Category: Minister’s Blog

MINISTER’S BLOG — Living Love:  I am a living loving expression of God right here and now. This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you. ~ Jesus, Gospel of John 15:12 Jesus taught us to love everyone the way he loved us:  unconditionally. He …

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 …

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 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. …

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 …

By Carmen Rich Zappi — My sabbatical was awesome! It was one of the most significant and enriching experiences of my thirty-year ministry and so much more than a vacation. It was a gift of three months to gracefully step back from the activities of a busy ministry and slip …

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 …

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, …

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 …