Grace Under Water

Rev. Celeste's guest is Rev. Staci Hylton, Co-Senior Minister of the Las Vegas Center for Spiritual Living (lasvegascsl.org). Revs. Celeste and Staci discuss ministry and Rev. Staci's spiritual journey. Among other topics, they discuss coming of age, Rev. Staci's lineage of Religious Science roots, being perfect, playing it safe, stepping into our power, trust, the Science of Mind teachings, being a mystic and Love.

• Rev. Staci discusses her recovery from her parents' divorce and the conditions that caused her rebellion until she began her intentional study of Science of Mind.
• Her great grandfather (Dr. Arthur J. Twine) was the first African American minister of Religious Science (http://www.lathirdcfsl.com/our-history/). Her grandparents were practitioners. (https://csl.org/onlineclasses/become-a-practitioner/general-info/)
• Rev. Staci discusses the challenge of assuming leadership with two other ministers when the senior minister, Rev. Cynthia Clair (https://lasvegascsl.org/ministers/) was no longer there. 
• Rev. Staci shares how she chose to stop playing it safe and step into her potentiality.
• Revs. Celeste and Staci discussed not having a blueprint - including for the current pandemic and the power of trust.
• Revs. Celeste and Staci discuss their swimming lessons - water being the representation of jumping into life, the hero's journey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journey) and building confidence.
• Rev. Staci discusses being a co-minister and placing the teachings first.
• Rev. Staci discusses being on the Centers for Spiritual Living Minister's Council 
• Revs. Celeste and Staci discuss what it means to be a mystic and Rev. Staci's upcoming book study on Richard Rohr's Universal Christ (https://universalchrist.cac.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/UC-web-guide-NK-vg.pdf)
• Rev. Staci discusses what it means to be a mystic, Truth, modern day mystics and the responsibility of loving one another

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