Portland Center for Spiritual Living Podcast

The Other In Love

We are reflections of each other. As we cultivate gentleness for ourselves, we begin to recognize Love expressing Itself as the others in our lives.

Taking It To The Streets

It doesn’t matter what the topic or situation is. This is ours to do. Let’s amp up our gentleness and respond “in kind.”

Breathing Gentleness Into Our Lives

Embracing Our Sacred Newness

We are the change we wish to see in the world. We are the Love we wish to see in the world. Together, grounded in divine power and promise, we transform the world.

You Are a Prayer Answered

Regardless of what you may have done, or how many times you go astray, you matter. Some of us know directly how we matter in the life of another person. Others of us may never know where or how or for whom we mattered. But, rest assured, you are the answer to someone’s prayer.

Tell me Something Good

What happens when we’re confronted by a situation where “figuring it out” just doesn’t work? Sometimes it’s only when all our problem-solving skills fall short that we remember there’s a deeper intelligence within us, offering us our perfect answer. “I don’t know how, but Spirit does!

That’s How We’ve Never Done It: Up Until Now…

It’s time to acknowledge our past (good, bad, and ugly) while disentangling ourselves from it. It’s time to forgive and release old patterns that no longer serve us. Let’s install and practice a new script: “UP UNTIL NOW…”

It’s a Brand New Day, with Unlimited Possibilities

We wake up each morning to infinite possibility: unlimited, overflowing Good that waits only for our acceptance of it. Are we willing to embrace that potential? Dare we choose Heaven on Earth? Rev. Dr. Ruth Miller helps us understand the physics and metaphysics behind this Truth, so our brains can accept Reality and allow us to choose our new Now, our Heaven-on-Earth, every day.

Collectively Participate in the Grand Rising through Embracing Discomfort

Being uncomfortable is the least of our concerns, because we have a lotta love work to do. Stepping out of our comfort zone allows us to participate in the Grand Rising. We wake up from unconscious beliefs and behaviors, and move towards conscious action that supports evolution individually and collectively.

It's A New Life

Changing ourselves, our community, and therefore the world is not for the faint of heart. The challenges in front of us may sometimes seem or feel insurmountable. But with the power and Love and Spirit, expressing Itself as us, we can do anything!

Transformation begins …. with Love

As we move through comfort to discomfort to growth, returning again to the journey at a higher awareness and greater willingness to live outside our comfort zone, we become more of who we truly are. Patti Smith wrote, “We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.” As we become more aware, every experience on our journey brings us closer to God, closer to our Selves. February, the month we celebrate Love, reminds us that the ultimate comfort, peace, harmonious life is as Love...

Embracing the Power in Transformation

As we, and all humanity, rise in consciousness to be more fully Who we truly Are, old things fall apart to make room for the new; shells break open; and comfortable habits no longer work. Join Rev. Dr. Ruth Miller as she explores the experience of this transformation process we have chosen to be part of – how we can transcend the apparent discomfort of the moment and surf the tidal wave of Love.

Feeliong Good

The past doesn’t define us. Now is the time to apply the lessons learned and put our teaching into practice. We are the heroes that the world has been seeking.

It's a new day

The past doesn’t define us. Now is the time to apply the lessons learned and put our teaching into practice. We are the heroes that the world has been seeking.

The Grand Rising

All humanity is being invited to live from an intention to co-create a world that works for everyone, led by the Spirit within and recognizing that the power of that intention creates a beautiful ripple of love across the planet. Today, Rev. Dr. Ruth L. Miller explores with us the nature of the Grand Rising that is happening around the world – and our role, as a Center for Spiritual Living, in the process.

The Golden Bowl: Intentions for 2024

Go beyond typical “New Year’s Resolutions” and learn to create lasting changes in your life. Participate in our “Golden Bowl” service and have your desires for newness clarified and witnessed by our spiritual leaders. Attendees of our virtual spiritual community participate in the ritual online (during the live process) by joining a Licensed Practitioner via Zoom to complete the ritual. Welcome, 2024!

Deck the Halls!

Come join us for Christmas carols and a message of hope as we celebrate the light of the season.

It Only Takes a Spark

Recognizing Wholeness; Seeing the Good in All

There is a vision of love and wholeness deep within us all, an intuitive sense of our Oneness with God and with each other.

Embracing Our Wholeness

Our desires are actually our yearning to experience the qualities of God in our lives. We inherently know that, deep within us, is pure wholeness, and we want to feel that. Indeed, all religions and all spiritual traditions have been established to provide that. And yet, we still yearn; we still struggle to find that experience. Rev. Dr. Ruth Miller offers us some insights and actions that can help us embrace this truth of our being.

Paving Youir Way to Happiness

Want more joy in your life? Develop a practice of daily gratitude regardless of life’s challenges and observe opportunities unfold.

Gratitude is a State of Grace

When we live in gratitude, we lift our frequency and live in a infinite state of possibility.

Sacrerd Gift

As many of us, I learned early in life about the “Sacred Heart of Jesus”. That it is ethereal and something to be looked up at in awe. Separate and unattainable. When I discovered the Church of Religious Science (“yellow church on Foster”) in 1980, I began to realize that the Sacred Heart of Jesus also lives and beats in me! Rather than feel like I would go to Hell for such a thought, I knew that the inclusion, the One, the Unity that represents is Truth. Even though I couldn’t at that...

One Presence Always-In All Ways

In this month’s exploration of the Sacred, Profane, and Mundane, we’re offered the opportunity to practice the living Presence of Spirit, everywhere. Rev. Dr. Ruth Miller invites us to turn off our left-brain evaluations long enough to experience the One Mind in all things as we go through our day.

The Genius of the "AND"

Builders of greatness liberate themselves with the “Genius of the ‘AND’ ― paraphrased from Jim Collins. This week we explore solutions, possibilities, and potentials that exist as we release ourselves from the bondage of the known and step into the unknown, where paradoxes play.

Breaking Free of the “OR” in the Appearance of War`

Our world is full of paradoxes that are pushing us to the breaking point in many ways. We are at a tipping point that asks us to live in the “AND” – breaking free of the “OR”.

Shaking Up Our World View

This journey of paradox calls us to curiosity and a willingness to stay in the question rather than know the answer. This uncertainty leads to vulnerability, which can be challenging. Luckily, there are tools we can use along the way to remember that playfulness is the key even in the midst of challenges.

Rock and Rolling Through Life

Ever experienced your life really being on a roll and…BAM…you run into a rock? Inspired by music, we’ll get to the heart of how to roll once again by becoming Rock Steady.

What If it is Coming Together by Appearing to Fall Apart?

In a rapidly changing and often very polarized world, where we put our attention is of the essence. Join us to explore the paradox of life as it calls us forward to bring forth something new this year to teach us the importance of putting our attention where we want our life to be. “There is much, much more going on than we ordinarily think.” -Rosamund and Benjamin Zander from their book ‘The Art of Possibility’ “I live in a responsive, creative system called LIFE, therefore I put my att...

Love Wins!

Whatever the question, Love is the answer.

Love Thy Neighbor

Living by example and loving each other, regardless of our differences, is the perfect way to create a world that works for everyone.

Love on a Spectrum

Light is right where you are, and it is the complete answer to what you need, now and always.

I Love Myself So Much

I love myself so much, so I can love you so much, so you can love you so much, so you can start loving me!

The Effusion if Light

Light is right where you are, and it is the complete answer to what you need, now and always.

The Reality of Affluence

Prosperity is not just having a lot of money. It is having a consciousness of the flow of substance.

Percolate Your Perfectly Imperfect Passions as You Live Your Purpose Out Loud!”

Discover how to become a more deliberate creator as you activate your purpose with passion, finding a place of self-acceptance along the way, in order to step fully into living a life out loud.

Paths of Passion

Once we discover what we have faith in, we can begin to see our path of fulfillment, called in Sanskrit, our Dharma. It may not seem clear at first, but there are clues we can follow. Rev. Dr. Ruth Miller shares some of those clues and invites us to take a few steps as we seek to discover the True Path that is unique to each of us.

Heart Stones

Walk the Labyrinth path to transform the stones in your heart. Feel them shift from obstructions to openers of new energy and illuminated pathways.

To Be or Not To Be

Was Shakespeare the only person allowed to ask such a question? What if you were to dare to ask such a question of yourself, within your own life? To be or not to be?

The Healing Stream

All the attributes of the Infinite are in focus as you, flowing forth through you. You are this flow at the point where you are.

Living Life From Within Out

The whole universe is concentrated at the point where you are. More than this, you are the universe expressing as you.

The Word of Truth as Command

“Faith is the Confidence to Command” says Emma Curtis Hopkins, teacher of Ernest Holmes and a hundred other New Thought leaders. “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed you would command…” is one of the teachings of the New Testament. And what is speaking Truth in the face of undesirable circumstances, but commanding that Truth to appear as our experience? Rev. Dr. Ruth Miller helps us see and know how the power of the One Mind spoken through us as Truth can dispel any semblance of distr...

Personalizing the Infinite

Isn’t it wonderful to be open to all the things you desire? Here is a preview to understand how you can become so much more than that of which you have previously only dreamed.

We are Pushed by Pain Until We Are Pulled by Vision

Have you ever wondered why we wait for the proverbial 2x4 before we take action? What would life look like if we really BELIEVED we are worthy of God's good. I believe we are designed by God for greatness. So why the heck do I continue to limit the unlimited? Let's get real and find out cat's really stopping us from being pulled by your visions. I'm not fond of pain, you?

Balancing Grief and Joy

Everyone experiences grief, but not everyone knows what to do with it. Learn how to handle your emotions even in grieving times.

Yoiur Most Important Relationship

Self-care is an integral part of our human experience. Our evolution depends on our commitment to self-care.

Lights, Camera,Action!

We live life’s performance on the center stage. We get to decide if we live fully out loud or hide our light. We are each blessed with a bright light, so why not radiate our special brilliance at its fullest?

Shadow and Light Dancing Together

Have you ever noticed that you could see the stars most clearly in a very dark sky? When we experience the shadows – times of hardship, grief, challenge – it sometimes seems that the Light has vanished. And yet, it is almost always at this time that huge breakthroughs occur and the Light shines more brightly than ever. Our lives are a dance through times of shadow and of Light. Let’s make it a waltz!

Opening to the Light

Humans have a tendency to fear the unknown and that which we don’t understand. However, darkness is the fertile space of creation, creativity, and the womb. The darkness gives birth to the light.

Discovering What You Really Believe

Most of us were raised to believe in a particular person or idea. We were taught to say, “I believe in Jesus,” or “I believe in Science,” or “I believe there is no god,” or whatever our family, teachers, and elders told us was true. But our lives haven’t always demonstrated what we were taught to say. Rev. Dr. Ruth Miller draws on the Science of Mind teachers to explore why that is so and how we can discover what our real beliefs are–and how to change them.