There is a powerful song by David Ault, a New Thought minister within the Centers for Spiritual Living™ organization. This tune and the lyrics have been extremely meaningful to me in my own role as minister within Unity Worldwide Ministries. It reminds me of why I chose to become a minister, why I chose to …
Here we are at the end of another year where we take the opportunity to release the past, change negative patterns and establish our goals for the coming year. This is a good thing, but unless you really set your intention to change those old patterns that have caused you anguish and pain, you will …
A few weeks ago, my family and I had lunch at a favorite Asian restaurant. At the end of the meal, we all opened our fortune cookies. I was absolutely delighted with mine. It read: “Love in its essence is spiritual fire.” This was a vaguely familiar quote and I looked it up the minute …
Recently, I ran across an article at unity.org titled, “The Quantum Power of Faith” by Melanie A. Dean, Ph.D., about the hidden power of our emotions. The author has done a great deal of research and has written a book titled, “The Hidden Power of our Emotions”. In the article, she discussed how our emotions …
That old song title spoke a huge truth. Many of us are always moving in this fast paced world, and rarely slow down enough to really rest and tune in to our higher power. In her book, The Seven Whispers, Christina Baldwin says we need to “Slow down and move at the pace of guidance.” …
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Lao Tzu (570 – 490 B.C.E.) Where to Begin the Inner Journey? The Journey toward inner peace begins right now, right where you are. The wake-up call comes to many in mid-life. It is occurring earlier now in younger people. Some of us known as …
If you say to God, “This is terrible!” God says, “Terrible? You haven’t seen anything yet.” If you say to God, “This is great!” God says, “Great? You haven’t seen anything yet.” I was reading an article with this very title that reminded me of this old joke.[i] Thinking about this concept a lot lately, …
The following quote from Will Bowen has been one of my favorites for visualizing how we are able to affect change in our world. When there is great chaos we tend to think, “What am I able to do to change this?” The deep and profound truth is that you can have an effect, you …
A question that haunts many of us is, “How do I work toward changing the world?” The truth is, we are only able to change ourselves, but by doing that, we have a profound effect upon those around us, whether they know it or not, and thereby changing the world. I’m reminded of these touching …
We are moving forward into a new energy whereby what has felt comfortable in the past is changing rapidly. Many of us are not willing nor able to stay small anymore, giving our power away to whatever has previously demanded our energy. We are standing up, going forward, claiming our own individual self. What does …