Christmas Blessings

On this Christmas morn, Denese and I are filled with gratitude and deep joy for the privilege of being your spiritual leaders at Unity Center of Davis. When we pause to realize the divine appointment that has brought us together, to explore, deepen, and transform our lives we are awed, humbled and grateful for such a precious gift.

I have been profoundly blessed to bring forth these words of inspiration each week. It is a deepening and clarifying experience for me. Yet today my attention is on our family, and the rare privilege of spending this day with both of our boys and Denese's sweet Mom, so we leave you with these beautiful words from Mary Walden:

At this time of the dark of the year, all of life is drawn inward. We, too, are drawn into ourselves, and if we find there the humility of a lowly stable, perhaps, deep within us will occur a great mystery of the birth of a child. Not a physical child born of passion, but a spiritual child, born of virginal innocence and purity. Our deepest nature rejoices at this birth, for it holds the greatest promise of life: spirit reconciled to flesh, unconscious to conscious, symbolic to physical, the divine to the ordinary.Yet this new spirit will find danger. The old habits have power and fear this child. They may seek to destroy it. In our simplicity, we gaze in awe; in our wisdom, we offer nurturing gifts. For the wise know that in this lies the hope of the world -- that divine love may be born and flourish in each human heart. - Mary Walden

Merry Christmas to all, with love and gratitude,
Larry and Denese