Sunshine Cathedral Blog

by the Reverend Doctor Durrell Watkins
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” John F. Kennedy
I came to Sunshine Cathedral in the summer of 2006. Since that time I have been to two Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) international General Conferences, an MCC Region 7 cluster conference, 4 International New Thought Alliance [...]

“We are threefold beings: we are spirit, mind and body. It is important to nourish all three dimensions. We can maintain a balance in our spiritual lives by practicing the presence of God; by nourishing our minds… through a variety of academic, educational, and cultural activities; and by taking care of our body temples through [...]

“…Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’” Joel 3.10

Those of us who embrace positive psychology, New Thought spirituality, human potential philosophy, or other humanistic spiritual paths, as well as those who come from exuberant, charismatic worship traditions might wonder how the nagging, nefarious demons of doubt, despair, or [...]

“Here at the Sunshine Cathedral we are seekers and students of truth, empowered by spirit, sharing the light with the world.” Sunshine Cathedral’s Mission Statement & Affirmation
I love our simple affirmative mission statement.
We are seekers… There is always more to learn, experience, do, share, and understand. Where we’ve been is wonderful, but the journey isn’t [...]

“Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God.” Ram Dass
We all want healing at one time or another. We want healing in a relationship, healing in our bodies, healing in a situation, healing in our emotions. But we are [...]

There is a marvelous Sufi tale of a fox that had somehow lost his hind legs. One day a man noticed the fox and felt sorry for him, but then he noticed a tigress approaching the fox. The tigress had game in her mouth. She ate what she wanted and then left [...]

“Moses said, ‘Please send someone else to do it.’” Exodus 4.13

We so want someone else to make everything OK for us. We want to blame someone for why our lives aren’t on track, and we want someone to come and fix our mess for us. But in truth, we are each responsible for [...]

“If you want to see the rainbow, you have to be willing to put up with a little rain.” Alexander Lockhart
When the bills are stacking up, or health starts to decline, or relationships become problematic, or the job seems unmanageable, or there is significant loss and the grief that accompanies it…those of [...]

Here’s a game I (inexplicably) like to play: The Hurt Feelings Game
Round 1 -
Someone hurts my feelings (it happens). But instead of shaking it off and enjoying the zillion wonderful things that are happening in my life, I obsess about that one tiny, silly, moment in time when someone forgot that my feelings were the [...]

Clear intention works. When I get really clear in my mind about something, it’s like I’m saying to the Universe, “Let’s do this!” And things begin to happen.
One New Year’s Eve I wrote goals for the New Year. One of my goals was to write a book. The book didn’t [...]