MasterMinding For Joy

This morning, I did what I always do on Thursdays when I am in town. I went to my weekly 7:30 a.m. MasterMind meeting at La Tapatia near the church. As I was driving there, I was thinking about today’s blog article. Usually by the time I sit down to write the...

Firing Up Your Faith

In traditional terms, the power of faith has largely been symbolized by a rock, which is a symbol of steadfast strength. In Matthew 16:18, Jesus claimed that the Apostle Peter would be the “rock upon which I build my church.” So for many, to have faith has largely...

The Power of Your Word

In Charles Fillmore’s metaphysical classic The Twelve Powers, he delineates twelve inner creative faculties with which each one of us is divinely endowed. Among these are the powers of love, faith, imagination, understanding, wisdom and will. We also have powers...

Impossible Possibilities

The word “life” is used 145 times in the English translations of the Christian scriptures. The earliest Greek texts, however, use two distinct words for life: bios and zoe. Bios, the root of the English word biology, not only refers to organic matter that comes into...

Honest Doubt: Another Side of Faith

What is doubt? We typically think of it as a lack of faith, a negative thing that is undesirable and should be eliminated or at least shoved far from our life. We often feel guilt and shame for questioning what we think or what we believe. Yet, to be a Unity student...

Faith & New Beginnings

A new year is the archetype symbol for new beginnings. It is also the perfect moment to rely on the creative power of our faith. Why? Because the power of faith is the single best creative faculty we have for embracing the inevitable changes that new beginnings bring....
The Twelve Powers