by Roger Mock Lorre Wyatt wrote this little bi-lingual song called Somos El Barco some years ago. Here’s the first verse and chorus: The stream sings it to the river, The river sings it to the sea, The sea sings it to the boat That carries you and me. Somos el barco, somos el mar,…
let me count the ways… by Roger Mock Well, apparently there are four possibilities. At least in ancient Greek there are four words given for love. They are: storge to describe familial love, philia to describe love for a friend, eros for sensual love and—the word for love we hear Jesus use most often in the…
by Rev. Crystal Muldrow Welcome to the new year. You’ve participated in the burning bowl ceremony and placed last year’s negativity in the fire. You’ve attended the White Stone ceremony and have your new name that you’re meditating about every day. What now? How do you proceed? Keep going! Keep moving! Don’t stop what you have…
By John Daubney For those of us who tend to be on the shy side, getting involved in service can definitely be cathartic. There is something powerfully ascendant about breaking through that protective shell of protection and doing something we haven’t done before. We are all so much more than we think we are…
by Roger Mock Each week when I sit down to plan our weekly “OneSong” multi-faith music service, the first step is to choose a focus or theme. I’ve learned not to hem and haw over this if no obvious seasonal theme or religious observance presents itself, and just choose whatever comes to mind or catches my…
by Rev. Crystal Muldrow On Sunday, September 17th, I looked at my Facebook Newsfeed and saw a “Memory,” a historical account of pictures, comments and shares that I had posted from previous years on that day. It was a picture I’d taken during a flight of the sun rising. At first, I was perplexed as…
by John Daubney Service to others can be a wonderful way of discovering more of the unique, God-given gifts we each possess, along with uncovering the passion we each have for certain types of activities. John is someone who has certainly accomplished that. His deep desire for wanting to make a difference in people’s lives has created a healthy…
by Lois Crommelin Seasons change, the leaves change, the phases of the moon change the tides. We have no control. The changing of the universe is a constant….in constant change that is! The Truth of who we are is Absolute. Unchanging. However, what we CAN change are: our minds, our thinking, our friends, shopping spots,…
by Roger Mock Back in college days I had taken a basic theology course and there was a joke going around that you would only fully ‘get’ if you knew some of those basics. It was a tongue-in-cheek take on this passage from the Gospel of Mark: Then Jesus and His disciples went on to the villages…
A Sacred Tradition Wednesday, Sept. 7 through Thursday, Sept. 8 World Day of Prayer Service Wednesday, September 7, 7:30 pm We will join Silent Unity —an international, trans-denominational 24/7 prayer ministry—and Unity churches and centers around the world on September 7 & 8, 2016, for the 23rd annual Unity World Day of Prayer. 7:45 pm Opening music with…