The Light Within by Rev. Jim Toole April brings Easter filled with joy, celebration and new growth. Easter holds a twofold expression; one relating to Christianity and one to the Easter Bunny. Both relate to highest and best hidden within waiting...
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Making March Matter by Rev. Jim Toole March brings with it Saint Patrick’s Day, the season of Lent and the Spring Equinox. Each of these has a different focus depending on your belief and heritage. All of them can be interpreted in a...
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Living As Love by Rev. Jim Toole As Valentine’s Day approaches there will be lots of people using candy, cards and other ways to express their love, share their love and look for love. Many will be “looking for love in all the wrong...
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Creating a New Year by Rev. Jim As 2018 arrives we have an opportunity to let go of last year and welcome in the New Year. As 2017 was ending, many of us began to look at ourselves and our lives in preparation for the changes we wanted to...
Read more The Season of Illumination by Rev. Jim Toole As December arrives so do many holidays of celebration. Among them are Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Bodhi Day, Yule, Festivus and...
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ThanksGIVING by Rev. Jim Toole Thanksgiving is a time for families, gatherings, dinners and an opportunity for us to think about what we have in our lives and the lives that we live. As we begin to take a look around us, it is as important for...
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Creating a Bountiful Harvest by Rev. Jim Toole Fall is a time of gathering the harvest. It is how we choose to intentionally create our lives and the world around us, paying close attention to what we sow, that determines what we will reap. There...
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The Sarasota Center of Light (SCOL) has a long and distinguished history of being a center of Metaphysical Spirituality. Over the years this Center, as is true of organizations in general, has had its successes and challenges. SCOL is...
Read more Celebrate Your Interdependence The Fourth of July has arrived, a holiday celebrating the second Continental Congress accepting the Declaration of Independence and creating the United States of America. It is an interesting combination of...
Read more A Fathers Love – From the Senior Pastor – Rev. Jim Toole As young children we “look up” to our father to give us what we can’t give ourselves. As young adults we look “to” our father for the guidance to discover how we can be who we...
Read moreHonoring Mother by Rev. Jim Toole There are aspects of our being that are our natural characteristics. Two of them not only make up our genders, they are one of the most important “balancing acts” of our existence, spiritual and...
Read moreFrom the Senior Pastor – Rev Jim Toole The Essence of Easter Eggs will be painted, hidden and looked for by children. Candy in the shapes of rabbits and eggs will be bought and eaten. Baskets filled with all kinds of goodies will be...
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