The gift received from giving

Recent realization that the better hugs I give, the better hugs I receive prompted this past week’s lesson. It’s a flat out truth that the more love and blessings any of us invest in a hug, the more love and blessings we come away with as well. It is more blessed to give than to […]

Posted on August 1, 2012 at 7:34 am by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Loving God with Beginner’s Mind

“Imagine rediscovering your beloved for the first time every day–not trying to make anything special, amazing or perfect, but simply being totally present, as if you were newly experiencing each other and bringing your full nature to your relationship. To be free to meet in such an open, clear way requires a mind free of […]

Posted on July 24, 2012 at 5:06 am by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Everyone is a father….

Last Sunday at Unity Center, we celebrated Father’s Day. Peeling back the typical associations we have with the word “father” — maleness and parenting and age-difference and such — we acknowledge joyfully that each and everyone of us shares the traits associated with fatherhood: love, strength, wisdom, protection, and comfort. And we share these traits […]

Posted on June 19, 2012 at 10:27 pm by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Answering God’s Calling: What does it take?

I’ll bet like me you’ve called someone and had them answer their phone before you even heard it ring. I imagine expressing my surprise to the called friend and hearing them say in response, “Oh, I was expecting your call!” Can you imagine telling God, “Oh, I was expecting your call.”? We can expect God’s […]

Posted on June 3, 2012 at 10:57 pm by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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