Insights

One of the more involved activities I have undertaken this year is to realize, for myself, a new consciousness. A new realization of my relationship with God. I’ve already taken over a dozen Unity courses, I read dozens of books, I’ve watched hours and hours of...

One of the most popular phrases I hear is "when we get back to normal." I rarely jump in and disrupt whomever is speaking, but the truth is that NOW is what is normal. Normal never has been what is behind us, nor is it what is ahead. The reason so many long for a...

Our congregation has truly been blessed to have amazing spirit-led souls lead us over the past 5 years. Rev John and Pastor Bonnie are truly inspired people whom we all love so dearly. Although today is a celebration of our past, it is also, of course, the first...

At some point in our lives, we make a conscious decision to feed our spiritual appetite. For some, it begins quite early. I know people who have always attended church and maintain a pretty religious regimen of prayer and Bible study. Others, like me, come to feed...

Like you, I sometimes wake up in the morning and wonder what parallel universe I’m in. Did I just walk onto a science fiction movie set? And yet, as I’ve said before, this is a world of our own creation. That means, of course, that it’s up to us to fix this. Wait,...

It does seem as though we’re in a continual state of transition, doesn’t it? If the events of 2020 have emphasized any one thing, it’s that we are always moving from one state to another. This pandemic, the political climate, even the fact that we have an upcoming...

I suppose, if I’m honest, one of the things I like most about Jesus is that he was a rebel. Throughout the Gospels, we learn that Jesus did not always follow the rules. He didn’t fast according to traditional Hebrew law, nor did he cow-tow to those in charge just...

Sometimes, I feel like someone who is on a great expedition. As we have taken this journey this month of exploring how I’m working through understanding my relationship with God, the trails we’re blazing are not trails that are new or untrodden by previous...

Today, I want to share with you what I feel is perhaps the most powerful aspect of our existence. This is the third of four parts of what I am working through as a way of understanding my relationship with God. If you recall, two weeks ago we talked about both the...

One very important, very essential part of anyone’s path to spiritual fulfillment is that of contemplation. Our ability to know God begins with our ability to understand our Divine relationship with God. I remember when I was 13 or 14 years old. We lived on a...