ColumbiaCSL Podcast

S4E7-There Is But One Ultimate Authority with Reverend Rafe Ellis

The Twelve Steps (1938) and Twelve Traditions (1946) established by the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous have been successfully adopted by countless fellowships and recovery programs empowering 100's of thousands people to recover from varying degrees of seemingly hopeless conditions of discomfort, disease, and desperation. In fact, these steps & traditions may well be the simplest, most particle spiritual tools available to assist each of us to "change our thinking in order to change our lives". This year we are engaging in a metaphysical exploration of the spiritual principles back of the 12-Steps and 12-Traditions and putting them into practical application in our everyday lives.

S4E6-We Came to Believe with Reverend Rafe Ellis

The Twelve Steps (1938) and Twelve Traditions (1946) established by the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous have been successfully adopted by countless fellowships and recovery programs empowering 100's of thousands people to recover from varying degrees of seemingly hopeless conditions of discomfort, disease, and desperation. In fact, these steps & traditions may well be the simplest, most particle spiritual tools available to assist each of us to "change our thinking in order to change our lives". This year we are engaging in a metaphysical exploration of the spiritual principles back of the 12-Steps and 12-Traditions and putting them into practical application in our everyday lives.

S4E5-Revealing a Power greater than ourselves - part 1 with Reverend Rafe Ellis

The Twelve Steps (1938) and Twelve Traditions (1946) established by the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous have been successfully adopted by countless fellowships and recovery programs empowering 100's of thousands people to recover from varying degrees of seemingly hopeless conditions of discomfort, disease, and desperation. In fact, these steps & traditions may well be the simplest, most particle spiritual tools available to assist each of us to "change our thinking in order to change our lives". This year we are engaging in a metaphysical exploration of the spiritual principles back of the 12-Steps and 12-Traditions and putting them into practical application in our everyday lives.

S4E4-Our common welfare comes first; personal wellbeing depnds on unity - Part 2 with Reverend Rafe Ellis

The Twelve Steps (1938) and Twelve Traditions (1946) established by the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous have been successfully adopted by countless fellowships and recovery programs empowering 100's of thousands people to recover from varying degrees of seemingly hopeless conditions of discomfort, disease, and desperation. In fact, these steps & traditions may well be the simplest, most particle spiritual tools available to assist each of us to “change our thinking in order to change our lives”. This year we are engaging in a metaphysical exploration of the spiritual principles back of the 12-Steps and 12-Traditions and putting them into practical application in our everyday lives.

S4E3-The common welfare of Creation comes first; personal wellbeing depends on spiritual unity Pt. 1 with Reverend Rafe Ellis

The Twelve Steps (1938) and Twelve Traditions (1946) established by the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous have been successfully adopted by countless fellowships and recovery programs empowering 100's of thousands people to recover from varying degrees of seemingly hopeless conditions of discomfort, disease, and desperation. In fact, these steps & traditions may well be the simplest, most particle spiritual tools available to assist each of us to “change our thinking in order to change our lives”. This year we are engaging in a metaphysical exploration of the spiritual principles back of the 12-Steps and 12-Traditions and putting them into practical application in our everyday lives.

S4E2-The Law of Cause and Effect - Part 2 with Reverend Rafe Ellis

The Twelve Steps (1938) and Twelve Traditions (1946) established by the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous have been successfully adopted by countless fellowships and recovery programs empowering 100's of thousands people to recover from varying degrees of seemingly hopeless conditions of discomfort, disease, and desperation. In fact, these steps & traditions may well be the simplest, most particle spiritual tools available to assist each of us to “change our thinking in order to change our lives”. This year we are engaging in a metaphysical exploration of the spiritual principles back of the 12-Steps and 12-Traditions and putting them into practical application in our everyday lives.

S4E1-Understanding Our Relationship with the Law of Cause & Effect with Reverend Rafe Ellis

The Twelve Steps (1938) and Twelve Traditions (1946) established by the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous have been successfully adopted by countless fellowships and recovery programs empowering 100's of thousands people to recover from varying degrees of seemingly hopeless conditions of discomfort, disease, and desperation. In fact, these steps & traditions may well be the simplest, most particle spiritual tools available to assist each of us to “change our thinking in order to change our lives”. This year we are engaging in a metaphysical exploration of the spiritual principles back of the 12-Steps and 12-Traditions and putting them into practical application in our everyday lives.

S3E52-The Quest for Fulfillment with Reverend Rafe Ellis

We will closeout our 2024 Year of Living Wholeness exploring Reverend Dr. Howard Thurman's The Inward Journey during the month of December. This Sunday we will explore "The Quest for Fulfillment" of which Rev. Dr. Thurman states: "It takes time to cultivate the mind. It takes time to grow in wisdom. IT IS a commonplace remark that our lives are surrounded with so much movement, so many pressures, so many demands, that our spirits are often crowded into a corner.” The specific talk focus will be revealed on Sunday morning by The Wisdom Wheel which contains questions submitted by people just like you asking how to apply spiritual principles to the challenges of everyday life.

S3E51-The Quest for Peace with Reverend Rafe Ellis

We will closeout our 2024 Year of Living Wholeness exploring Reverend Dr. Howard Thurman's The Inward Journey during the month of December. This Sunday we will explore "The Quest for Peace" of which Rev. Dr. Thurman states: "Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace. These words, taken from the prayer of St. Francis, speak to one of the most insistent conditions of the human spirit. It is not easy to be an instrument of peace because we know so little about the anatomy of hostility and its particular kind of etiquette.” The specific talk focus will be revealed on Sunday morning by The Wisdom Wheel which contains questions submitted by people just like you asking how to apply spiritual principles to the challenges of everyday life.
A bit about The Wisdom Wheel: the published talk title will provide a general frame for the Sunday talk and then each Sunday morning, before entering our time of shared spiritual practice, Rev. Rafe will spin the wheel and wherever it lands will determine the specific talk focus for the morning.

S3-E50-The Quest for God with Reverend Rafe Ellis

We will closeout our 2024 Year of Living Wholeness exploring Reverend Dr. Howard Thurman's The Inward Journey during the month of December. This Sunday we will explore "The Quest for God" of which Rev. Dr. Thurman states: "Man (people) without God is a seed upon the wind. What a picture! A tiny, living thing awaiting its moment of fulfillment, caught up in a tremendous energy, is at the mercy of forces that are not responsive to its own ends!” The specific talk focus will be revealed on Sunday morning by The Wisdom Wheel which contains questions submitted by people just like you asking how to apply spiritual principles to the challenges of every day life.
A bit about The Wisdom Wheel: the published talk title will provide a general frame for the Sunday talk and then each Sunday morning, before entering our time of shared spiritual practice, Rev. Rafe will spin the wheel and wherever it lands will determine the specific talk focus for the morning.