The greatest comfort that we have is knowing that we are forever one with Spirit, our source of life, love and inspiration.  By extension, we are one with all others and all life.  How shall we extend loving kindness and receive it without reservation?  How will our community identify itself to the larger one?  

Now that you're "mastering" the Law of Mind Action and the creative process, how do you respond when life changes the plan you thought you had in place?  Is it you, or is it Spirit?  The questions has only one answer, but it still puzzles us at times.  

One of the great principles from the New Thought movement is that your thoughts shape your experiences and reactions.  Now that you have your "White Stone word" for the year, you can incorporate it into your thinking.  Today is a new day - one of your own creation.  

Join Kit Holmes as she prepares us for the new year with our annual "White Stone" ceremony.  Historically meaning a release from an old life and the beginning of a new life, the white stone was given to prove that others in the past have been forgiven their past debts and may start a new life.  In this tradition, Kit Holmes will lead us into a meditation to receive our new name for the new year and we will write it on our white stones to remind us that life begins anew each and every year.  

As 2018 draws to a close, we may be pondering the changes we'd like to make in our lives in the New Year.  In order to make room for all that good, let's release everything that no longer serves us during our annual Burning Bowl service.  Kit Holmes leads us through this powerful ceremony and joins Kim and Paul Pollini and the house band.  

If all the characters in the Nativity story are part of us, the story begins to take on new meaning and depth.  We are innocent as lambs, wise as the Magi - and we enter the mystery.  

Just as Mary awaited the birth of the Christ Child, so do we patiently await the fulfillment of Divine Ideas in our lives.  Along the way, we might find unexpected companions and certain reassurances that all is well!

Now that we've had the month to think upon, write and sing about gratitude, what have you learned about Divine goodness?  Let's review what it means to be satisfied and delighted  by Spirit, as we continue to incorporate the practice of gratitude every day.  

Martin Luther stated, "Music is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God."  It is only natural that Kit Holmes include "Grati-Tunes" in our November series on giving thanks.  Join Kit and the Sunday band for this musical thank-you card.  

How can we maintain our new gratitude attitude?  There are many methods, tools, and prompts that make gratitude a tangible feature of our spiritual life.  We might begin to find ourselves spilling over with joy!  If Unity is Practical Christianity, let's make sure our "toolbox" is stocked, especially for those days that are busy or distracted.