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Happy Sunday, and a very blessed Earth Day coming up this week on Wednesday. We stand at a sacred threshold—not just of a new week, but of a profound "Earth Awakening." In Unity, we often speak of the "Second Coming" as the…

In ancient times, our ancestors began myth making as a way to explain the world, to explore the cycles of nature and humans…and also to acknowledge our connection with one another. Myths may or may not be factual, but they…

My mother introduced me to “New Thought” when I was a teenager. She used to subscribe to “Science of Mind” magazine back then, and she would share passages and articles with me, and we would discuss it for hours! (Science of…

My first experience being in a Muslim country was visiting Egypt in 2011 with my friend Becky Oberlin. We were on a tour sponsored by Unity Village. We arrived in Cairo at night and the weather was beautiful and balmy. The…

*Today's service is Zoom only due to the snow storm.* Many who find Unity have left a more “mainstream” Christian church. Some others are un-churched or already metaphysically or mystically inclined. So, Unity easily becomes…

One of my dear friends is Jewish. Marcia and I lived with several other roommates in San Francisco in the late 60s. We also traveled through Mexico together. She was not religious, but she was spiritual. When we returned to…

This is Week 2 of a Sunday Series with follow-up Classes on “World Religions.” This week, we will discuss Buddhism & Unity. Buddhism was founded in India in the 6th century BCE by Siddhartha Gautama, who became the…

This is Week 1 of a Sunday Series with follow-up Classes on “World Religions.” We begin with Hinduism, which has always held a deep fascination for me from the time I was a teenager. I discovered Paramahansa Yogananda’s…

Jesus said, “Except you become like little children, you shall never enter the kingdom of heaven.” For me, that statement has meaning when I think of it as saying that we can enter the kingdom, or experience divinity, by…

There is a Unity song that begins, “Open my eyes that I may see, glimpses of truth thou hast for me; Place in my hands the wonderful key, that shall unclasp and set me free…” Sometimes our eyes are opened just by stopping…