Walking the Unity Talk

by | Feb 9, 2017 |

Over the next couple of months or so, I will be exploring Unity’s five principles in a series of articles titled “Walking the Unity Talk.” This week’s article serves to introduce the series and to set the intention for the articles that follow. Over the seven plus years it took me to become a Licensed Unity Teacher, I spent a good bit of time studying, writing and speaking about the fundamentals of Unity teachings. At some point in my studies, I reached a place where I understood that I was...

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Being A Catalyst For Peace

by | Feb 3, 2017 |

Without a doubt, peace is my favorite word. To me, peace is more than just a pleasant sounding word, peace is the experience I seek more than any other in my life. It would be fair to say that peace is the reason behind every choice I make. For the record, I am not saying that every choice I make leads to the experience of peace. I still have some work to do before achieving that goal. However, I am saying that peace is the goal, or the end game as it were, of all of my thoughts, words and...

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An Invitation To Peace

by | Jan 30, 2017 | ,

The primary objective of A Course In Miracles is to teach the lessons necessary for the attainment of peace, not world peace, but rather inner peace on a personal level. Among the key concepts used to achieve this goal is identifying the “obstacles to peace” so they may be overcome. The first such obstacle is the desire to get rid of peace. At first blush, it may seem counter intuitive that we would harbor any desire to throw away an opportunity to experience peace. After all, who doesn’t want...

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A Meditation On Inner Peace

by | Jan 29, 2017 | ,

As a Licensed Unity Teacher, I speak in Unity Churches on a regular basis. Recently, I was asked to lead the meditation during Sunday services at my home church, Unity Church of the Hills in Austin, Texas. The theme of Rev. Steve Bolen's message that Sunday ws "inner peace." The complete transcript of the meditation I led is below. A Meditation On Inner Peace In this sweet moment, as you prepare your heart and mind to enter into the simple stillness of God's sweet peace, I invite you to close...

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Faith & New Beginnings

by | Jan 3, 2017 | ,

A new year is the archetype symbol for new beginnings. It is also the perfect moment to rely on the creative power of our faith. Why? Because the power of faith is the single best creative faculty we have for embracing the inevitable changes that new beginnings bring. In The Twelve Powers, Charles Fillmore describes faith as our perceiving power. It is the creative capacity we have to see new possibilities for our lives before there is evidence they have become manifest. It is no coincidence...

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Spiritual Creativity & Transformation

by | Jan 2, 2017 | ,

For the past decade or more, each year, I have faithfully participated in two special services at my home church, Unity Church of the Hills in Austin. The first, a Burning Bowl ceremony, takes place on New Year's Eve and the second, a White Stone service, takes place on the first Sunday of the new year. This year, both of those events happened within the same 24-hour period. Having both of these unique annual events fall within the same 24-hour period is not an every year occurrence. So, it...

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I Am Home

by | Dec 15, 2016 | ,

In October 2001, I attended my first Sunday morning services at Unity Church of the Hills (UCOH). Two weeks earlier, the UCOH community had moved into the brand new facility that has now been its home for the last fifteen years. At the time, the membership at UCOH totaled about 200 souls who, under the leadership of the husband-wife ministerial team of Ron and Lenore Scott, helped to co-create the campus that has since served as a spiritual home and sanctuary for thousands over time. Prior to...

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Blessed Are The Peacemakers

by | Oct 3, 2016 | , ,

In Dr. Roger Teel's spiritual bestseller, This Life Is Joy, he presents a conceptual structure called “The Seven Pillars of Truth.” In writing about peacemaking, Dr. Teel offers a powerful perspective that acknowledges the spiritual and creative power of truth principles that are available to us, while also reminding us that peacemaking is an inside job. If we are to become peacemakers, we must assume personal responsibility for our own inner peace. One of Dr. Teel’s peacemaking strategies...

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Living The Truth We Know

by | Sep 22, 2016 |

According to renowned Unity minister and author Eric Butterworth, the great challenge of our age is the virtual absence of meditation from our daily lives. Butterworth describes meditation as the “art of lowly listening.” In Unity, the fourth principle teaches that the only space where we may “lowly listen” is in silent meditation. Without making time for silent meditation in our lives, we do not exercise and demonstrate our creative potential; mainly because, we do not make the time to...

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Soul Diving EP 001: My Favorite Word Is Peace

by | Aug 27, 2016 |

In this debut episode of the Soul Diving with Rick Busby podcast, titled "My Favorite Word Is Peace," we talk about war and peace, both within our own selves and in the world. Along the way, we learn that we may not always be able to change the external world, but we can always change our minds about the world. The episode also features music from Rick Busby's albums Soul Diving and Strawberry Moon, including selected bits from the songs "Like A Dove," "Just Like Angels," "Mysteria" and...

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