A new year is the archetype symbol for new beginnings. It is also the perfect moment to rely on the creative power of our faith. Why? Because the power of faith is the single best creative faculty we have for embracing the inevitable changes that new beginnings bring. In The Twelve Powers, Charles Fillmore describes … Continue reading “Faith & New Beginnings”

For the past decade or more, each year, I have faithfully participated in two special services at my home church, Unity Church of the Hills in Austin. The first, a Burning Bowl ceremony, takes place on New Year’s Eve and the second, a White Stone service, takes place on the first Sunday of the new … Continue reading “Spiritual Creativity & Transformation”

In October 2001, I attended my first Sunday morning services at Unity Church of the Hills (UCOH). Two weeks earlier, the UCOH community had moved into the brand new facility that has now been its home for the last fifteen years. At the time, the membership at UCOH totaled about 200 souls who, under the … Continue reading “I Am Home”

Devin Jake’s brand new album, Days Into Years, will be released in early 2017 as part of a joint marketing venture with Atticus Records. Produced by Stephen Doster, and recorded by James Stevens at EAR Studio in Austin, Days Into Years features nine Devin Jake originals, plus one cover. Pre-release listeners predict that any one of a number of … Continue reading “Devin Jake’s “Days Into Years” To Be Released In Early 2017 on Atticus Records”

Atticus Records and Fender Guitars co-sponsor the Imagine: The 26th Annual John Lennon Birthday Tribute, which benefits Guitars For Swaziland, an Austin-based non-profit that provides musical instruments to underprivileged and orphan children in Africa. Atticus Records recording artist,Stephen Doster leads the finely tuned #9 Orchestra through a wide range of John Lennon and Beatles classics … Continue reading “Atticus Records & Fender Co-Sponsor Imagine Concert Benefiting Guitars For Swaziland”

Atticus Records’ music podcast, The Atticus Report, will be focusing its next episode on co-host Stephen Doster’s work with the Austin-based non-profit, Guitars for Swaziland, which provides guitars to underprivileged and orphaned children throughout Africa. Atticus Records, along with Fender Guitars co-sponsored Imagine: The 26th Annual John Lennon Birthday Tribute, which benefited Guitars For Swaziland. … Continue reading “Atticus Report Spotlights Imagine Concert Benefiting Guitars For Swaziland”

In Dr. Roger Teel’s spiritual bestseller, This Life Is Joy, he presents a conceptual structure called “The Seven Pillars of Truth.” In writing about peacemaking, Dr. Teel offers a powerful perspective that acknowledges the spiritual and creative power of truth principles that are available to us, while also reminding us that peacemaking is an inside job. … Continue reading “Blessed Are The Peacemakers”

According to renowned Unity minister and author Eric Butterworth, the great challenge of our age is the virtual absence of meditation from our daily lives. Butterworth describes meditation as the “art of lowly listening.” In Unity, the fourth principle teaches that the only space where we may “lowly listen” is in silent meditation. Without making … Continue reading “Living The Truth We Know”