My heart breaks as I hear the Middle East happenings along with Ukraine/Russia issues and other spots around the globe. It brings me back to how do I ‘be peace’ in a world of fighting? It is an important question and others are asking it.
On Sunday I told a great parable about chickens and an eagle. The eagle represented our divine identity as beings of unlimited power and potential. The chickens were the part of our minds telling stories of fear, limitation and old disempowering stories. The bottom line is to ask, “Who am I?”
It’s a great time to take in the beauty outside. I believe we need to connect with nature now more than ever. It calms our being. It expands our hearts and brings our minds into focus. When our body makes direct contact with the earth, it can have positive effects on our overall health and well-being.
We all share the experience of having a mother. Some moms were/are more capable of being present to their children, and so there are many experiences of being mothered. In Unity, we all have the possibility of having Mother Myrtle influence our spirituality. What a great light!
As we start a new month and season, I share these lovely words from Rev. Scott Awbrey:
“In the month of May, the earth becomes a prayer - blossoming, breathing, bringing new life into the world. On May Day, we celebrate the turning of the season, the dance of renewal, and the sacred marriage of earth and sky. It is as if creation leans forward, whispering, ‘Begin again.’ In prayer we join the sacred rhythm, not only speaking to the Divine, but listening - letting our hearts be tilled like soil, open to renewal. And just as spring doesn’t rush its blooming, we too are invited into the slow and steady power of regeneration. Within us lies the same Life Force that beckons the bud to bloom, the spirit to rise, and the soul to remember what it came here to be.”
I am inviting us to remember
to be,
to listen,
to bloom,
to rise,
to begin again, and
to celebrate the new life that is all around us, and within us, eager to flow into the wild, wondrous one life that is at work and play as love.
Have a glorious May. There is beauty to be known within and without. Let Karen Drucker's song below give you a chance to be still!
Oodles of love,
Rev. Patty
Two of our longtime members, Mo and Mike Regulinski, are headed off on a great new adventure! We will send them off with a blessing and grateful hearts on Sunday. It will be our last chance to give them a big hug.
It’s Holy Week! We know that a lot was going on in the life of our Wayshower, Jesus the Christ. We have a lot going on. The American and world economy has been volatile. Our usual costs are going up – groceries, gas, etc. Our country is fractured by political lines. Our immigrants and the poor are on the edge with anxiety. Even those with resources are feeling uncertain.
This Sunday, we gather in fellowship around the communion elements and remember the beautiful teachings of our way-shower. Jesus initiated this celebration on Passover with his disciples.
Did you know that we live in a world with two trillion galaxies? We can’t even comprehend the scope of this, but we can fall into awe just walking around our neighborhood. As I return from the inspiring trip down under, I am grateful for the opportunity to have been to all the incredibly gorgeous places we visited. I carry within my heart and soul this deep sense of the Divine in all of creation. The truth is we do not have to leave Richmond to experience this, and I am grateful to be home again!
