One of the most joyful parts of parenting is seeing your children develop healthy relationships while they learn to take responsibility for their own life. Trust, self confidence, the ability to discern right from wrong, as well as your child’s personality, all play a part in this ongoing process. As we strive to develop heart-centered relationships at […]
The most important yet often neglected part of a relationship is communication. As a parent or partner you can easily get into the habit of giving directions and commands, expressing your expectations but not your heart. This can create friction and misunderstanding, even when you’re trying to make your point very clear and simple. Putting […]
Debby Gullery opened this Sunday’s message with an intriguing question “Can marriage make you Holy?” The video addresses this question and so much more. We have to admit there is a realm of love that you don’t encounter until you are married, so marriage offers something not experienced in other relationships. Nevertheless, it’s easy to […]
The Divine Principle from a Unification Thought perspective Picking up from where we left off in November, Being a Temple of God, we can continue examining the idea of “perfection” that’s mentioned in the First Great Blessing. The paragraph starts: “The key to God’s first blessing is the perfection of individual character. …to perfect his […]
Do you feel like you’re working all the time just to stay afloat? Do you flop on the couch and watch TV after dinner, or fall asleep with a book on your lap? Sometimes the pace of life can be maddening. There needs to be a little bit of fun in every day to balance […]
In the movie Finding Nemo there is an interesting sub plot. A group of fish are stuck in a tank in a dentist’s office. Maybe your dentist has a fish tank. Watching fish is supposed to be calming. But what about the fish? Who thinks of them? In Finding Nemo, the fish long for the […]
Something inside us tells us we were created for community. It’s like the oak tree that can’t be anything but an oak tree. We were designed to live in the shelter of each other. The friendship of community feels right when we have it. We yearn for it when we don’t have it, and even […]
If you live in the northern half of the Unites States, or other northern hemisphere countries above 40 degrees latitude, you may be at risk for vitamin D deficiency especially during the winter months. Unless you are an avid participant in outdoor winter sports it’s almost impossible to get adequate amounts of vitamin D from […]
As promised in last weeks health post, below is a recipe for a healthy way to use your Thanksgiving leftovers. This recipe was offered by Marjorie Buessing of Concord, NH. An Overflowing Pot of Golden Broth If you happen to have a bag of 15 Bean Vegetarian Soup in your cupboard you’re all set to start your […]
“And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart.” Galatians 6.9 More than a decade has passed since the Religious Youth Service (RYS) did an overly ambitious service project in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The 70 youths who had gathered from […]
