Every single day, the world challenges our peace. Between the natural disasters, political chaos, social injustices, terrorist events, mass murders, institutional corruption, health care concerns, the threat of nuclear war, and a range of other volatile and stressful issues from big to small, who could blame anyone for losing their peace once in a while? In addition to challenging our peace, depending on how we react or respond to them, they also serve as impediments to the progress of our...
Unity Principles
The Language of Oneness
On Thursday, November 2nd, I was contacted by Rev. Sondra von Gyllenband at Unity Church in New Braunfels who asked if I was available to stand in for her at that weekend's Sunday services. She had developed a respiratory infection and did not believe she would recover in time. As divine order would have it, it was the only Sunday in November that I was open and available. We laughed briefly at the divine order of things, noting how easily her need and request had been fulfilled. I asked her...
The Divinity of You
You are a Divine Child of God. Let me repeat that once more. YOU are a Divine Child of God! Take that in for a moment. Seriously, I invite you to consciously pause for a moment, and breathe in the reality of this simple statement of truth. You are a Divine Child of God. As you breathe in this divine idea of you, what comes up for you? Does it feel comfortable to claim this truth for yourself? Or, do you note some resistance to fully accepting this truth about you? Maybe you feel both...
These Truths Are Made For Walking
This is the ninth and final installment in the “Walking the Unity Talk” series exploring how to live the Unity Principles in our lives. In this article, we conclude with an exploration of Unity’s Fifth Principle, which I style as the call to action principle. Living the fifth principle is how we demonstrate the truth we know and how we express our creative power and spiritual potential. What Does the Fifth Principle Actually Say? As with the previous articles, I have been using two different...
Affirmative Prayer & The Power of Yes
In this 8th installment in the "Walking the Unity Talk" series, we conclude our exploration of Unity Principle #4, which focuses on the creative power found in silent meditation and affirmative prayer. In this week's installment, we focus on the value of using affirmative prayer as a vehicle for creative thinking, and the means for demonstrating our divine creative power. Through meditation and affirmative prayer, we enhance our awareness of our fundamental oneness and connection with...
The Power of Silent Meditation
In this 7th installment of the "Walking the Unity Talk" series, we begin exploring Unity Principle #4, which focuses on the creative power found in silent meditation and affirmative prayer. In this week's installment, we highlight the value of time spent in silent meditation. Next week, we will conclude our look at the Fourth Unity Principle with a similar exploration of affirmative prayer. Two Different Statements of One Universal Truth As a reminder, in the “Walking the Unity Talk” series, I...
What Are Emotional & Spiritual Intelligence?
In this 6th installment of the “Walking The Unity Talk” series, we continue exploring Unity Principle #3, while linking it to the popular ideas of emotional and spiritual intelligence that are increasingly influencing Unity and New Thought teachings. This particular installment owes a debt of gratitude to Bonnie Gale, LUT and Spiritual Leader of Unity of Lake Travis, for her contributions in inspiring the idea on emotions and the role they play in our spiritual development. Unity Principle #3...
As We Think and Feel, So Are We
In this fifth installment in the "Walking the Unity Talk" series, we explore the historical origins of Unity Principle #3, which focuses on the creative power of the thoughts and feelings we hold in mind. By "creative power," I mean the power and influence that our thoughts and feelings have in creating the reality we experience, whether it be positive or negative. As A Man Thinketh In 1903, James Allen first published his influential, pocket-sized book, As a Man Thinketh. Written in the style...
Do You Really Believe?
This is the fourth installment in the “Walking the Unity Talk” series exploring Unity Principles. In this week’s article, I review and summarize the first and second principles, while setting the stage for the exploration of Unity’s third principle. In the introduction to this series (which you can read here), I stated that the entire series is guided by two fundamental questions: Do I really believe Unity's Five Principles are true? If yes, then what am I going to do to live that truth? Do...
In The Image and Likeness
This week, I continue the blog series "Walking the Unity Talk" with this third installment titled "In The Image And Likeness," which explores Unity Principle #2. As before, I will compare UCOH's statement of this key truth principle with the one articulated by Rev. Ellen Debenport in her book, The Five Principles: A Guide To Practical Spirituality. We will continue exploring the deeper truth implied by Unity principles, and offering some thoughts on how to more fully live the power...