Knowing that God is all there is, All There Is, I give thanks for the Rio Grande Center’s new sanctuary. I give thanks for the beautiful light that streams through it, for the beauty that naturally imbues it, and for the healing space and community it allows. I affirm and declare that it serves our community magnificently – allowing all of us to bond and grow with unfettered, beautiful abundance. The Rio Grande Center, through all of its people, accomplishes the vision of connection everywhere and the mission of all people who attend to become the people they intend to be and have the life they have come here to have. I am grateful for the profound indwelling spirit that pervades every activity, every group, and every class. I am grateful for the continued learning that all of us have and for the magnificent youth program that has already arrived.

Most of all, I am grateful for the community that comes together and declares a world that works for everyone; a world in which love leads the way and the rest of us follow because love is what we’re made of. I am so happy that we have found each other and that we live together in peace, love, and faith. It’s all good. It’s done.

And So It Is.

Amen.

Rev Martha Quintana is Senior Minister at the Rio Grande Center for Spiritual Living located in Albuquerque, NM.