This new season takes its name from a cultural phenomenon back in ’67 where hippies took to the streets with flowers in their hair. At the heart of the movement was a longing for peace, love and unity. “Make love not war” was a popular phrase. As a spiritual community whose mission is to embody love and awaken spiritual consciousness, let’s see if we can have a “do-over” on the Summer of Love. Let’s focus on the essence of love and unity, not only in our Sunday messages, but in our attitudes and behavior. Let’s commit, as a community, to raise our consciousness and to focus on how each of us can personally embody love a little more. Rather than concentrating our attention on those who don’t seem to be acting from love, let’s ask who could we extend love toward that perhaps has not experience enough? Let’s examine together the places in our own psyches where we are so busy condemning ourselves or expecting love from others that we end up making war instead of love. We can reverse that habit! We can love people who are currently strangers to us and discover their unique light. Imagine the impact if every single person in our community focused on this for the entire summer. (as a start!) Maybe, in the words of the old song, we’ll discover “the world will be a better place for you and me, just wait and see!”