“We become what we contemplate.” — Ernest Holmes, This Thing Called You There is a quiet but profound difference between believing in abundance and living abundantly. Many of us have spent years with these spiritual principles. We know the affirmations by heart. We understand the Law of Cause and Effect. We have read the books, sat in the classes, and prayed more prayers than we could ever count. And still, the invitation in front of us is larger than understanding Truth. I

“And the Word became flesh and lived among us.” — John 1:14 There is something powerful about the movement from an idea to an experience. We can think about love. We can talk about love. We can read books about love and even affirm that we are love. But something changes when love becomes flesh—when it takes form in the way we speak, the way we listen, the way we forgive, and the way we show up for one another. This month at our AHIAH beloved community, our theme is Embodimen

A Five-Step Journey Toward Spiritual Liberation "Love points the way and law makes the way possible."— Ernest Holmes "The end is reconciliation; the end is redemption; the end is the creation of the Beloved Community."— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom is more than the breaking of personal chains. It is the awakening of a consciousness that makes reconciliation possible and transforms a collection of individuals into a Beloved Community. Ernest Holmes reminds us that Love i

Not every chain is made of iron. Some chains are invisible. They are forged from fear, old beliefs, painful memories, limiting stories, inherited assumptions, and unconscious habits of thought. We cannot touch them, yet they shape our choices. We cannot see them, yet they quietly determine what we believe is possible. The greatest prison is often the one we carry in our own consciousness. This week, I invite us to consider one of the greatest spiritual gifts we have been give

"Sawubona". I see you. I see your Freedom. In this season for remembering freedom, I think of my Pops, whose quick thinking saved him from dying on DDay in WWII, young Black man fighting for a freedom his own country hadn't fully granted him yet. I think of my great grandmother Eudora and her twin sister Izora, working as domestic servants at age 11 in 1870, born into a world that tried to tell them who they were allowed to be. None of them waited for freedom to be handed to

Spirit Says Yes There are moments in life when we feel disconnected from ourselves, others, and even our Higher Power. We may still be functioning, achieving, managing responsibilities, and showing up for others, yet somewhere beneath the surface there is a quiet question waiting to be asked: What if I dared to imagine something more? And beneath that question, an even quieter truth waiting to be heard: Spirit has already said yes. This week, as we close our Reimagine series,

Soul Remember There are moments in life when we feel disconnected from ourselves, others and even our Higher Power. We may still be functioning, achieving, managing responsibilities, and showing up for others, yet somewhere beneath the surface there is a quiet feeling that something essential has been forgotten. Not lost—forgotten. Forgotten beneath stress, disappointment, fear, over-identification with problems, or the relentless noise of the world. This week, I invite us in

What if the community you’ve been longing for already exists — and it’s waiting for you to show up and help it evolve? That question stopped me in my tracks the first time it truly landed in my soul. We talk a great deal about community — about connection, belonging, and showing up for one another. But if we’re honest, many of us have experienced community more as a concept than a lived reality. We’ve been in rooms full of people and still felt profoundly alone. We’ve sung to

The Myth of Not Enough How many dreams have been delayed because we were waiting for the perfect conditions? We tell ourselves, "When I have more money, more time, more support, more certainty, then I'll begin." Yet every great creation in history began not with having everything, but with recognizing what was already present. Within each of us lives the Divine gift of imagination. Twentieth-century mystic Neville Goddard taught that imagination is God in action. When we enga

This month we are exploring the theme of Reimagine, and this week we focus on A New Vision. As a spiritual community, we have chosen to live in the consciousness of Living in the Overflow of Spirit's Highest Vision for Our Greater Yet to Be. This powerful declaration reminds us that our future is not limited by our past, nor is it constrained by present circumstances. Instead, we are invited to align with a vision that is greater than anything we could imagine on our own. A n

There are moments in life when we feel disconnected from everything, even ourselves. We may still be functioning, achieving, managing responsibilities, and showing up for others, yet somewhere beneath the surface there is a quiet feeling that something essential has been forgotten. Not lost—forgotten. Forgotten beneath stress, disappointment, fear, over-identification with problems, or the relentless noise of the world. This week, I invite us into a sacred practice I call Sou

Living IN the Overflow There are seasons in life when it feels as though we are running on empty. The demands are many, the needs feel endless, and the world seems to ask more of us than we believe we have to give. Yet Spirit gently whispers a deeper truth: you were not created for depletion—you were created for overflow. This month, as we explore the theme Remember, we are invited to remember something essential about our spiritual nature: abundance is not something we chase

As we move toward this blessed Mother’s Day, we are invited into something deeper than flowers, cards, or traditions. Despite the appearance of chaos and dissent in the world around us, we are invited to remember the healing power of love. Not merely sentimental love. Not conditional love. But the sustaining, healing, life-giving Presence that has carried humanity through every generation and every challenge. Mother’s Day reminds us of the sacred qualities often expressed thr

Sankofa There is something sacred waiting for you—not out in the distance, not in some imagined future—but behind you. It lives in your lived experience. It breathes in the moments you thought would break you… but didn’t. The Akan principle of Sankofa calls us home to ourselves: go back and get it. But what are we really retrieving? We are reclaiming the wisdom we’ve already earned. The resilience we’ve already embodied.The healing that has already taken root within us.The tr

There is a story you have been telling yourself. Not just occasionally—but daily, quietly, consistently. A narrative shaped by past experiences, disappointments, fears, and inherited beliefs. It speaks in subtle ways: this is as far as I can go… this is who I am… this is what I can expect from life. Over time, that story can feel so real, so familiar, that it becomes indistinguishable from truth. But it is not the truth of you. It is only a pattern. And patterns can be change