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The Unity Center
by Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell
EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE...The Unity Center is a progressive New Thought spiritual community that emphasizes personal growth, living consciously and making a positive difference in the world. Ours is a vibrant, open and affirming, diverse community that includes people of different ages, races, religious backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities.If you're looking for:•More joy and inner peace•A joyful place for you and your family to grow spiritually•Spirituality that's positive, practical, guilt-free and open to all!•A Spiritual community that welcomes everyone and anyone
Episodes
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The Upward Fall | The Messy Middle
In The Messy Middle, Richard Rohr explores the “tragic ridge,” the uncertain space between who we were and who we are becoming. Although this wilderness can feel uncomfortable, it is essential for spiritual growth. We are encouraged to resist the urge to rush toward answers, let go of...
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The Upward Fall | Stumbling Into Grace
Richard Rohr’s "Falling Upward" teaches that spiritual growth often comes through the failures, losses, and challenges we cannot control. These “necessary falls” can open us to grace, humility, and a deeper understanding of our True Self. Instead of seeing setbacks as failures, we can see them as...
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The Upward Fall | The Architecture of the Soul
This lesson explores Richard Rohr’s idea that the first half of life is about “building the container”—developing our identity, relationships, career, values, and boundaries. These structures are necessary, but they are not the whole purpose of life. Life’s challenges, losses, and failures can...
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Unapologetic Manifestation | Be Open: The Art of Letting Go
Unapologetic Manifestation #6: Be Open, The Art of Letting Go explores the importance of releasing control over how and when our intentions manifest. By letting go of rigid expectations, trusting Divine Timing, and remaining open to unexpected possibilities, we create space for grace, growth, and...
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Unapologetic Manifestation | Share Your Journey
This lesson explores how community and collaboration can support conscious manifestation. Prosperity and personal growth don’t have to happen alone. By sharing our intentions with trusted people, allowing ourselves to be vulnerable, and celebrating one another’s possibilities, we create greater...
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Unapologetic Manifestation | Take Concrete Steps
In this session of "Unapologetic Manifestation: 'Take Concrete Steps,'" we transition from magical thinking to conscious, grounded creation through aligned action. True manifestation is a partnership with the Divine—while faith provides direction, human action provides the momentum because Spirit...
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Unapologetic Manifestation | Shift Your Consciousness
This week’s message, “Shift Your Consciousness,” focuses on moving from a mindset of lack to one of sufficiency and abundance. Rather than waiting for circumstances to change before feeling happy, loved, or peaceful, we are encouraged to shift our inner state and embody those feelings now.…
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Unapologetic Manifestation | Focus Your Mind
This talk focuses on moving beyond wishful thinking into conscious, grounded manifestation through clarity and intention. It teaches that vague requests often lead to vague results and that instead of focusing on what we don’t want, we need to clearly define the good we wish to experience. Focus...
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Unapologetic Manifestation | Abundance As A Birthright
Move from wishful thinking to conscious creation by focusing your mind on what you truly desire. This message explores clarity, intention, and the truth that abundance is our birthright. When we clearly name what we want, we create space for Divine Order to move through our lives. “My mind is a...
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The Path to Soulful Living | Healing the Divide
"Healing the Divide," explores love, connection, and belonging as expressions of our shared divine nature. We’re invited to recognize the Divine in one another, take responsibility for the energy we bring, choose love over indifference, and listen deeply. Healing division begins within us by...
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"The Path to Soulful Living: A Life Not Wasted"
"The Path to Soulful Living: A Life Not Wasted" explores the idea that each of us has a unique purpose and calling. Our purpose is the deeper “why” behind our lives, while our calling is how we express it through our gifts and talents. By quieting the noise, listening to our souls, following what...
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The Path to Soulful Living | The Flow of Divine Good
This message explores how gratitude and grace open us to the flow of Divine good. By releasing expectations and practicing gratitude, we shift our perspective, deepen our trust in the Divine, and experience greater peace, resilience, joy, and harmony in our daily lives.Website:...
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The Path to Soulful Living | The Wound Is Where The Light Enters
In "The Wound Where the Light Enters: Staying Awake in the Dark Night," Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell teaches that life's challenges can "break us open" rather than break us apart, revealing opportunities for healing and spiritual growth. By facing our pain with curiosity instead of resistance, we...
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The Path to Soulful Living | Forgiveness: The 'Force Quit' Button for Your Soul Mind
Forgiveness is a powerful spiritual practice that frees us from the burden of the past, allowing us to reclaim our energy, find inner peace, and live more fully in the present. Rather than condoning harmful actions, forgiveness is an act of self-love and healing that helps us release resentment,...
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Five Invitations | Cultivate Don't Know Mind
Rev. Wendy reflected on the fifth invitation from Frank Ostaseski's "The Five Invitations: Cultivate Don't Know Mind." She encouraged us to let go of certainty, approach life with curiosity and openness, and reexamine the stories we tell ourselves. By meeting each moment with fresh eyes and an…
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Five Invitations | Find A Place of Rest in the Middle
This talk explored the fourth invitation from "The Five Invitations" by Frank Ostaseski: “Find a place of rest in the middle of things.” The message is that true rest doesn’t depend on changing our circumstances or waiting until life slows down—it comes from bringing full attention to the present...
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Five Invitations | Bring Your Whole Self
Join us for Week 3 of The Five Invitations as we explore the invitation to Bring Your Whole Self to the Experience. Inspired by Frank Ostaseski’s work with those at the end of life, this message reminds us that true wholeness comes not from perfection, but from embracing every part of who we are....
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Five Invitations | Welcome Everything
The Five Invitations by Frank Ostaseski draws on his experience caring for thousands of dying patients through the Zen Hospice Project to explore what death can teach about living. He presents five “invitations” as ongoing practices rather than theories: don’t wait, welcome everything, bring your...
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Five Invitations: Don't Wait
This talk explores “Don’t wait,” the first of the Five Invitations by Frank Ostaseski, urging us to fully engage with life now. Inspired by lessons from the dying, it highlights three practices—embracing impermanence, cultivating mature hope, and practicing forgiveness—as pathways to greater...
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Learning from the Masters | The Art Of Co-Creation: Awakening the Master Within
Inspired by the Dalai Lama, this talk highlights key practices for personal growth—self-discipline, compassion, global responsibility, and caring for the planet—emphasizing that true happiness comes from inner peace, kindness, and recognizing our shared humanity.~ Website:...
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Learning from the Masters | Thinking Like A Genius
This message introduces a series on learning from great thinkers, beginning with Albert Einstein as a model for “thinking like a genius.” It emphasizes that true intelligence comes from imagination, curiosity, and a sense of wonder about the world. Einstein’s wisdom encourages us to think beyond...
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Learning from the Masters | Secular Ethics
The message highlights the Dalai Lama’s teaching of secular ethics—universal values like kindness, compassion, and self-discipline that lead to true happiness. It emphasizes that change starts within and extends outward through compassion, responsibility for others, and care for the planet....
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Learning from the Masters | The Power of One
This message centers on the idea that real change begins with one person choosing love in action, using the life of Mother Teresa as a model. It highlights her journey from teacher to servant of the poor and emphasizes six key lessons: serve a higher purpose, choose love through action, begin…
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Learning from the Masters | A Call to Moral Courage
Martin Luther King Jr. inspires Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell's message. It calls for moral courage—reminding us that true transformation requires not just inner growth but action rooted in love, justice, and nonviolence. It emphasizes expanding compassion, thinking deeply, standing up against...
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Learning from the Masters | Soul Force
Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell's talk explores how Mahatma Gandhi embodied “soul force,” teaching that true power comes from self-awareness, simplicity, authenticity, and the courage to stand alone in pursuit of truth. It emphasizes that real change begins within—by living your values, starting small,...
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Learning from the Masters | Finding Your Flow
Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell’s message draws on the Tao Te Ching to highlight “finding your flow” by aligning with life rather than forcing it—trusting natural timing, practicing self-mastery, and moving with patience. It teaches that real growth and power come not from pushing harder, but from…
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Learning from the Masters | The Buddha's Call to Consciousness
Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell emphasizes that manifestation isn’t just about thinking or visualizing—it requires "taking consistent, intentional action." The speaker challenges the idea of passively waiting for results and instead encourages viewers to actively participate in their goals by making...
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Learning from the Masters | The Unbound Consciousness
Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell's talk in the *Learning from the Masters* series explores the teachings of Jesus Christ as a powerful and often misunderstood guide for personal growth. It highlights key principles such as recognizing your inner light, prioritizing what truly matters, using your unique...
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Living With Presence in a Chaotic and Changing World | The Peace That Moves the World
Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell's message shifts the focus from using spiritual presence as a personal survival tactic to wielding it as a dynamic, outward force for global change. By acting as a "gyroscope" that remains level amidst the waves, we move from passive peace to Applied Spirituality, Radical...
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Living With Presence in a Chaotic and Changing World | Future-Proofing Your Faith
Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell's message "Future-Proofing Your Faith" explores how to maintain spiritual presence and peace in a volatile, changing world by transitioning from a fragile, dogmatic belief system to an "anti-fragile" and evolving faith. Using the metaphor of a trapeze artist in mid-air…
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Living With Presence in a Chaotic and Changing World | The Architecture of An Unshakable Heart
Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell's lesson explores how to live with presence in a chaotic and changing world by cultivating an unshakable heart. Drawing on the teachings of Eric Butterworth and HeartMath principles, it reminds us that peace is not the absence of challenges but a practiced state of inner...
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Living With Presence in a Chaotic and Changing World | The Soul's Firewall
Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell's talk teaches that in a chaotic, digitally saturated world, our attention acts as a “soul’s firewall,” filtering what we allow into our consciousness and protecting our inner peace. Excessive digital consumption can fragment attention, weaken real relationships, and...
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Living With Presence in a Chaotic and Changing World | The Sovereignty of Stillness
Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell's message draws on themes from congregational input and global stress research. This message reframes peace not as a luxury but as a biological and spiritual necessity, reminding us that we don’t go to peace—we come from it. Using metaphors like the eye of a hurricane and…
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The Holy Art of Friendship | The Great Magnet of God
Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell’s lesson on the final Sunday of Friendship Month reflects on a quote from Barack Obama’s 2011 Tucson memorial speech, emphasizing that the most important thing in life is not wealth, status, or power, but how well we love. The closing theme encourages openness to love,...
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The Holy Art of Friendship | Nourishing the Heart of Fellowship
Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell’s lesson emphasized the power of expressing sincere appreciation and acknowledgment, reminding us that love and gratitude strengthen our relationships and reflect God’s presence in our lives. By intentionally valuing others and speaking our appreciation out loud, we…
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The Holy Art of Friendship | The Scared Exchange
Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell's talk, part of Friendship Month, explores how growing holy relationships begins with love as our highest value, reminding us that friendship is foundational to all meaningful connections. Drawing from Unity principles, it teaches that love is expressed through clear...
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The Holy Art of Friendship | Cultivating Connection as Spiritual Practice
This talk invites us to grow “holy relationships” by living with integrity, honoring differences, and communicating with love—mirroring the ever-present, inclusive love of the Divine in our friendships and connections.Website: http://www.theunitycenter.net Download Our New App:...
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Live Out Loud: Enthusiasm for LiFe; Live Out Loud
Live Out Loud teaches that spiritual enthusiasm—being “filled with God,” keeping our vision clearly in mind, and staying passionately engaged even through fog, failure, or fear—is the fuel that empowers us to live boldly, serve deeply, and let our lives sizzle and shine as a force for good....
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Live Out Loud | Stop Doubting, Start Doing
Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell's message teaches that inspiration—understood as the breath of God—empowers us to break free from fear and doubt, either by being pushed by pain or pulled by a bold vision, so we can stop doubting, start doing, and live out loud as our highest, most purposeful...
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Live Out Loud | Turn Up Your Light
Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell's talk builds on last week’s commitment to “Live Out Loud” by offering a clear spiritual instruction manual for turning up our light and making our inner potential visible. Drawing on Ernest Holmes, Charles Fillmore, and others, it teaches that manifestation is primarily…
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Live Out Loud | Say Yes!
Today, Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell's message "Live Out Loud" reframes New Year’s resolutions as a spiritual commitment to authenticity, courage, and wholehearted expression rather than self-improvement projects. Drawing on teachings from Ernest Holmes, Charles Fillmore, and poets like Rumi, it…
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Inner Radiance A Journey Through Advent | Staying the Course: Trusting the Twists and Turns
Join us today for a morning of reflection on the past year and intention-setting for the year ahead. Our Burning Bowl and White Stone Service takes place December 28 from 10:00–11:30 a.m., featuring Nicole De Kozan with The Soul Notes Band. Youth Village will be closed, so children are welcome in...
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Inner Radiance A Journey Through Advent | The Sacred Pause: The Beauty of Unfolding Potential
Please enjoy our Christmas Eve: Candle Lighting Service with Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell, Nicole De Kozan and The Soul Notes Band. Website: http://www.theunitycenter.net Download Our New App: https://theunitycenter.churchcenter.com/setupAsk Yourself This:...
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Inner Radiance A Journey Through Advent | Love: The Universal Heartbeat
Today, Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell's message is on "Advent" reflection presents Love as the universal heartbeat—agape, unconditional divine energy—calling us to embody compassion, see the divine in all, and contribute our awakened love to the collective transformation of humanity.Website:...
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Inner Radiance A Journey Through Advent | Joy: The Overflowing Heart
Today, Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell's message explores Advent Joy as an inner, enduring wellspring that flows from our true nature, distinct from fleeting happiness and independent of life’s conditions. Joy is awakened through recognizing our oneness with God and all creation, practicing gratitude as…
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Inner Radiance A Journey Through Advent; Peace: The Stillness of Being
Today, Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell’s Advent message invites us into an inner journey of awakening, where Peace is understood not as the absence of problems but as a deep spiritual stillness that remains steady even amid chaos. Using the metaphor of “no room at the inn,” she illustrates how our…
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Inner Radiance: Inner Radiance A Journey Through Advent; The Light Within
Rev. Ken Fendrick's message was about hope which is the beginning in our journey of Faith. It is the simple awareness that there is a power and presence in us that brings forth the good which we desire for ourselves and others. A steady and unwavering Hope builds in us the strong foundation of...
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The Wisdom Traditions: A Universal Spirituality for the 21st Century
Today, Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell explores six elements of a universal 21st-century spirituality—showing how timeless truths, direct experience, inclusivity, and global awareness from many wisdom traditions deepen and enrich our Unity understanding of Oneness.Website: http://www.theunitycenter.net...
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The Wisdom Traditions: Indigenous Wisdom
Today, Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell's message is about spiritual exploration that connects indigenous understandings of interconnectedness, cyclical balance, and stewardship with Unity principles to foster a deeper, more sustainable relationship with the Earth and all life.Website:...
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The Wisdom Traditions: Eastern Paths to Awakening
Today, Rev. Wendy Craig Purcell explores how Indigenous earth-spiritual traditions teach interconnectedness, reverence for nature, and stewardship, and shows how these universal truths resonate with and enrich our Unity principles.Website: http://www.theunitycenter.net Download Our New App:...
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EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE...The Unity Center is a progressive New Thought spiritual community that emphasizes personal growth, living consciously and making a positive difference in the world. Ours is a vibrant, open and affirming, diverse community that includes people of different ages, races, religious backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities.If you're looking for:•More joy and inner peace•A joyful place for you and your family to grow spiritually•Spirituality that's positive, practical, guilt-free and open to all!•A Spiritual community that welcomes everyone and anyone
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