Minister’s Message for July 2026

Theme: Whole No Matter What

Rev Abigail Schairer

Dear Beloved Community,

This month, we’re exploring a simple but transformative truth: Whole No Matter What.

It’s easy to believe that wholeness is something waiting for us on the other side of healing, success, forgiveness, or self-improvement. We tell ourselves, “Once I figure this out… once I overcome this habit… once I become a better version of myself… then I’ll finally be whole.”

Science of Mind offers a radically different perspective.

Ernest Holmes reminds us that there is something within each of us that already partakes of Universal Wholeness. Our essential nature has never been broken. It cannot be diminished by our mistakes, our disappointments, our doubts, or even our deepest wounds. What changes is not our wholeness, but our awareness of it.

That doesn’t mean we stop growing. It means we grow from wholeness instead of striving toward it. I’m constantly reminded of the idea of an acorn and a fully grown oak tree. Both are whole- and contained within the acorn is the Divine Blueprint of the unfoldment of the acorn. Each step along the process from the seed, to the sprout, to the tree, is a whole version of itself.

Throughout July, we’ll explore what it means to embrace every part of ourselves, recognize how our inner experience shapes our outer lives, examine the beliefs that either limit or liberate our understanding of wholeness, and imagine the kind of world we create when every person’s inherent worth is honored.

In a culture that constantly tells us we’re not enough, this teaching can be considered subversive. It invites us to stop measuring our value by our productivity, appearance, accomplishments, or approval from others. Instead, it asks us to remember who we have always been.

My invitation this month is to notice the places where you’re trying to earn what has never been absent. Where are you withholding love from yourself until you become someone else? What might change if you trusted that your deepest identity has always been whole? I look forward to exploring these questions together.

With love,

Rev. Abigail Schairer

P.S. Since July is also our month of Independence- I wanted to have a special book this month that focused on Freedom. Please join Francine in a special online book study of How to Be Free: A Proven Guide to Escaping Life’s Hidden Prisons, by Shaka Senghor. Join online for free on Zoom from 6-7pm PT weekly on Thursday from July 9-30.