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When I speak of discerning your purpose, I am not speaking of what we do with our lives as much as the energy through which our lives come into form.  My understanding is there is only one of us, and that one is here to express the fullness of God in physical form.  In orderContinue reading “Self Love And Discerning Your Purpose”

I’ve never thought of myself as a dancer. I can remember as a child trying to learn to dance. My sister was graceful and had rhythm. Me, I didn’t think I did. There are many ways that I judged myself harshly as a child that I am coming to understand as not completely true. ThisContinue reading “Dance of Life”

Each of us comes into this world with a purpose.  Our small mind might try to think of some grand purpose that will change the world.  And, some of us do.  When I think of purpose; however, I think of the everyday expression of what we are: Love. Love is the innate power that hasContinue reading “Your Purpose Of Love”

I was looking at and updating my website and saw this sentence: Rev. Charli is an ordained UNITY minister whose passion is to inspire, enlighten, and empower individuals and groups as together we consciously awaken to the Divinity within.  The word consciously stood out to me: Consciously awaken to the Divinity within.  Spirit works in wondrousContinue reading “Who I’ve Come Here To Be”

I remember the first time I heard that all new beginnings start with an ending.  There is something we are saying goodbye to when we begin something new.  As we come to the end of one year, with all that it brought our way– the joys, the challenges, the ups and the downs– it isContinue reading “Happy New Year”

Have you ever gotten an ear worm where a song or a phrase won’t let you go?  This happened to me this week, only it wasn’t a song, but the word hope.   For many years I have wondered what hope really is.  In 1 Corinthians 13 Paul writes, “When I was a child, I spoke like a child,Continue reading “HOPE, THE SPARK OF LIFE”

There is a lot of exciting talk these days about women stepping into their power, and a bit of fear that if we do, we will be taking power away from the men. Because, isn’t there only so much power to go around?  This is, like a lot of fears that come up in change,Continue reading “ONE SPIRIT”

It feels as if it has been a long time since I have written anything, my journal, this blog…  I sit and question myself, why?  The answer that comes back to me is that there is a belief that if I write, it has to be earth shaking, mind blowing, the most inspirational writing orContinue reading “I Am Willing To…”

Mary Magdalene is the next woman who is mentioned by name in the Gospels.  In Luke chapter 8 it says, “The twelve were with him, as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities.  Mary, called Magdalene, from who seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Herod’sContinue reading “Mary Magdalene”

On Sunday I spoke at Unity of Payson on the subject of Peace.  Being the second week of Advent, it was the natural topic.  As I contemplated the subject over the week before, I came up with an acronym for Peace: Presence, Empowered, Allowing, Creative, Effortless.  Then everything went flat.  I tried and tried toContinue reading “PEACE”