2026 Summer Book Series: Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness according to The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse.
Enjoy this series is based on the book by Charley Mackesy. Life is a journey and companionship helps us along the way.
06/07/2026 Search for Meaning – An Introduction
Here is a PDF of the Process Questions for Search for Meaning
06/14/2026 Self-Discovery
Here is a PDF of Process Questions for Self-Discovery
Here is a PDF of Self-Reliance Essay
06/21/2026 Vulnerability
Here is a PDF of Process Questions for Vulnerability
Here is a Picture of Vulnerability Poem
06/28/2026 Bravery
Here is a PDF of Process Questions for Bravery
07/05/2026 Friendship and Relationships
Here is a PDF of Process Questions for Friendships and Relationships
07/12/2026 Kindness- Rev. Catherine Bonin
Here is a PDF of the Process Questions for Kindness
07/19/2026 Compassion and Empathy
Here is a PDF of the Process Questions for Compassion and Empathy
07/26/2026 Trust – Rev. Dr. Larry King
08/02/2026 Acceptance
08/09/2026 Self-Love and Self-Care – Rev. Catherine Bonin
08/16/2026 Strength and Courage
08/23/2026 Resilience and Overcoming Adversity – Rev. Catherine Bonin
08/30/2026 Hope
09/06/2026 Finding Home
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Search for Meaning – An Introduction
Learn to truly live life from a place of knowing you have found your home, your true purpose and meaning in life.
Search for Meaning Full Sunday Service This week our service focuses on Search for Meaning – how we decide what our existence might be, tune in to our homing device, and allow love and Spirit to bring us home. Listen as Rev. Larrye-Marie Heyl, spiritual leader of Center for Spiritual Living Southeast Louisiana, Rev. Catherine Bonin, the Happiness Minister, and Rev. Dr. Larry King, a minister from Oregon, begin a new series: “Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness according to the Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse.” The Series is based on a book by Charlie Mackesy, and each week is independent. These three ministers provide a message which encourages you to follow the river of consciousness to the light where home and love reside.
Chris Michaels, in Your Soul’s Assignment, wrote:
“We’ve been created, and then left alone to discover our Creator. In time, we all find our way home because the Creator placed a “homing device” within each of us. Our intense desire for love is that homing device and it will always lead us directly back to the one and only Source of unconditional love.”
Enjoy the music of Karen Drucker and of our own CSL Southeast Louisiana music team.
Search for Meaning “No Frills” Service – The service starts at the opening welcome, no announcements, with a message which focuses on Search for Meaning. Learn to truly live life from a place of knowing you have found your home, your true purpose and meaning in life.
Search for Meaning- Meditation – “I Send My Love” as you settle into a place of knowing that you don’t simply exist, you choose what to become in every moment. You are invited to send your love out and know that in this moment, you are the love that God created you to be.
Search for Meaning– Reading – Listen as Nancy Wertz reads an excerpt from “Man’s Search For Meaning” by Victor E. Frankl. This passage reminds us that nearly everyone is searching for “something” and that most of us have something for which we are willing to die.
Search for Meaning- Message Only – Listen as Rev. Larrye-Marie Heyl, spiritual leader of Center for Spiritual Living Southeast Louisiana, Rev. Catherine Bonin, the Happiness Minister, and Rev. Larry King, a minister in Oregon, begin a new series: “Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness according to the Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse.”
The Series is based on a book by Charlie Mackesy, and each week is independent. These three ministers provide a message on the “Search for Meaning,” encouraging you to follow the river of consciousness to the light where home and love reside.
Victor E. Frankl in “Man’s Search for Meaning” wrote:
“Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning. The greatest task for any person is to find meaning in his or her life.”
Self-Discovery
Learn to embrace your passions and your values and live life from a place of knowing you bring to this world things no one else can.
Self-Discovery Full Sunday Service – This week our service focuses on Self-Discovery – how to live from our passions and our values, ask our friends for help, and remembering we bring to this world things no one else can. Listen as Rev. Larrye-Marie Heyl, spiritual leader of Center for Spiritual Living Southeast Louisiana, continues the series: “Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness according to the Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse” – a series based on a book by Charlie Machesy, with each week independent. This week the message encourages you to discover exactly who you are, what truly has meaning to you, and where your home lies which brings you joy. Florence Scovel Shinn, in The Game of Life & How to Play It, reminds us not to waste time comparing ourselves. She writes:
”There is for each man, perfect self-expression. There is a place which he is to fill and no one else can fill, something which he is to do, which no one else can do; it is his destiny!”
Enjoy the music of the Chariot Duo and of our own CSL Southeast Louisiana music team.
Self-Discovery “No Frills” Service – The service starts at the opening welcome, no announcements, with a message which focuses on Self-Discovery. Learn to embrace your passions and your values, examine the core principles that guide your life, and live life from a place of knowing your priorities and what you bring to this world which no one else can.
Self-Discovery- Meditation Join Rev. Larrye-Marie Heyl and the CSL music team as they move you into a time of knowing the essence of who you are. The music team sings “Face of God” as you settle into a place of quiet and listen to the Divine. You are invited to remember that you and everyone on this planet is the face of God.
Self-Discovery– Reading Listen as Marta Keller reads an excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay on “Self-Reliance”. These excerpts remind us that we must trust our self: every heart vibrates to that iron string; that what we must do is all that concerns us, not what people think; and nothing can bring us peace but ourselves.
Self-Discovery- Message Only Listen as Rev. Larrye-Marie Heyl, spiritual leader of Center for Spiritual Living Southeast Louisiana continues the series: “Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness according to the Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse” – a series based on a book by Charlie Machesy, with week independent. This week the message is on “Self-Discovery,” and Rev. Larrye-Marie encourages you to embrace your passions and your principles, and thus discover who you are and what brings joy into your life. She reminds you to remember that you are enough just as you are. Ernest Holmes in “The Anatomy of Healing Prayer” wrote:
“ The search of every man is the discovery of himself. He doesn’t know it. The search of every man is something that will make him whole.”
Imagine what your life and the world might look like if we each followed our passions and remembered we are enough just as we are. What Joy there would be on this planet!
Imagine what your life and the world might look like if we each found our true purpose in life and were able to live from that place. What Joy there would be on this planet!
Vulnerability
Learn how to stay true to who you are and share that self with others.
Vulnerability Full Sunday Service – This week our service focuses on Vulnerability – how to stay true to who we are and share that self with others. Our guest speaker, Rev. Catherine Bonin, the Happiness minister, is an experienced story teller and fabulous speaker. She continues the series: “Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness according to the Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse” – a series based on a book by Charlie Mackesy. (Each week is independent.) Rev. Catherine encourages you to know yourself and to stay true to the Spiritual principles that guide your life. Brene Brown writes:
“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.”
Enjoy the music of Karen Drucker, Gary Lynn Floyd and of our own CSL Southeast Louisiana music team.
Vulnerability “No Frills” Service – The service starts at the opening welcome, no announcements, with a message which focuses on Vulnerability. Learn to share who you really are with others; to trust yourself, others, the Divine; and to stay true to the Spiritual principles that guide your life.
Vulnerability- Meditation Join Rev. Larrye-Marie Heyl and Karen Drucker as they move you into a time of becoming aware that all you need do is listen to notice all of who you are, the real you within. As Karen Drucker sings Listen, settle into a place of no push and no pull, and receive whatever the Divine wants you to hear as you listen to your heart.
Vulnerability– Reading Listen as Gloria Nye reads the January 28th entry from 365 Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes. This entry reminds us “Every heart responds to the warmth of love. Every mind yearns for its embrace and no life is complete without it.” And to love requires us to know ourselves, be vulnerable, and trust others.
Vulnerability- Message Only Listen as Rev. Catherine Bonin, the happiness minister continues the series: “Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness according to the Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse,” based on a book by Charlie Machesy. Each week is independent and this week the message is on “Vulnerability.” Rev. Catherine encourages you know yourself, to share who you really are with others; to trust yourself, others, the Divine; and to stay true to the Spiritual principles that guide your life. She reminds you being vulnerable takes courage and you can do it.
Ernest Holmes in “The Science of Mind” wrote:
“When we learn to trust the Universe, we shall be happy, prosperous and well… …No matter what our emotional storm, or what our objective situation may be … We may stumble, but always there is that Eternal Voice, forever whispering within our ear, that thing which causes the eternal quest, that thing which forever sings and sings.”
Imagine what your life and the world might look like if we each trusted the Universe and dared to be vulnerable and be who we really are in every moment. What songs of joy there would be on this planet!
Bravery
Learn to embrace the innate ability you have to be brave. Learn to live life from those everyday moments when you are brave.
Bravery Full Sunday Service – This week our service focuses on Bravery – how to be brave and ask for help when you need it, remembering that sometimes just carrying on is brave and magnificent. Listen as Rev. Larrye-Marie Heyl, spiritual leader of Center for Spiritual Living Southeast Louisiana, continues the series: “Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness according to the Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse” – a series based on a book by Charlie Machesy, with each week independent. This week the message encourages you to find bravery in the small gestures and everyday moments of your life. Rev. Larrye-Marie reminds you to step out of your comfort zone, challenge yourself, and pursue your dreams.
Ernest Holmes, in “This Thing Called You”, reminds us:
”There is something within you beyond all doubt and fear, something which has never been limited by your acts or destroyed by your feeling. This is the only something that can make you whole.”
Enjoy the music of the Karen Drucker and of our own CSL Southeast Louisiana music team.
Bravery “No Frills” Service – The service starts at the opening welcome, no announcements, with a message which focuses on Bravery. Learn to embrace the innate ability you have to be brave. Learn to live life from a place of knowing you are brave and that bravery shows up in everyday moments in your life.
Bravery- Meditation Join Rev. Larrye-Marie Heyl and Karen Drucker as they move you into a time of learning to be aware that God is with you so there is no need to be afraid. Karen sings “Be Not Afraid” as you settle into a place of quiet and listen to the Divine. You are invited to remember God is with you always, so you can be brave.
Bravery– Reading Listen as Nicole Palmour reads the September 16th entry from “365 Science of Mind: A Year of Daily Wisdom from Ernest Holmes.” The reading is entitled: “I radiate the fullness of life, for I fear nothing.” It reminds us to unify with the Divine Presence so fear has no place in our being – God is not afraid of anything.
Bravery – Message Only Listen as Rev. Larrye-Marie Heyl, spiritual leader of Center for Spiritual Living Southeast Louisiana continues the series: “Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness according to the Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse” – a series based on a book by Charlie Machesy, with week independent. This week the message is on “Bravery,” and Rev. Larrye-Marie encourages you to move through your difficult times, ask for help when you need it, and be aware that sometimes just making it through your day is brave and a victory. She reminds you to remember the advice of the mole: One of our greatest freedoms is how we react to things. Lesson 240 of “A Course in Miracles” is this:
“Fear is not justified in any form.” The lesson continues: “Fear is deception. It attests that you have seen yourself as you could never be … There is no fear in us, for we are each a part of Love Itself”
Imagine what your life and the world might look like if we believed that God is with us always and learned to be brave and ask for help when we need it. What Joy that could bring!
Friendships and Relationships
Learn how to be authentically be yourself in your friendships and how to notice the qualities you require in friends.
Friendships and Relationships Full Sunday Service – how to stay true to who we are and share that self with others. Our guest speaker, Rev. Dr. Larry King, a fabulous minister from Oregon, is an experienced speaker and process leader. He continues the series: “Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness according to the Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse” – a series based on a book by Charlie Mackesy. (Each week is independent.) Rev. Larry encourages you to notice what qualities you admire in your friends, discusses how you can be authentically yourself in all your relationships, and reminds you to find ways to tell your friends you love them. He also speaks on the value of making new friends.
The Boy says: “Doing nothing with friends is never doing nothing, is it?”
Enjoy the music of the Chariot Duo, Jesse and Amy, and of our own CSL Southeast Louisiana music team.
Friendships and Relationships “No Frills” Service – The service starts at the opening welcome, no announcements, with a message which focuses on Friendships. Learn to notice what qualities you require in your friends, how to be authentically yourself in your friendships, and how to let your friends know you love them.
Friendships and Relationships – Meditation Join Rev. Larrye-Marie Heyl and the Chariot Duo as they move you into a time of remembering that it is by the Grace of the Divine, Allah, or whatever you call your higher guide, that we sing, we feel, we breath. As they sing “By Thy Grace”, FEEL the song of the Divine flowing through you, and as you relax into breathing and listening, trusting your heart to tell you the truth of who you are.
Friendships and Relationships – Reading Listen as Robyn Vie-Carpenter Brisco reads the February 12th from 365 Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes. This entry reminds us that the fullness of life flows through us and we can bring loving friendship into our lives. “You are in Life. Life is flowing through you. It is you. It decrees, affirms, knows, and imagines. That which it decrees transpires. You are like it. You rule your own world.”
Friendships and Relationships – Message Only Listen as Rev. Dr. Larry King, the “other Rev. Larry”, a fabulous minister from Oregon continues the series: “Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness according to the Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse,” based on a book by Charlie Mackesy. Each week is independent and this week the message is on “Friendships.” Rev. Larry encourages you to recognize those qualities in your friends that drew you to them, to make new friends, and to always be authentically who you are in your relationships. Ernest Holmes in “The Science of Mind” talked about mental equivalents and Rev. Larry explains what that means in developing friendships. Rev Larry leads you through a process of determining exactly what it is you need in your friends. And he tells us many ways that we can tell our friends we care about them.
Our 4 characters show us the meaning of friendship. And as the Boy says:
“Doing nothing with friends is never doing nothing, is it?”
Imagine what your life and the world might look like if we took time to develop our friendships and make new friends as well. What songs of joy there would be on this planet!
Kindness
Join us this week for Kindness. Learn how to be kind to yourself and others and to notice kindness in the world.
Kindness – This week our service focuses on Kindness – how to live being kind to yourself and to others. Our guest speaker, Rev. Catherine Bonin, the Happiness minister, is an experienced story teller and fabulous speaker. She continues the series: “Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness according to the Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse” – a series based on a book by Charlie Mackesy. (Each week is independent.) Rev. Catherine encourages you to be more aware of the kindness that sits quietly beyond all things and to look for kindness in your life and out in the world.
Ernest Holmes in “This Thing Called You” wrote:
“The mind must reach a place where it no longer remembers the past with anxiety or looks to the future with uncertainty. It focuses instead on the Divine Goodness, the loving kindness and the givingness of God.”
Enjoy the music of Gary Lynn Floyd and our own CSL Southeast Louisiana music team.
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Kindness “No Frills” Service – The service starts at the opening welcome, no announcements, with a message which focuses on Kindness. Learn to be more aware of the kindness that sits quietly beyond all things, and to look for kindness in your life and out in the world.
Kindness- Meditation Join Rev. Larrye-Marie Heyl and and Gary Lynn Floyd as they move you into a time of becoming aware that you can relax from the outer involvement and move Into your haven of peace where the Divine guides you. As Gary sings “Haven of Peace”, let go of the outside world and settle into a place of peace so you might receive whatever the Divine wants you to hear as you listen to your heart.
Kindness– Reading Listen as Cindy Levy reads the July 13th entry from 365 Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes. This entry reminds us: “Infinite spirit within me, which is God, cause me to think and act kindly; constrain my mind to gentleness and peace; guide my thoughts into loving kindness and eternal forgivingness; and cause me in all my ways to follow the path of truth and justice.” Let us each consciously release everything that is unkind and seek to be kind always.
Kindness- Message Only Listen as Rev. Catherine Bonin, the happiness minister continues the series: “Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness according to the Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse,” based on a book by Charlie Machesy. Each week is independent and this week the message is on “Kindness.” Rev. Catherine encourages you to be kinder to yourself, to be more aware of the kindness that sits quietly beyond all things, and to look for kindness in your life and out in the world. She reminds you: being kind brings more kindness to you.
Mother Teresa said:
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.”
Imagine what your life and the world might look like if we each became more aware of the kindness that exists in the world and were more kind in all circumstances. What a haven of peace there would be on this planet!
Compassion and Empathy
Learn to be compassionate and acknowledge the shared human experience of humanity, recognizing each of us carries within us hopes, fears, and dreams.
Compassion and Empathy Full Sunday Service – This week our service focuses on Compassion and Empathy – how to know the wholeness of the person while showing them true empathy. Listen as Rev. Larrye-Marie Heyl, spiritual leader of Center for Spiritual Living Southeast Louisiana, continues the series: “Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness according to the Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse” – a series based on a book by Charlie Machesy, with each week independent. This week the message encourages you to put yourself in another’s shoes and truly understand their perspective so as to be able to offer them compassion for whatever they might be experiencing. She reminds you that compassion and empathy unlock the doors to unity and harmony, paving the way for a world built on mutual respect and cooperation. The Dalai Lama, in The Art of Happiness wrote:
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
Enjoy the music of Gary Lynn Floyd, Karen Drucker and of our own CSL Southeast Louisiana music team.
Compassion and Empathy “No Frills” Service – The service starts at the opening welcome, no announcements, with a message which focuses on Compassion and Empathy. Learn to acknowledge the shared human experience of humanity, recognizing each of us carries within us hopes, fears, and dreams.
Compassion and Empathy- Meditation Join Rev. Larrye-Marie Heyl and Karen Drucker as they move you into a time of sitting in the stillness. Karen sings “In The Stillness” as you settle into a place of quiet and listen to the Divine. You are invited to awaken to this present moment, to this holy instant in time and be with the Divine.
Compassion and Empathy– Reading Listen as Dr. Marie May reads the February 24th entry from “365 Science of Mind: A Year of Daily Wisdom from Ernest Holmes.” The reading is entitled: “ I Open Myself to Greater Love.” It reminds us “None of us is as perfect in expression as we ought to be. So the challenge to each of us is to be great enough to rise in love, in charity, through understanding and compassion. Love is the lodestone of life.”
Compassion and Empathy – Message Only Listen as Rev. Larrye-Marie Heyl, spiritual leader of Center for Spiritual Living Southeast Louisiana continues the series: “Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness according to the Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse” – a series based on a book by Charlie Machesy, with week independent. This week the message is on “Compassion and Empathy,” and Rev. Larrye-Marie encourages you to make certain that in our society No One is Left Behind, that each person feels compassion and empathy in their life. She suggests we go beyond sympathy and express empathy, compassion, and love and reminds you to remember the advice given the boy when he asks what we do when our hearts hurt. As the horse says: “wrap them with friendship, shared tears and time, till they make hopeful and happy again.”
The Dalai Lama tells us in The Art of Happiness:
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.”
Imagine what your life and the world might look like if we each practiced compassion and empathy throughout our days. That’s the world I want to live in!
