we have something special planned for you. A small token of our appreciation to the Divine Feminine in All will be accompanied by some special music to make this day worth celebrating. Whether you bring your mother, celebrate her or your own motherhood, or simply come by to soak in the Divine Feminine energy, we welcome you.
This Sunday, Jean-Marie continues our exploration of the Divine Feminine lurking within all of us, ready to burst out in the world as powerful and magnificent as we imagine it to be.
Join us for another opportunity to remember who and What we truly are and practice your Divinity in great company and fellowship.
Experience the Sermon
Sermon Notes
7 Promises
from “Keeping Our Promises: How To Be A Guilt-Free Mother” by Stephanie Moyer Seigh
I promise to be present
I promise to lighten up
I promise to be kind
I promise to tell the truth
I promise to be grateful
I promise to be loving
I promise to be forgiving
Quotes
“Humor is an antidote to all ills.” —Patch Adams
“Be kind whenever it is possible. It is always possible." —Dalai Lama
“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but to not forget.” —Thomas Szasz
”Love is a state of Being." Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form. In the stillness of your presence, you can feel your own formless and timeless reality as the unmanifested life that animates your physical form. You can then feel the same life deep within every other human and every other creature. You look beyond the veil of form and separation. This is the realization of oneness. This is love."
—Eckart Tolle (The Power of Now)
The Wide Spectrum of Mothering
by Amy Young
To those who gave birth this year to their first child-we celebrate with you To those who lost a child this year - we mourn with you
To those who are in the trenches with little ones every day and wear the badge of food stains - we appreciate you
To those who experienced loss through miscarriage, failed adoptions, or running away-we mourn with you
To those who walk the hard path of infertility, fraught with pokes, prods, tears, and disappointment - we walk with you. Forgive us when we say foolish things. We don't mean to make this harder than it is
To those who are foster moms, mentor moms, and spiritual moms - we need you
To those who have warm and close relationships with your children - we celebrate with you To those who have disappointment, heart ache, and distance with your children - we sit with you
To those who lost their mothers this year - we grieve with you
To those who experienced abuse at the hands of your own mother - we acknowledge your experience
To those who lived through driving tests, medical tests, and the overall testing of motherhood - we are better for having you in our midst
To those who have aborted children - we remember them and you on this day
To those who are single and long to be married and mothering your own children - we mourn that life has not turned out the way you longed for it to be
To those who step-parent - we walk with you on these complex paths
To those who envisioned lavishing love on grandchildren, yet that dream is not to be - we grieve with you
To those who will have emptier nests in the upcoming year - we grieve and rejoice with you To those who placed children up for adoption - we commend you for your selflessness and remember how you hold that child in your heart
And to those who are pregnant with new life, both expected and surprising -we anticipate with you
This Mother's Day, we walk with you. Mothering is not for the faint of heart and we have real warriors in our midst. We remember you.