We Need Sacred Spaces as much as We Need the Gym There are just a few things I would like to suggest airports around the world offer in addition to the food and duty free shopping. First of all, I would like a gym. How much happier would passengers be if they could release endorphins […]
He was drawn to the ocean with the soul of a poet and the heart of a lover. A few times I sat on a boat with Rev. Sun Myung Moon, fishing at the “tuna grounds” off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts. He usually went out around dawn, fished all day and boated home in the […]
Anyone who is one in heart with God is one in heart with everyone else who is one in heart with God. I was in Manila fighting sin. (Anyone who fights sin, by the way, spends most of the time fighting their own. That’s just the way we’re built.) But that’s not what this is […]
A Church Without Walls or Boundaries This week Pastor Heather is visiting family in England. Our Church Leadership Intern, Teresa Ferrete, delivered a great message yesterday about the need for redefining church. The young adult technical and music teams also did a great job in support of our Sunday Celebration in Pastor Heather’s absence. What’s […]
Unification Thought Seminar This past weekend, I was to present a one-day seminar on the Divine Principle in New Hampshire. So during the week running up to it, I’d been assembling and arranging material which I thought would be interesting and relevant, which addressed ideals, realities and grappling with the difference between them. So that […]
Going to Room Temp. No matter who you are, how rich and good looking, how well you clean up after working in the garden and how much you like those danged long walks on the beach – someday you’re going to wake up dead. You will no longer be a physical person, and will from this […]
Your Life in Balance Last week on Sunday we began a new series called “Your Life in Balance”. We get out of balance when we forget our most essential priorities. Pastor Heather spoke about the tendency to be overscheduled and overwhelmed. When we are overwhelmed by life’s demands it’s hard to find space for God. […]
Looking Through God’s Eyes Have you ever met someone who just rubbed you the wrong way? You can try to avoid them, you can try to be nice, but inside you cringe at the irritation of their presence. Sometimes our personalities just don’t click, they clash instead. Pastor Heather entertained us with a story of […]
Prayer Your voice, your heart, your communication with the Divine is as unique as you are. Each prayer is as unique as the moment it is offered, and the purpose behind it. There are as many ways to offer a prayer as there are people. Whispers by Gregory Davis A healing prayer…a mystical musical journey […]
Deep & Wide With God One of the most important tasks we have in life is to build trust in God, in ourselves, and in the process of life. You could call this a definition of faith regardless of what religious background you might have. A person of deep faith can trust that God is […]
