Dear Spiritual Family,
This video and written message is dedicated to the loving memory of Elizabeth Pearl Jennings, better known to her family as “Betty.” Mary’s beloved sister passed peacefully into her new life last Sunday, August 24 in Memphis, TN. Betty lived a full life, and though her final years in the physical were not ideal, she moved through them with grace and love—so typical of the amazing family Mary and her siblings were raised in. As you might imagine, it has been a bittersweet week with relief and an honoring of her ongoing and the natural feeling of loss when a loved one moves on.
We were blessed recently with an invitation from the Tunnel to Towers Foundation to attend the dedication of a “Smart Home” for a severely injured Army Veteran and his young family. In this week’s video message, more is shared about this transformative experience.
Author Alan Cohen once again offers inspiration for the two spiritual topics this week. One is the power of formative thought, where the “Hundredth Monkey” phenomenon is explored. We are reminded of how intricately we are all connected. The concept can be a bit daunting, and, at the same time, offers great hope for our individual and collective desires to reveal more of Heaven here in this world.
The other is yet another reminder of how we all have the ability to “reach one another,” beyond time and space, and, of course, even those dear souls who have transitioned beyond the body and are, as Dr. Roger Teel puts it, “free to express in new and more appropriate dimensions.”
Part of that expression, we know, is the love that can freely flow from our hearts to theirs and from their hearts to ours. Cohen offers, “If God or an invisible loved one calls you, pick up the receiver. You might hear something you like.”
With a willingness to harness our intentional, formative thought with one another and the millions of seen and unseen souls who seek to uplift humanity and call forth the Christ in all, the “tipping point” comes closer, giving us a true hopefulness and a holy purpose – here and beyond.
We Love You,
Rev. Steve and Mary