Chapter One: The Thing Itself with Rev. John

Many of you shared how deeply moved you were by the metaphysical interpretation of the Christmas story at our beautiful Taizé service last month. In the stillness, music, and sacred pauses, something within us remembered itself. That same spirit of depth, meaning, and inner awakening now carries forward as we step together into the New Year.

Ernest Holmes, founder of Religious Science, distilled the wisdom of the ages into a practical and transformative spiritual philosophy he called The Science of Mind. Throughout January, we’ll be revisiting the foundational principles found in the first four introductory chapters of the Science of Mind—timeless teachings that invite us to live with greater awareness, purpose, and freedom.

This week, we open the series with Chapter One: “The Thing Itself.” Here, Holmes introduces a profound and liberating idea: there is One Universal Reality—an Infinite Intelligence, Spirit, or Mind—from which all creation flows. This Presence is…