Rev. Mitch Austin
"Fear as a Guidepost" Fear as Our Guidepost invites us to stop treating fear as something to silence and start treating it as a messenger — carrying information we need, not a threat to shut down. Rev. Mitch Austin explores fear as opportunity, the very edge where our...
Cyndi Swall
Basking in the Afterglow: How to Find Joy, Meaning, and Expansion in the Second Half of Life A reminder that...you were not meant to peak early and fade. You were designed to plant, and nurture, and then bloom into your full magnificence. You are not behind. You are...
Rev. Dr. Jane Simmons
Trading Patience for Presence What is one authentic action we can take whenever our life feels out of control? Returning to the Presence of God during times when we feel distressed, impatient or powerless is something we can do right here and right now, regardless of...
Stephanie Nuria Sabato
What's Prayer got to do with it? Let's look deeply into the following questions and more about prayer: 1) Since God is the knower of the heart of every man, what does it matter if prayer is recited aloud and gesture or action is made? 2) When God already knows what we...
Margaret Slater
BIO Margaret Slater is a Kansas City native growing up just south of the Waldo area. She is a wife and a mother and spent most of her working life in administration services. She is also a lifelong seeker. She has attended many different Christian denominations – from...
Rev. Paul Roach
Paul John Roach is a native of Wales, UK. A graduate of Jesus College, Oxford University, Paul has BA and MA degrees in English and a postgraduate degree in Education from the University of Wales. Paul was ordained at Unity Ministerial School in Kansas City, Missouri...
Ben Neal
"The Truth Abides" No matter what is going on in our lives, or in our world, there is always that within us which transcends the chaos. In Truth, we are all one with Spirit, infinite, eternal. How can we tune into that truth, find and feel the peace that passes all...
Lee Ann Franklin
Learning to Walk in the Dark Finding Our Footing When the Ground Shifts Sometimes the trail we trusted begins to feel less certain beneath our feet. The shifting ground can be personal: a health crisis, a relational rupture, or employment challenges. Or the shifting...
Rev. James Gaither
The scientific worldview holds that psychology provides self-knowledge and physics describes reality. However, there is a long tradition of an alternative worldview. That alternative worldview may be called “the mystic paradigm.” The mystic theory of Self has profound...
Stephanie Nuria Sabato
Professor & Pir Emerita, Murshida Stephanie Nuria Sabato – educator, designer, world traveler, seeker, student, servant of God. Stephanie received initiations and training from several Sufi schools including Pir-o-Murshid Hidayat Inayat-Khan and Pir Vilayat...