Since we put our loved ones' names on the tree on Sunday, I thought it would be sweet to remember specifically members of Unity of Bon Air whose physical form departed this year.

I am continuing the Advent peace theme with this quote from Robert Fulghum: “Peace is not something you wish for. It is something you make, something you are, something you do, and something you give away.”

Parties, Caroling, Presents - the holidays are here! I am sharing a beautiful idea from Eric Butterworth today to help us keep our balance as the holiday schedule kicks in, and it may be so wonderful that we want to continue to practice it. “Do two things before anything else. Make up your bed and make up your mind.

Here’s to the lavish abundance in our lives. I have spent all day attending the Unity Eastern Region Conference and we spent time connecting and sharing first thing.

A bit more wisdom from Shariff Abdullah. In order to create a world that works for all we have to move beyond Exclusive Communities and create Inclusive Communities.

I spoke on Sunday about our thoughts create possibilities and impossibilities. WE are sourced by a limitless love with limitless possibilities. Here is a poem that came to me as I spent 2 hours in stillness out in nature amidst trees. I thought it may speak to you.

I read this powerful statement from A Course in Miracles and wanted to share it.

Rev. Richard mentioned a therapist named John Welwood who coined the phrase spiritual bypassing. It can be defined as a "tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks."

Our beloved Reverend Joyce has transitioned and now is up to her usual antics of bringing love and joy in the realm of the pure light of love. We will no longer be able to hug her or hear that laughter except in our memories. Yet we are far from bereft because we continue to carry all the gifts, all the wisdom, all the warmth that she poured into our lives.