‘Tis the season for faith, peace, joy, and love! We celebrate the Truth of the season. Christmas calls us to repeatedly give birth to the Christ of our true nature with more awareness and passion. The fullest life is the one which is committed to giving the Christ, the gift of your true Self, to the world. To do this, we grow in our understanding of being one with Christ consciousness and in how to express that daily.

When I think about faith, the thing that is challenging, is leaning into what my heart knows even when I can’t quite see the proof in the external world. I am looking with the spiritual eyes of vision rather than my physical eyes. It’s a spiritual practice to trust the Truth I know or have experienced rather than the external view. It’s an opportunity to lean into the spiritual principles and know that they ALWAYS work.

Giving Tuesday is a global day of generosity, unity, and giving! Our goal this year is $5,000 and your Giving Tuesday love offerings will support our ongoing Love-In-Action for our Church Home, including our many programs, HVAC maintenance, necessary technology upgrades, and more! Every gift counts and we are grateful! 

Rusty has been a rock in the life of this church community, sharing generously his time, talent and treasure for over 30 years. His energy and devotion were boundless. Ellie and John Newbauer mentored Rusty in all things Unity. Lisa Lambeth nicknamed Rusty “Mr. Church.”

Much of Unity’s teachings are centered in ‘this moment right now.’ The greatest power we have is the power to choose where we are placing our attention and what is most important to us. Each ‘now’ moment is a point of power. We can dwell in the past, choose the gift of this moment, or go into worry about the future. It is empowering to recall that right here, right now, in this moment, we have all we need as we turn to the infinite Source within.

I am grateful! All month we are experiencing and expressing gratitude during our celebration services. The best way to celebrate Thanksgiving is not once a year but throughout every day. Here are some beautiful thoughts about getting the gratitude vibe rolling.

“In the small town of Santiago, Brazil, a project called Moeda Verde (Green Currency) is reshaping what community value looks like. Instead of treating food scraps as waste, residents bring their organic leftovers to collection stations and receive a symbolic local currency in return.

This Saturday, we will be in a new month, and we are going to be filled with gratitude in November. On Sunday, we will be thinking grateful thoughts for the gift of sacred service. What an amazing thing it is that we can embody divine love and move in our world with hands, feet, and open hearts. Our fifth principle reminds us that we may know truth, yet it is only as we put it into practice does it make a difference.

I am sharing the Lord’s Prayer translated from Aramaic by Neil Douglas-Klotz. I believe that the Lord’s Prayer was given as a model for how to pray rather than as a prayer to memorize and say by rote. If the English version moves you, pray it or sing it. If you like other translations, pray them. No matter what words you use, connect to your heart space and let love be what connects you to the One Presence and Power within. We are one with the One.