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“The Rose” won by a significant margin.

So welcome to this month’s "The Rose", brought to you in the Greatest Degree of Love.

We’re looking back on 2021, and all the ways it has challenged and grown us, and we’re grateful. We offer you the invitation to experience EVERYTHING with an attitude of gratitude, knowing that your hearts will be filled with light and love.

We’re looking forward to 2022, and the next 50 years of ADL. We have m…

By Susan Z. Rich

When you make a decision, to say or do something that gives you a good feeling about yourself, then your divine self is patting you on the back or… your ego has just pulled a fast one on you. It is sometimes hard to discern. So many people who are always in reality, believe that making life all about you is the epitome of narcissism and entitlement. But as we are reminded when we start allowing others to vampire every ounce of light and energy we have in the good name of …

By Rev. Brian Kirsch    

OMG, Does that mean there are other gods out there?

Now I’m not a huge Joel Osteen fan, however, years ago I saw him having an interview with the late great Larry King. I totally forget what they were discussing. But if you were familiar with the Larry King Live show, you know he dug into controversial topics. Soooo, Mr King asked Joel Osteen if he had an opinion on the matter and if he did have an opinion, what was it? The answer he gave was an absolute “AHA!” m…

By Rev. Joy “Aphrodette” Gambon, ADL

Happy Birthday, Sagittarius!

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DECEMBER OVERVIEW

LUNATIONS

This NEW MOON SOLAR ECLIPSE occurs on December 4, 2021, at 02:42:51 AM. On first impression, this lunation chart seems a bit vanilla! The Lights in Sagittarius form a double quincunx to retrograde Uranus in Taurus and form a double trine to retrograde C…

A Special Message from the ADL Board of Trustees

HARMONY (här′mə-nē)

NOUN

• An orderly or pleasing combination of elements in a whole.
• A relationship in which various components exist together without destroying one another.
• A relationship characterized by a lack of conflict or by agreement, as of opinion or interest.

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By Rev. Rita Scheibeck

I know in my heart that Divine Source Energy and I are always One. When the situations around me seem to be in human chaos, I can call upon my intuition and guidance, which are only a short breath away.

I rely on my innate serenity to relax and rest, on my inner joy to fill my heart with song, on my natural healing powers to guide me to wholeness, and on my belief in universal abundance to bring prosperity into my life.

I absolutely know that all this is true for me through…

By Rev. Brian Kirsch

“I and the Father are one.”

 ~Jesus Christ in John 10:30 King James Bible

I hear so many “spiritual” folks wanting to silence their egos. What’s up with that?

Let’s take a gander at the definition of ego:

Noun a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance.
"a boost to my ego"

• PSYCHOANALYSIS
  the part of the mind that mediates between the conscious and the unconscious and is responsible for reality testing and a sense of personal identi…

Based on your feedback, we are excited to launch our brand new ADL Event Calendar!

Previously our event calendar wasn't really a calendar, but just a listing of events that wasn't sortable or interactive.

With our new calendar, not only can you view events in multiple formats (Pinboard, Agenda, or Monthly), you can also submit your own events and subscribe to the calendar for updates on events.

Other perks of the new calendar format include:

• easily share events via social media or email
• s…

Rev. Brian L. Crissey

My grandfather was shot dead when my dad was only 2. It was 1901. The family thought he was a traveling salesman, but the bullet in his heart said he was a riverboat gambler. We can't all be right all the time, can we? But we would like to get many of the big judgments right, wouldn't we? Or at least some of them.

Now I'm a grandfather seven times over, and my 16-year-old granddaughter Amata, who currently lives in Phuket, Thailand, provided me with an unexpected birthday…

By Rev. Brian Kirsch

This past couple of months, I’ve seen Facebook posts and e-mails reminding me to “Emerge and Converge” to the 2021 ADL Conference. Back about forty years ago, I went through some communication courses with Scientology. One thing that stuck with me is the idea of looking up words even though I think or believe I know what they mean. Emerge: move out of or away from something and come into view. Converge: (of lines) tend to meet at a point.

“Time is of the essence” …