WEEKLY WORD / WISDOM - Unity Joy of Life Ministry

GRATITUDE

Sep 21, 2025

GRATITUDE Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life! The other night I just could not get to sleep. I tossed, I turned, I thought about things, and then I started to think the thought, "Man, I'm going to have an awful day tomorrow because I haven't gotten enough sleep." I may have gotten maybe three hours of sleep. And one of my morning practices is writing in a gratitude journal. And I thought, well, I'm just going to give thanks for the three hours sleep that I did get.And you know ...

WILL YOU JOIN ME IN THE CRUSADE AGAINST EVIL?

Sep 14, 2025

WILL YOU JOIN ME IN THE CRUSADE AGAINST EVIL? Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life!This last week, with the events that happened, I've been on this moral search of what is evil, exactly. I grew up in Unity, where we believe that there is no evil. But as I searched a little bit more about what that means, it means that God is absolute good. And if God is absolute good and everywhere present, why does it seem like there's evil that exists? And the reason being is that God gave us the ...

HOW TO BE A NON-INSISTENT PERSON, IN AN INSISTENT WORLD!

Sep 07, 2025

HOW TO BE A NON-INSISTENT PERSON, IN AN INSISTENT WORLD! Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life! I bring you greetings from Orcas Island, Washington, and I thought today we would start with a practice. It's a Buddhist practice that's very easy - and very hard, especially in today's day when there's so much going on in the world. We're really in a transition time on planet earth and this one practice will make all the difference in the world for you as we go along our growth period. ...

LOVE MADE VISIBLE

Aug 31, 2025

LOVE MADE VISIBLE I want to start with a few quotes today. The first one is from William Blake, "We are put on earth a little space", you know, we only have a few moments in time, you know that, right? There's a little dash between when you are born and then when you die, and even that little tiny space on planet earth, it goes by very quickly. And no one knows when that last day is going to be put on that tombstone called your life. No one knows when your earth visa is going to be called. ...

GO INTO THE SILENCE

Aug 24, 2025

GO INTO THE SILENCE Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life!Am I the only introvert that actually enjoyed COVID? Is that bad to say? When everything shut down, my husband and I experienced a great silence, a great calm. And what I have come to realize is that silence is something you carry with you all the time. And it is there that you experience your own connection with God. So how do you get there? Well, this is my daily practice. What I do is I tune in, I tap into a past ...

THE ART OF NOT GIVING A DAMN

Aug 17, 2025

THE ART OF NOT GIVING A DAMN Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life! So today I want to talk about the mystical teaching of the art of not giving a damn. It doesn't mean that you don't care. In fact, it means quite the opposite. It means rising to a higher, advanced perspective - and what you will notice is that nothing is as it seems. Not too long ago I was listening to a YouTube video from a man by the name of Andy Petro and in it he talked about his near-death experience ...

ALWAYS WORKING IN YOUR FAVOR

Aug 11, 2025

ALWAYS WORKING IN YOUR FAVOR Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life! Many years ago I was reading a book. It was called Write It Down, Make It Happen by a woman, her name was Ann Klauser, I believe. I don't even think the book is in print anymore. But the idea was to write down your intentions and let the universe orchestrate everything in your favor. So at the time, I was married to someone who wasn't really a great match for me. I didn't know that at the time, but I wrote down my ...

LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE

Aug 03, 2025

LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life! In the 1970s, there was a new restaurant, The Chart House, that was being opened 30 minutes away from our little town. My dad, so excited, he made reservations. We drove 30 minutes, we got seated, we're waiting for our food, and all of a sudden, there is this stunning, beautiful woman walking out of the restroom, and what is traipsing behind her, stuck to her shoe, are yards of toilet paper. Well, there's someone ...

BE THE SILENT WATCHER OF THE PRESENT MOMENT

Jul 27, 2025

BE THE SILENT WATCHER OF THE PRESENT MOMENT Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life!A few weeks ago, I went to the health food store. I bought a substantial amount of things, and as I was being checked out, I noticed that I was given the Senior Citizen discount. And there was this moment where I got offended. My ego self got in the way. And it was a big discount, let me just say that. But as I stayed offended, I realized, oh my gosh, how many times do we go through life complaining about ...

HOW TO STAY SANE WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER ANGER

Jul 20, 2025

HOW TO STAY SANE WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER ANGER Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life!I think the year was around 2001. I was the minister in Denver, Colorado, and there was this one person who came into the church super angry, and they were blaming me for their marriage having gone wrong, because they thought I didn't do a good enough wedding ceremony. Well, I became their punching bag. I mean they were angry, angry, angry and I was trying to kind of defend myself. But remember whatever you ...