Advent

10 messages, oldest first

2023-12-03 Living Faith Rev. Kristin Rev. Kristin delivers a powerful message about trusting our spiritual experiences rather than discounting them over time, sharing her own profound story of direct communication with her father after his passing. Through the metaphor of breaking through a board - where muscling through with bravado failed but softening into fear and opening to divine presence made it feel like butter - Rev. Kristin illustrates that faith is not about powering over fear but moving through it with compassion and surrender. She invites the community to lean into their inner knowing, honor their spiritual experiences, and live in constant connection with spirit, walking "right down the line" toward the ever-unfolding revelation of Christ consciousness within.
2023-12-10 Living Peace Rev. Kristin Rev. Kristin explores the sacred gift of "light-minded soul companions" - those who walk beside us on our spiritual journey, helping us find peace even in dark and challenging times. Drawing from the story of Mary and Elizabeth finding reassurance together during Advent, Rev. Kristin distinguishes between "like-minded" and "light-minded" connections, encouraging us to seek companions who may come from diverse backgrounds yet share a commitment to spiritual growth. Through inspiring examples ranging from the Three Amigos interfaith clergy to Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, she invites us to open our hearts to prayer partnerships and soul friendships that stretch us toward our magnificence while helping us discover peace through both light and darkness.
2023-12-17 Living Love Rev. Kristin Rev. Kristin delivers a moving Advent message on the transformative power of love, using Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem as a lens for understanding how love dissolves anger, restores balance, and awakens us to our divine nature. She explores how anger signals a loss of light and how dropping into the heart reveals deeper feelings that open the door to healing. Rev. Kristin passionately speaks to the restoration of the divine feminine - our feeling nature and intuition - as essential for bringing balance to a world dominated by overt masculine energy, reminding us that love is both our origin and our pathway home.
2024-12-01 Grounded in Faith Rev. Kristin Rev. Kristin invites us into a richly embodied exploration of faith during this Advent season, weaving together the Christmas story characters of Mary, Elizabeth, and Zachariah to illuminate how faith is not merely a transcendent idea but something we feel, carry, and birth through our very bodies. Drawing on Unity teachings, ancient Egyptian mythology, and everyday moments of intuitive knowing, Rev. Kristin encourages us to welcome spiritual guidance with the same willingness Mary showed - accepting what wants to come through us and taking the next right step. This message reminds us that grounded faith moves like a strong, rooted tree - not easily shaken by life's winds - as we prepare to rebirth the Christ consciousness within.
2024-12-08 Fire Up Love Rev. Kristin Rev. Kristin explores the powerful connection between fire and love during this Advent message, drawing from ancient fire-gathering traditions, the Christmas story of Zachariah, and the poetry of Rumi to illuminate how divine love ignites and transforms us from within. She invites us to enter the center of love's fire - to be consumed by it and become it - sharing moving stories of how open-hearted love can heal even the most callous encounters. Rev. Kristin reminds us that our sacred hearts, like those of Mary and Jesus, are meant to blaze openly, shaped by both grief and joy, compelling us to spread revolutionary love far, wide, and deep.
2024-12-15 Peace Like Water Rev. Kristin Rev. Kristin explores the deep connection between water and peace during this Advent reflection, drawing on the imagery of desert wadis, the shepherds' starry night, and Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well. She invites us to recognize that when fear or a sense of lack disrupts our inner calm, we can return again and again to the living water within - that deep well of Christ consciousness available to all. Through meditation and spiritual practice, Rev. Kristin reminds us, we become a peaceful presence that naturally flows outward, calming those around us and helping create the world we long to share.
2025-11-30 Week 1: "Finding Faith in Failure Melissa Phillippe & Z Egloff In this powerful Advent message, Rev. Melissa shares her deeply personal journey through what she calls the three phases of spiritual transformation - define, destroy, and deliverance. Through raw and honest storytelling, she reveals how her dreams of rock stardom led to addiction, betrayal, and ultimately a life-changing awakening to sobriety over 36 years ago. She continues with her experience of debilitating back pain that forced her to surrender everything she thought she knew about her path, leading to profound healing and her calling to spiritual ministry. Rev. Melissa demonstrates how our greatest failures and darkest moments can become doorways to divine grace, inviting us to trust that Spirit sees opportunity where we see chaos and pathways to deliverance where we see closed doors.
2025-12-07 Week 2: "We Are Peacebuilders Johanna van Gelder In this second week of Advent, Rev. Kristin explores the profound truth that we are all called to be peacebuilders in our world. She reminds us that Christ consciousness - embodying divine peace, love, and abundance - is not something we wait for but something already present within us, waiting to be embraced and expressed. Drawing on Jesus's parable of the lamp, she emphasizes that when we recognize moments of peace in our hearts, we must not hide this light but allow it to shine forth, understanding it as connected to a vast divine peace beyond human comprehension. Through practices like Chi Gong and conscious alignment with our peaceful nature, we can expand this inner peace and share it generously with others, becoming active agents of healing and harmony in our communities.
2025-12-14 Week 3: "Love is Why We’re Here Rev. Kristin Rev. Kristin explores the profound role of love in the third week of Advent, acknowledging that love encompasses both joy and loss as interconnected expressions of our deepest connections. Through the beautiful story of Franz Kafka comforting a grieving child and the legend of the Black Madonna of Montserrat, she illustrates how divine love remains constant even as it transforms through different experiences and seasons of life. The message invites us to ground ourselves in immovable love, open our hearts as channels for giving and receiving, and recognize that love - in all its forms - is ultimately why we are here on this earthly journey toward the rebirth of Christ consciousness within us.
2025-12-21 Unbridled Joy Rev. Kristin Rev. Kristin explores the profound difference between seeking joy externally and recognizing it as our innate, God-given birthright that cannot be taken away. Drawing inspiration from wild horses running free and the joyful embodiment of spiritual masters like the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu, she invites us to examine how we "bridle" or constrain our natural joy through worry, seriousness, and fear of disappointment. Through gentle guidance and practical wisdom, Rev. Kristin encourages us to loosen those reins, return to childlike wonder, and remember that unbridled joy is simply self-remembrance - coming home to who we truly are as divine beings.