Here's a summary of how community members are practicing our Community Value of INCLUSION:



• I am practicing INCLUSION by reconnecting with a cousin who is feeling excluded from the family because he has very different political views. We talked for over an hour finding and celebrating our common ground.

• "I am practicing INCLUSION by caring for a dog for the first time in my life. I'm learning to include the newness of this being beyond just the physical realm but also how I feel about her. I'm learning a lot about inclusion in a new way."

• I am practicing INCLUSION through group meditations in which Oneness is extended to every living thing on the planet and that's a new way of being with Oneness for me. It's been playing out as being in Oneness and in agreements with the slugs in my garden.

• I am practicing INCLUSION by going to my friends and expressing that I need the reciprocity of inclusion from them in our relationships.

• I am practicing INCLUSION by learning to include every feeling and thought I have so that I am empowering myself to be aware and thus at choice to change my thinking instead of burying unhelpful thoughts in my subconscious by denying the feeling they generate.

The weekly study guide is an additional spiritual practice tool. Click on the green button below to access this week's guide.

If you're unable to access the study guides in a way that works for you, send an email to info@columbiacsl.com requesting which weeks you want and they will be emailed to you as Word Doc and PDF attachments.

A few points of clarification.

• We ask everyone to renew their membership and giving pledge so:
• you have an opportunity to recommit, and
• we know you're choosing to continue as a member of the Columbia CSL Community.
• If you already have a recurring giving set up in Breeze and you're choosing to continue it into 2025, you only need to complete the 2025 Pledge Form.
• If you have ANY additional questions, please reach out to me directly.

Much love,

Rev. Rafe

Choosing Humility ~ Pt. 1

July 6, 2025

Quote of the Week

“We are all accountable for setting right the truth of our past

and working to create a just and fair future.”  

― Rev. Dr. Andriette Earl, Science of Mind magazine, February 2024, page 41