Gratitude
06/03/20 • 34 min
Rev. Celeste's guest is Rev. "Queen" Michelle Jordan, powerful vocalist, musical theater actress, passionate vocal teacher and choir director. Celeste mentions the California Arts Council Grant (http://arts.ca.gov/opportunities/grants.php) Rev. Michelle received for Vocal Music in schools, and the Critics Circle Award for her portrayal of Effie in "Dreamgirls" (https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/06/10/berkeley-bred-singer-taking-perfect-path-toward-broadway/). The real topic of discussion is Gratitude. Rev. Celeste weaves gratitude through questions. Some interesting discoveries include:
- Rev. Deborah Johnson's (https://www.innerlightministries.com/about-us/rev-deborah-johnson/) call for gratitude at a graduation ceremony.
- The murder of Ahmaud Aubery (https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2020-05-21/third-suspect-charged-with-murder-of-georgia-unarmed-black-jogger) retraumatizing Michelle around the murder of her nephew Terrence McCrary (https://www.berkeleyside.com/2016/08/15/in-loving-memory-of-terrence-mccrary-1993-2016); and how her sister, Florence McCrary is a voice for those who have lost their children to gun violence (https://www.berkeleyside.com/2017/09/21/1-year-berkeley-artists-killing-still-unsolved-despite-25000-reward)
- The Center for Spiritual Living San Jose's Halloween in 1998 and a famous fictional character portrayed (https://www.distractify.com/trending/2017/10/20/1hRg09/twitter-aunt-jemima)
- Her Episcopalian minister grandfather who stowed away on a boat from Accra, Ghana to England, the discovery of her family name Lamitsoi (pronounced Lamtray) and her daughter's discovery of her name on a trip to Ghana
- Michelle's soul kinship with Rosetta Tharpe (https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9278355)
- The Chitlin' Circuit (https://medium.com/@richardkyu/chitlin-circuit-blues-culture-and-american-culture-785c913d5add)
- Director Toney Haney spotting her soul when she thought she was Deena, but he saw her as Effie (https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Anthony-J.-Haney/)
- Michelle's email sign-off: "I'm happy because I sing" (William James quote attributed to Tom Paxton)
- How having a song to prepare protects her from negative energy and protects her soul
- Michelle being anchored by the song and being liberated by the song
- "We Are Going" (https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/1534428/Book+of+Love/Woyaya), a song from Ghana), in Ga (https://omniglot.com/writing/ga.htm), the language of her ancestors, and the song lyrics' relationship to our Covid-19 experience
- The Q Proce
Rev. Celeste's guest is Rev. "Queen" Michelle Jordan, powerful vocalist, musical theater actress, passionate vocal teacher and choir director. Celeste mentions the California Arts Council Grant (http://arts.ca.gov/opportunities/grants.php) Rev. Michelle received for Vocal Music in schools, and the Critics Circle Award for her portrayal of Effie in "Dreamgirls" (https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/06/10/berkeley-bred-singer-taking-perfect-path-toward-broadway/). The real topic of discussion is Gratitude. Rev. Celeste weaves gratitude through questions. Some interesting discoveries include:
- Rev. Deborah Johnson's (https://www.innerlightministries.com/about-us/rev-deborah-johnson/) call for gratitude at a graduation ceremony.
- The murder of Ahmaud Aubery (https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2020-05-21/third-suspect-charged-with-murder-of-georgia-unarmed-black-jogger) retraumatizing Michelle around the murder of her nephew Terrence McCrary (https://www.berkeleyside.com/2016/08/15/in-loving-memory-of-terrence-mccrary-1993-2016); and how her sister, Florence McCrary is a voice for those who have lost their children to gun violence (https://www.berkeleyside.com/2017/09/21/1-year-berkeley-artists-killing-still-unsolved-despite-25000-reward)
- The Center for Spiritual Living San Jose's Halloween in 1998 and a famous fictional character portrayed (https://www.distractify.com/trending/2017/10/20/1hRg09/twitter-aunt-jemima)
- Her Episcopalian minister grandfather who stowed away on a boat from Accra, Ghana to England, the discovery of her family name Lamitsoi (pronounced Lamtray) and her daughter's discovery of her name on a trip to Ghana
- Michelle's soul kinship with Rosetta Tharpe (https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9278355)
- The Chitlin' Circuit (https://medium.com/@richardkyu/chitlin-circuit-blues-culture-and-american-culture-785c913d5add)
- Director Toney Haney spotting her soul when she thought she was Deena, but he saw her as Effie (https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Anthony-J.-Haney/)
- Michelle's email sign-off: "I'm happy because I sing" (William James quote attributed to Tom Paxton)
- How having a song to prepare protects her from negative energy and protects her soul
- Michelle being anchored by the song and being liberated by the song
- "We Are Going" (https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/1534428/Book+of+Love/Woyaya), a song from Ghana), in Ga (https://omniglot.com/writing/ga.htm), the language of her ancestors, and the song lyrics' relationship to our Covid-19 experience
- The Q Proce
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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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Celeste shares her journey into becoming a mystic and moving into ministry. She starts out by defining First Cause as the Cause of all Things and the Uncreated, from which all things spring. She pulls the defintions from the Science of Mind textbook (https://www.amazon.com/Science-Mind-Complete-Ernest-Holmes/dp/1585428426) and Rev. Celeste asks us to look beyond the words, "God said" in Genesis to know the intention was the voice and not necessarily an audible voice. (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1&version=TLB)
Rev. Celeste uses this creation story as a reference to our human creative processes that we use in order to become, acquire, attract what we want in and for our lives. We take the steps necessary to become what we seek to have, but it starts with an intention to create.
She references her writings and her bodies of work as being inspired from this First Cause.
She recalls her aspirations in the entertainment industry and the steps she took to fulfill that intention. And Rev. Celeste explains that she let the call to ministry be suppressed after thinking about the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (https://thekingcenter.org/about-dr-king/) and the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
Rev. Celeste shares her "dream" where she got in touch with her soul while she was studying at the Agape International Spiritual Center (agapelive.com) when she discovered she was using the Mind of God.
She mentions those who held the light for her spiritual journey including Joan Steadman (www.linkedin.com/in/joan-steadman-37466697), Michael Bernard Beckwith (https://michaelbeckwith.com/), and Nirvana Gayle (https://www.patheos.com/blogs/theprinciplesofspiritualliving/author/nirvanagayle/), and studying New Thought pioneers such as Ernest Holmes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Holmes) and Ralph Waldo Emerson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson).
Preparing a tribute to her grandmother, she was exposed to multiple dimensions that heightened her intuition. There was no denying it - she is a minister.
Rev. Celeste founded the Power of Oneness Spiritual Center (https://www.pr.com/press-release/437597), was the senior minister at the DuPage Center for Spiritual Living (https://www.yelp.com/biz/dupage-center-for-spiritual-living-lisle) and while promoting her book, Divine Work Play (https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Work-Play-Practicing-Presence/dp/1547197358), her journey led her to the East Bay Church of Religious Science (ebcrs.org) where she became the pastor until Spring 2020.
Spending more time in the being, she is balanced and enjoying being present.
She gives thanks to her mother, Hallie A. Frazier, who is 89 years old today and her father, Freddie Frazier, Jr. who is now in the invisible. She appreciates their support of her ministry.
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