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Roots from Seeds of Love

The Choice is Yours - Always

A New Perspective

As the weather begins to warm and we move into Summer, this week Rev. Joanne starts a new series of talks based on the book Lessons from the Turtle – Living Right Side Up¹ by Steve Goodier.

What Will You Do?

Manifesting Your Good

Change Can Be Good

This week, Rev. Joanne continues with the fourth talk of her six-part series based on the book The Twelve Freedoms¹ by Unity minister Phillip Pierson.  Discussing what Pierson calls the “Executive” dyad of Will & Understanding, she reminds us that as intelligent, sentient beings, we have the ability to choose our thoughts – to “change our minds.”

What You Do Today Can Shape Your Tomorrow

Human language is a very interesting thing.  There are many words that are spelled the same and pronounced the same, but depending on context carry different meanings; these are called homographs (as opposed to homophones which are pronounced the same but have different spellings such as too, two, and to).  The Twelve Powers are all certainly homographs.

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

The Greatest Law

This week, Rev. Joanne begins a six-part series based on the book The Twelve Freedoms¹ by Unity minister Phillip Pierson.  Using The Twelve Powers of Man², as taught by Unity co-founder Charles Fillmore, Rev. Pierson pairs the Powers into six dyads, one “active” and one “passive,” that inform and support each other.

Earth:  This Is It, People!

I was born in Cleveland, OH in 1962.  I was too young at the time to remember the social unrest of the 1960s such as assassinations of politicians and civil rights leaders, or the widespread protests against the Vietnam War.  However, what I do remember is the rank and wretched pollution and stench in the city center.