Painting: Charles Porter (1847-1923) November by Susan E. Oringel With each shower of leaves, I cursed the spendthrift trees who tossed their coins away to any old wind. Mourned the bright riot, summer’s dahlias, red and phosphorescent suns. Now a kind of quiet comes, a slow, hard wind shivering sober branches, …
Here’s a live recording of Bob Sima from Sunday, November 8, 2015 at Unity Church in Albany of Bob’s song The Looser the Grip. Vocals and guitar: Bob Sima Harmony vocals: Shannon Plummer Piano: Mark Shepard Mandolin: Roger Mock Percussion: Pete Furlong The Looser the Grip © 2012 Bob Sima Music, Thin Little Veil, Released…
Unity Church in Albany is very excited and pleased to announce that we have a new minister, Rev. Crystal Muldrow! During the summer and fall of 2015 our Search and Find Team brought in three applicants they discerned to be both well qualified and a great fit for our church community. They were indeed, each one having…
Sue Oringel offers the following two poems as a reflection on the recent weekend retreat – Embracing Loss and Grief for Healing and Renewed Joy. Sue comments: “The first poem represents the shock of loss and the second, a move toward acceptance.” The Fact of After Stomach sucker-punched, you double over, shaking. Face flushes, hot…
by John Daubney Those who give of themselves; who have learned the benefits of service, freely-given, are among the happiest people you might encounter day-to-day. Possessing a beautiful smile and a giving spirit, Orisa Skipper, exudes the joy that emanates from being a giving person. Both in her work life and in service here at…
Own Your Breath, Own Your Life .. with Bob Sima & Shannon Plummer Sunday, November 8, 1:00 – 3:30 pm Unity Church in Albany 21 King Ave., Albany, NY 12206 Investment: $30 The majority of us navigate through life in a constant state of low-grade stress. We are tapped out, stressed out, and poorly equipped…
New Beginnings by Rob Geyer Do you remember your first day of kindergarten? Was yours an exciting and anxious time? Did you feel ready for the unknown? Right now Maureen and I are experiencing this through the eyes of our five year old granddaughter, Kirsten. We see and HEAR the unbridled enthusiasm in her face…
…and Ripening Fruit by Heather Diddel About five years ago, I said to Rev. Jim, “Don’t ever leave.” I may have said it in a joking manner, but I was dead serious. Even as I knew it was wishful thinking. In getting to know Jim and Kay as I discovered Unity truth teachings, I found…
…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 New Testament—agape. Agape can be seen…
On Sunday, September 13, in a closing farewell ceremony, Unity Church in Albany presented Jim and Kay Fuller with a Memory Book, filled with photos and personal messages from congregants. Cheri Warren, who presented the book to them, was also its compiler and designer (and editor of this video). We present the Memory Book here in this…