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Sunday, August 20, 2023
Why was there such concern around the world during the 2019 Australian fires when millions of creatures were dying in the blaze? Why did the MeToo movement take off so quickly with hundreds of thousands of women coming…
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Sunday, August 6, 2023
I googled images of “family,” and was amazed that the entire first page was of the traditional family: a man, a woman, and several children, give or take a few. To find what I was looking for—many examples of family—I had to…
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Sunday, July 30, 2023
I realized that the title this week, “Loving Acts of Kindness,” sounds like the lesson is about Buddhist “loving kindness.” It is actually more about general kindness, with a lot of story examples. Kindness is basic to every…
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Sunday, July 23, 2023
How can one be ready for a miracle? First, by recognizing that miracles take place every single day. Life is a miracle, as are all of the wonders of creation. As we pull ourselves out of the consensus trance that we may find…
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Sunday, July 16, 2023
Our Unity theme this July is “service,” and it seems fitting to talk about animal love and service, as well as our love and service to animals. There are so many remarkable stories of animals saving human lives, including…
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Sunday, July 9, 2023
This is a good week to bring new people to Unity or invite them online with us. This particular lesson, “Unity–Dogma, Doctrine, or Dharma” is one I like to repeat every few years as a good review for long-time Unity students…
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Sunday, July 2, 2023
This Fourth of July holiday can remind us to ask ourselves, “In what way can I become freer? What inner or outer obstacles still limit me in my life? Where am I still thinking lack rather than abundance?”   It may be time to…
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Sunday, June 25, 2023
Rev. Barbara Winter Martin responded affirmatively when I asked her to speak this Sunday with very little notice. I am grateful for her “Yes!” It helped me to overcome a final obstacle so that I could take a four-day trip to…
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Sunday, June 18, 2023
There are several helpful steps we can take to heal and invoke the father: Praying to God as father. By this I don’t mean talking to some anthropomorphic male God in the sky who is bearded and Caucasian. But rather,…
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Sunday, June 11, 2023
This coming week, I am teaching a three-week class called “Re-Visiting Dreams.” I have taught a basic class on dreams before in this ministry, and even if you took the class, I encourage you to attend again. There will be…