Category: Minister’s Blog

Timely wisdom and insight from Rev. Carmen Zappi, our Senior Minister.

One Humanity, Many Stories

MINISTER’S BLOG — One Humanity, Many Stories — Welcoming Grace. Happy New Year! Unity’s theme this year is One Humanity, Many Stories. Each month we will focus on a different spiritual characteristic that will help us expand our consciousness of truly knowing that we are one human family made up …

Hope, Peace, Love and Joy

MINISTER’S LETTER by Rev. Carmen Zappi — “What good is it that Christ was born 2,000 years ago if he is not born now in your heart?” — Meister Eckhart Advent, the season of spiritual preparation for Christmas, begins on Sunday, December 2. The word Advent means “coming” or “appearance” …

You Are Divine And Limitless

“The greatest mistake is believing that we are ‘only human’… We are human in expression but divine in creation and limitless in potentiality.” — Eric Butterworth, Discover the Power Within You Unity philosophy teaches that every person contains a spark of the God — the Christ within — and that …

How to Make Decisions

“You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.”  ~ Job 22:28 Decide on a matter, make a clear choice about what you want, and the entire universe will help you bring the fulfillment of your decision into reality. …

No Matter What, Focus On God

The Apostle Paul wrote to the people of Philippi… whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever  is just, whatever is  pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence,  if there is anything worthy of  praise, think about these things. (Philippians 4:8) Interestingly, he wrote these words …

We Can Fly!

By Rev. Linda Machesic, Temporary Senior Minister — Has a song bar or a chorus or a verse ever flown into your head out of nowhere? Well, just now as I sat down to write this final lead article for your newsletter, a verse flew into mine. Do you know …

Being a Vibrant Community

By Rev. Linda Machesic, Temporary Senior Minister — Every Sunday we recite our Mission Statement. We say, “Unity of Daytona Beach is a vibrant spiritual community that transforms lives by teaching and living the message of Jesus Christ.” Vibrant? Are we? According to Merriam Webster, “vibrant” is pulsating with life, …

March: A Time of Renewal

By Rev. Linda Machesic, Temporary Senior Minister — March is my favorite month of the year. Having lived in Pennsylvania for the first forty plus years of my life, I became dependent on March’s warming trend after the Winter chill. March featured the magnificent transformation of the earth all around …