“If nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies.” ~Unknown There is an ancient Chinese blessing that states, “May you live during interesting times.” Well, we are certainly living in interesting and evolving times filled with huge transition. Transition and change can be messy and uncomfortable, but just as the chrysalis becomes a butterfly in a …
In a Sunday service recently at Unity Spiritual Center on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, as I was speaking of a heart on fire for good, I quoted the following lines from the 80’s song, Higher Love by British singer/songwriter Steve Winwood. “I could light the night up with my soul on fireI could make the …
Today is Mother’s Day here in the United States. There are similar holidays in other countries such as Mothering Day in the U.K. but our holiday is unique to us. We give thanks to all those in our lives who have mothered or nurtured us. To nurture is to provide the different facets of support …
A true teacher of the Word at this time of human and spiritual evolution upon the Earth is one who is able to access higher teachings while also able to convey those teachings to others through common everyday language. What good is one who speaks above the level at which most can hear? This serves …
A little boy visited church with his grandma and grandpa. It had been a while. His older sister went regularly, but he usually stayed home with his mom and dad on Sundays. They were like most parents, staying home to recoup on Sundays and get ready for the coming week. This particular church is Progressive, …
The practice of fully expressing Zeal, Passion, and Enthusiasm means you are fully alive. You are tapping into the divine energy that surrounds you. When he was 94 years old, Charles Fillmore wrote the following affirmation: “I fairly sizzle with zeal and enthusiasm and spring forth with a mighty faith to do the things that …
Sometimes it’s quite amazing to me how instantaneously ads will appear on the computer screen while signed into the internet. Typically, when I just searched for something, the next thing I know, ads pop up everywhere from tags and buzz words. It causes my unsuspecting computer screen to light up with just the answer to …
We talk a lot at the spiritual center to which I belong about the power of prayer. Prayer is indeed powerful, but many of us never go further and deeper. If we do not go deeper, we do not allow our higher self to inform us of what is ours to do, what is ours …
There’s a Spanish story of a father and son who had become estranged. The son ran away, and the father set off to find him. He searched for months but to no avail. Finally, in a last desperate effort to find him, the father put an ad in a Madrid newspaper. The ad read: “Dear …
Being an overachiever all my life, I now extend grace to my body, my mind, my thoughts, and feelings. I let go of all things and simply rest in the hands of the Divine Mother, who lovingly holds me. Having never broken a bone in my life to this point, I have always been quite …