Special Music by Patty Stephens
Reading by Drew Groves
WHO WE ARE
Bosque Center for Spiritual Living is a creative community fostering personal fulfillment and universal connectedness, manifesting a kinder and more loving world.
WHAT WE DO
We practice open-hearted and open-minded spiritual realism, explored through the Science of Mind philosophy, New Thought, ancient wisdom, and our own immediate relationship with the Divine.
HOW WE DO IT
We provide supportive structures in which we can do our work together with authenticity, mindfulness, and compassion. These include weekly Sunday services, classes, art and music, care and counseling, and sacred service within and outside the Bosque CSL community.
Rev. Andrew graduated from the Holmes Institute and was licensed by Centers for Spiritual Living in 2012. He was ordained in 2015. Rev. Andrew has been leading weekly worship services of celebration, praise, music, and laughter for seven years. He is an innovative teacher, a responsible steward, a bit of a rabble-rouser, and a fun person to be around. revandrew.org
Patty Stephens began singing on her first breath. She has spent her life developing her voice as an instrument and has a passion for community singing and song leading skills that make it happen. In addition to thirty years as a performing musician and music director in Centers for Spiritual Living she has played with the best of the best in New Mexico’s Jazz scene and is currently lead singer in the award winning band “The Brazil Project.” She is also a faculty member of the New Mexico Jazz Workshop.
WORLD PEACE AND A BAG OF CHIPS
Thomas Merton wrote, “Those who are not thankful soon begin to complain of everything.” What a hopeful expectation for human being. I really love that he takes thankfulness for granted as our usual state. Complaint is an aberrant condition into which we need never fall, if we just keep up…
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, AND…
Holy moly, the ups and downs have been dizzying. One moment, I’ve got tears streaming down my face because I’m so relieved, and it seems like we’re rounding the corner back toward democracy and basic decency. Hooray! Then I remember that 70 million Americans chose the sociopathic autocrat, and my…
STORYTIME
Gah! My well-honed process for crafting weekly blogs and talks got totally upended this week. Usually, I pick an idea and jot a few rough notes on Monday, let it simmer and bubble on Tuesday and Wednesday (maybe adding some specific examples or counterpoints to the mix), pin it down…
