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Crossan is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, DePaul University, Chicago, a former co-chair of the Jesus Seminar, and a former chair of the Historical Jesus Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, an international scholarly association for biblical study based in the United States. He is a former priest who left the monastery when he was unable to pursue his convictions and historical research. He has written 20 books on the historical Jesus in the last 30 years, four of which have become national religious bestsellers: The Historical Jesus (1991), Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (1994), Who Killed Jesus (1995), and The Birth of Christianity (1998). Crossan’s interview credits include The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, National Public Radio’s “Fresh Air”, Larry King Live and the ABC special “The Search for Jesus” with Peter Jennings. Other writings can be found at Beliefnet.com.
An Evening with Deepak Chopra
Free Pre-event concert with Michael Gott
THANK YOU! THIS EVENT SOLD OUT!“In your personal transformation is the transformation of the world.” - Deepak Chopra
Enjoy an inspiring and in-depth exploration of the world of consciousness and the mechanics of reality making with Deepak Chopra. You will discover the intimate relationship between physical, quantum and non-local reality and how this connection helps us to understand the mechanics of the intuitive, creative, visionary and sacred responses. In his talk Dr. Chopra explores the full range of human potential including the following themes:
What is the nature of reality?
What is the meaning and purpose of existence?
Do we have a soul?
Does God exist?
What is the relationship between quantum non-locality and the omniscience of Spirit?
What is the source of and how do we harness the power of intention, imagination, intuition, insight, inspiration and creativity?
How can I transform myself?
How can I make a better world?
Deepak explains how the greatest spiritual secrets are tied up in this simple answer. It takes a total shift in perception to realize that you are not in the world, the world is in you.
Known worldwide as the author of over 36 books translated in 35 languages with over 20 million copies sold worldwide, and these include, “Peace is the Way”, “The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life”, “The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence “,“Golf for Enlightenment: The Seven Lessons for the Game of Life”, “Grow Younger, Live Longer: 10 Steps to Reversing Aging” and “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success”. Deepak Chopra continues to transform our understanding of the meaning of health. He is the Founder of the Chopra Center at La Costa in Carlsbad, California where he continues to revolutionize common wisdom about the crucial connection between mind, body, spirit and healing. History will view Deepak Chopra as the man who set the cornerstone for a medical model that promotes greater self-reliance and self-awareness as the most valuable personal and societal assets for creating health.
For more information: www.chopra.com or 888 4 CHOPRA
A Special Evening with Barbara De Angelis
#1 NY Times Bestselling Author
LIVING THE LIFE YOU WANT: Breaking Through to New Levels of Happiness, Emotional Freedom and Spiritual Transformation
Imagine if you could find the courage to make the changes you need to make, the healing to release the past and move forward, the energy to live and love with renewed passion, and the wisdom to understand life's lessons. In this powerful and uplifting evening, bestselling author and renowned transformational teacher Barbara De Angelis will show you how to live the kind of life you always thought was possible and break through to new levels of happiness, freedom and personal transformation.This presentation is based on material from Barbara’s new book: How Did I Get Here? Finding Your Way To Renewed Hope and Happiness When Life and Love Take Unexpected Turns. This book has been hailed as a groundbreaking guide for achieving emotional and spiritual rebirth.
“Barbara De Angelis has written a brilliant, hopeful, illuminating book that is essential reading for anyone on a path to truth. Reading it will inspire you, heal you and awaken you.” -Deepak Chopra
Barbara will discuss:
* How to stop sabotaging your happiness
* Recognizing turning points and wake-up calls
* Tools for transforming confusion into clarity and fear into confidence
* Rediscovering your passion and purpose
* Finding your center: How to protect yourself from life’s ups and downsThis evening is perfect anyone ready for a breakthrough in any aspect of their life or relationships. Barbara’s new book will be available for sale and for signing. Bring your friends to this special event and see what a difference an evening with Barbara De Angelis can make in your life!
Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D. is one of the most popular and influential teachers of our time in the field of relationships and spiritual growth. As a best-selling author, popular television personality and sought after motivational speaker, Dr. De Angelis has reached millions of people with her positive messages about love, happiness and the search for meaning in life. She is the author of fourteen books including the #1 New York Times Bestsellers Real Moments, Are You The One For Me?, Secrets About Men Every Woman Should Know, and her most recent release: How Did I Get Here? Finding Your Way To Renewed Hope and Happiness When Life and Love Take Unexpected Turns. Barbara has hosted her own TV shows on CBS, CNN, and PBS, and wrote and produced the award winning infomercial Making Love Work. She has been a frequent guest on countless TV shows including Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and The View. She is known for sharing her inspirational presence, authenticity and passion with her audiences.
Revs. Margaret and David Hiller
Dare to Dream
Healing Fears, Creating Miracles & Living Your Dreams
Revs. Margaret and David Hiller will also be speaking at the 9 and 11am services.
Revs. David and Margaret Hiller are healers, teachers and writers who will bring their powerful healing workshop to UCD, followed by an opportunity for private appointments the next day. The Hillers, whose new book is Dare to Dream, will talk about living from the heart instead of from fear; creating vision teams for yourself, family, community and planet; and will offer healing with a laying on of hands and intuitive prayer. They have spoken at New Thought churches all over the country, helping people to remove themselves from struggle and live with joy. Their work helps individuals connect with their own wisdom and divine inner being to handle life’s challenges.
David Hiller, M.ED., CHT has a masters degree in counseling and is a minister, spiritual counselor, healer, author and personal empowerment coach and has been conducting meditation and healing seminars for over 20 years.
Margaret Hiller, M.A. works as an intuitive, interfaith minister, author, public speaking coach and has a masters degree in therapeutic psychology. Since 1979, she has traveled extensively in the U.S. and other countries conducting healing seminars.
They share their healing work in churches, hospitals, universities and mental health agencies.
Individuals can make private appointments for one-hour counseling/healing sessions with either David or Margaret for $65/hr. on Monday, February 28. Please call Alexandra at 972-233-7106, ext. 223 to arrange.
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Caroline Myss
Invisible Acts of Power
Whether or not you are consciously aware of it, the Healer archetype plays a powerful, integral role in your life. The Healer has many presentations — from someone who actually works one-on-one with those who are confronting physical illness, to guiding others (or you) through emotional, psychological, and spiritual crises. Everyone holds the potential of the Healer regardless of whether it comes under a professional title. Join Caroline Myss as she explores the art and science of the Healer. It can transform the manner in which you will embrace the rest of your life.After graduating from St. Mary of the Woods College in Indiana, Caroline Myss returned to Chicago, where she grew up, to pursue a career in journalism. As a freelance writer, she attended a seminar by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and was thrown into a “crisis of meaning”. Inspired, she attended Mundelein College and received a master’s degree in theology. Heading east, she started the Stillpoint Publishing Company in New Hampshire, where she acknowledged her medical intuitive abilities for the first time. She started working with holistic doctors, co-authored The Creation of Health with Dr. Norman Shealy, began creating audiotapes, and lectured around the world.
In 1996, Caroline’s book Anatomy of the Spirit was published and became a New York Times best-seller. A year later, she wrote Why People Don’t Heal and How They Can, followed three years later by Sacred Contracts, her third consecutive New York Times best-seller.http://www.myss.com/
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Michele Longo O’Donnell
Of Monkeys and Dragons
Freedom from the Tyranny of DiseaseAccording to a CBS poll recently featured in USA Today, 80% of Americans believe that personal prayer or other spiritual practices can speed the recovery of those who are ill, and 22% believe spiritual practices have cured them completely. Yet many people get caught up in the conflict between faith and science in the realm of human affiliations.
According to Michele Longo O’Donnell, author of Monkeys and Dragons: Freedom from the Tyranny of Disease, this battle can mean the difference between life and death.
www.ofmonkeysanddragons.com
Rocco Errico
Who is Jesus? New Light on Jesus and the Gospels
The last two decades have brought a great resurgence of interest in the man Jesus. The question everywhere is: Who was Jesus? Not only is there interest in Jesus, but the four gospels and Jesus’ teachings have come under fire. How reliable are the gospels? How were the gospels created; by whom, when, and how were they composed? How reliable is the so-called Q hypothesis? What is the gospel truth about Jesus? What was his vision and message? What did Jesus really say? What was attributed to Jesus that he did not say? Is his message practical for the modern world?
We know that Jesus was an Aramaic speaking Semite. His life and thought are only properly understood within the cosmopolitan, creative, and diverse groups that formed early first century Judaism of his time. Dr. Rocco A. Errico, world-renowned expert on Semitic Near Eastern customs and the ancient Aramaic language of Jesus, puts together a coherent portrait of Jesus and his teachings for this special seminar.Rocco A. Errico, Ph.D., Th.D., is founder and president of Noohra Foundation of Smyrna, Georgia. The Noohra Foundation is a nonprofit, nonsectarian, spiritual educational organization of Aramaic biblical studies, research, and publications. The Foundation is also an alternative ministry of the Association of Unity Churches, Lee’s Summit, MO. Dr. Rocco A. Errico is an ordained Unity minister, lecturer, author, Bible authority, translator, Aramaic instructor, educator and spiritual counselor.
Rev. Harry Morgan Moses
Consciousness Is Everything
The consciousness model is perhaps the most important information to reveal itself to the mind of humanity. Understanding the laws of consciousness and how to use them is the most important work on the spiritual journey of the awakening soul. In this workshop, learn the principle, what it does and how to use it to create a life filled with meaning and purpose.In 1976, Harry Morgan Moses was warned by a team of doctors that he would never walk again. Today, he is an avid skier and sportsman, demonstrating the power of right attitude in his own life Dr. Moses is the Vice President and Director for Community Development of New Thought Broadcasting - a spiritual radio and television network that brings the power of the shared voice of New Thought to viewers worldwide. A charismatic presenter, Harry is a pensioned member of the Screen Actors Guild. His extensive theatrical training and successful career in television and movies gives him extraordinary versatility in inspiring his audiences. The author of the popular book, It’s So Easy When You Know How, now in its second edition, Dr. Moses’ new book, Obvious Power, is scheduled for release in 2004.
Father Leo Booth
Coping With a Changing World
Change is inevitable. How we respond to change is our responsibility. Father Leo Booth, acclaimed author and speaker, will illustrate the value of change, discover positive aspects of change and how to actively participate in our physical, emotional, and mental growth. A detailed look at some life issues that stop people from living their lives to the fullest and accepting that “bad things happen to good people”. We ask the question; Are the things that happened really bad? Recovery and healing issues often develop from a trauma that at the time appears devastating, but with time are seen to be hidden miracles.Learning Objectives:
• Identify the factors that prevent emotional and spiritual healing.
• Confront the behavior that prohibits letting go
• Create a plan to promote healingA former Episcopal priest, Father Leo Booth is an internationally acclaimed author, lecturer, and trainer on all aspects of spirituality and recovery from depression, addictions, compulsive behaviors, and low self-esteem. He has now completed training at Unity Village for ordination as a Unity minister.
A Certified Addictions Counselor, a Certified Eating Disorders Counselor, and a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, Father Leo speaks at many National and International conferences, plus churches of all denominations. In addition to specific in-services and lectures on religious addiction and abuse, Father Leo presents workshops, lectures, and training on a broad spectrum of issues to a variety of organizations and institutions.
Father Leo contributes regularly to newspapers across the United States and has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Geraldo, Sally Jesse Raphael and Good Morning America.
Dr. Masaru Emoto
Japanese Research Scientist, Author of Messages from Water
Love Thyself: The Message from Water
During his 2004 tour of the United States, Dr. Emoto will share his stunning water crystal photographs and discuss how our thoughts and feelings affect physical reality. Join Dr. Emoto to further understand his unique water research and its global implications for humanity. His message applies to scientific, educational and spiritual communities. His reproducible research offers a major shift in our understanding of water and demonstrates scientifically the beneficial effects of prayer and sound. Dr. Emoto’s newest books “The Hidden Messages in Water” and “Love Thyself: The Message from Water III” will be available for will be available for signing. The lecture will be translated from Japanese into English.
Greg Baer, M.D.
The Power of Real Love
What we all need more than anything else is to be loved. But not just any kind of love will do. We need to be loved unconditionally – without doing anything to earn it. We need to feel cared for no matter how badly we make mistakes or inconvenience the people who love us.
In Dr. Baer’s seminar we learned: (1) The simple and powerfully effective steps that will make it possible for us to find unconditional love and real happiness; (2) how Real Love heals all wounds from the past; (3) how to share Real Love with others; (4) how to eliminate anger from our lives; and (5) how to be a better spouse, parent, friend, employee, and employer.
For 20 years, Greg Baer was a highly successful surgeon, teacher, civic and church leader, and businessman. Despite all his accumulated wealth and respect, he still felt empty and unhappy. After overcoming drug addiction and near suicide, he discovered a simple and powerfully effective way to find genuine happiness, which he has now shared with thousands. Greg has written four books about relationships and parenting, including Real Love: The Truth about Finding Unconditional Love and Fulfilling Relationships.Love: The Truth about Finding Unconditional Love and Fulfilling Relationships.Relationship Training
Why do we fall in and out of love? Why do our marriages and other relationships often start out great but then become so much less satisfying? Why do we get divorced? What is the real reason couples fight about sex? Or money? Or anything else? How can you get everything you want in a relationship?Some of the Seminar objectives:
• To help you understand why your partner behaves as he or she does
• To help you see wiser choices you can make in your relationship
• To show you how you can eliminate anger in your relationship, rather than merely trying to control it (which doesn’t work)
• To give you increased confidence handling the most difficult situations in your relationship
• To show how great sex is the natural consequence of Real Love
http://www.GregBaer.com/
Rev. Edwene Gaines
Prosperity Plus Workshop
Edwene Gaines is an ordained Unity Minister. She has committed her life to “the transformation of the abundance consciousness of Planet Earth.” Her definition of prosperity is full health, perfect relationships, satisfying work, and “all of the cash you can spend.”
The points covered in the workshop were tithing, goal-setting, forgiveness, and finding and achieving your divine purpose.
Don’t miss this dynamic workshop. Edwene guarantees that “it will transform your life if you are teachable.”
Arun Gandhi
Nonviolence or Non-existence: Options for the 21st Century
Never in human history has there been so much hate, prejudice, and violence as in the 20th century. As we enter the 21st century, Martin Luther King’s statement, "The choice is now between nonviolence or nonexistence" has become more relevant than ever. We need to ask ourselves: Do we continue to live with the legacy of violence and destroy our humanity, or do we seek alternatives that could help us reduce violence in our societies?
Arun Gandhi, whose grandfather was Mahatma Gandhi, will offer a practical approach to nonviolence, illustrated with examples of how people have effectively used nonviolence in recent times to overthrow dictatorships and resolve conflicts. In this context he will also discuss his grandfather’s philosophy of nonviolence and why nonviolence is the choice we must all make for the coming century.http://www.gandhiinstitute.org/
Gary Zukav
Mind of the Soul — Responsible Choice
My life is dedicated to the birth of a new humanity. That birth is now in progress. We are all involved in it. The new humanity is being born inside us. We are awakening to new perceptions and new values. These are leading us to new goals.
Our new perceptions are that the Universe is alive, wise, and compassionate. It is a friendly place, not the violent, merciless place that we have often made our small part of it. Our new values are the values of the soul — harmony, cooperation, sharing, and reverence for life. Our new goals are authentic power - the alignment of the personality with the soul — and a planet without conflict.
Your soul is much more than your personality. It is the essence of who you are. It existed before you were born, and it will exist after you die. We are beginning to understand that all that we choose, create, and experience is part of a learning process. That process serves the evolution of our souls. This is the heart of the new perception that is transforming the human experience. This is multisensory perception, the ability to see and experience far beyond the limitations of the five senses. Our species is becoming multisensory very fast.
Gary Zukav grew up in Kansas, graduated from Harvard, and served in Viet Nam. In 1979 he wrote The Dancing Wu Li Masters which won The American Book Award for Science. It has become the bible for those who are interested in learning about quantum physics, but who are not drawn to mathematics or science. In 1989 he wrote The Seat of the Soul, a US National Best Seller about evolution and the soul. In 1999 he wrote Soul Stories, which was also a US National Bestseller. Gary's newest book is Mind of the Soul - Responsible Choice. Gary is a regular on the Oprah Winfrey Show and maintains a busy schedule as a guest speaker throughout the country.
The Way of the Foo Ling Master
with Steve Bhaerman and Special Guest Swami BeyondanandaA laugh-filled, entertaining afternoon of comedy, musical surprises, and insight into the magical power of humor. In the first set, Steve offers funny and practical tips for bringing more healing laughter into your life, drawing on his own 20+ years of writing and performing comedy. In the second set, the Swami offers his comedy disguised as wisdom — or is it wisdom disguised as comedy? The Swami will answer questions from the audience and you will question his answers. The Swami will also be “channeling” songs and messages from the likes of Bullwinkle, Ed Sullivan, Elvis and many more.
Steve Bhaerman is an author, humorist and educator who has spent the past sixteen years as a full-time comedian and teacher of healing humor. In the guise of the comic Swami Beyondananda, Steve has entertained millions with his comedy disguised as wisdom — or is it wisdom disguised as comedy? As the Swami, Steve has written three books, Driving Your Own Karma, When You See a Sacred Cow Milk It for All It’s Worth, and Duck Soup for the Soul: The Way of Living Louder and Laughing Longer.
His audio products include comedy cassettes Yogi From Muskogee, Enlightening Strikes Again, Don’t Squeeze the Shaman, and Beyondananda and Beyond: Two Takes on the Healing Power of Humor. He has also produced two CD’s, Drive Your Karma, Curb Your Dogma and The Fool’s Journey.
Steve has presented keynotes and workshops on Comedy as a Healing Art for numerous health, educational, spiritual, psychological and business groups including the Institute of Noetic Sciences, the Association of Humanistic Psychology, the International Conference on Science and Consciousness, the Health Show, the Humor Project and many, many more. His presentation is guaranteed to be funny, and also filled with insight and practical ideas.
http:/www.wakeuplaughing.com/
Christina Baldwin
Creating an Inner Life that Supports Our Outer Life; and an Outer Life that Supports Our Inner Life
This is the challenge of the modern age, says author Christina Baldwin in her book, The Seven Whispers, Listening to the Voice of Spirit. She believes we are living in a time when ordinary people can and must change the course of history. "Not only prophets and bodisattvas -- but you and me, ordinary people, are called into extraordinary relationship with Divine Plan." We feel that invitation at the edge of daily routines, but we may not know how to instill daily spiritual practices that help us respond: an inner life that informs our outer life. We may not know how to change patterns of work, play, and relationship so that we create an outer life that supports our inner life.
This afternoon seminar offered reflective writing exercises, dialogue, and meditation to explore this integration.Christina Baldwin is an eloquent and witty speaker and educator, who integrates the spiritual journey and the practical path. Whether offering a retreat, presenting a workshop or speaking to conferences, Christina’s vibrancy, talent, and unique body of knowledge provides an enlivening experience. Christina has taught nationally and internationally since the mid-1970s, and has contributed classic books in the emerging bodies of knowledge around personal writing, group process and spirituality. Her first work, One to One: Self-Understanding through Journal Writing is a pioneering text that has remained in continuous print for a quarter of a century. Her marvelous sequel, Life's Companion, Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest, extended the art of journal writing to spiritual practice.
The Mystical Christ: The Gospel of John
John’s gospel casts Jesus in a manner distinct from the synoptic gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. The writer of John was a mystic and in his gospel we find the mystical Christ — that is, a cabalistic path that opens the hearts and minds of Jesus’ followers to a personal and receptive union with god. It is referred to as “mystical theology.”
John guides a disciple of Jesus from the initial acceptance of the kingdom of God along a path that leads to a deeper metaphysical understanding. He reveals Jesus as the Living Word, Bread of Life, the Good Shepherd, Manna from Heaven, and more. John introduces a spirit filled way of living — a
Christ consciousness that awakens the inner powers of life, light and truth in every disciple of the risen Christ.
In this seminar, Dr. Errico worked with the vital and important chapters of John’s gospel. He presents new translations from the Aramaic that open some of the mystical way in the fourth gospel.
Rocco A. Errico, Ph.D., Th.D., is founder and president of Noohra Foundation of Smyrna, Georgia. The Noohra Foundation is a nonprofit, nonsectarian, spiritual educational organization of Aramaic biblical studies, research, and publications. The Foundation is also an alternative ministry of the “Association of Unity Churches”, Lee’s Summit, MO. Dr. Rocco A. Errico is an ordained Unity minister, lecturer, author, Bible authority, translator, Aramaic instructor, educator and spiritual counselor.
http://www.noohra.com/
The Tomb Was Not Empty
The Resurrection of Jesus and Life
Bishop John Shelby SpongIs it real or just a human yearning? Is it physical or non-physical? Does the Bible really assert that Jesus walked out of the grave alive? What need does the idea of Life after Death serve in our lives and in human history? Is the hope of Life after Death the last vestige of self-consciousness? Can Christianity survive without this conviction? Should it? These will be the questions raised in a lecture series by John Shelby Spong, retired Episcopal Bishop of Newark and widely regarded as America's most provocative religious thinker.
Oriah Mountain Dreamer
"The Dance: Finding the Courage to Live our Longing"Oriah Mountain Dreamer is the author of the inspirational prose-poem and best-selling book, The Invitation (HarperSanFrancisco, 1999). Her book, The Dance (HarperSanFrancisco, 2001) explores how we can live our desire to live fully and passionately present in our own lives and in the world. Using humor, ruthless honesty and fierce compassion Oriah shares poetry and stories with groups of people around the world.
Colin Tipping
Circles of ForgivenessCircles of Forgiveness is a beautiful workshop based on Colin’s award-winning book, Radical Forgiveness, Making Room for the Miracle. This workshop includes a Native American healing circle ceremony and other powerful processes that allow people to forgive themselves and others, and to find peace and happiness. Combining Colin’s wisdom and gift for making forgiveness easy and instantaneous with the magic of Karen Taylor-Good’s music and gift for healing through her songs — even on CD — made this workshop a rare and beautiful experience.
Cherie Carter Scott, Ph.D.
If Love is a Game, These are the Rules: Ten Rules for Finding Love and Creating Authentic RelationshipsCherie presented ten simple rules to help us find true love and create long-lasting, authentic relationships. After twenty-five years of conducting workshops and seminars, Cherie has discovered that the most important – and often the most difficult – part of the human experience is partnership. Everyone is either looking for love or trying to find a way to sustain and feed the love that they already have. These ten rules are universal truths that we inherently know but often lose sight of in the confusing game of romance-rules as simple as “You Must Love Yourself First,” “Communication is Essential,” and “You Must Nurture Your Relationship to Thrive.” Her inspirational stories, coupled with practical refreshing exercise – such as creating a criteria list for a potential mate to making an outline for a formal relationship check-in – will bring out the authentic lover in each of us. Fresh and inspiring, the Love presentation is a perfect guide to living a real-life “happily ever after.”
Stephen Lewis
The Technology of Prayer in HealingStephen Lewis describes his background in Subtle Energy as an "inevitable synthesis" because "he can't think of anything that isn't energy."
He initially became fascinated with Oriental medicine, philosophy and religion, which are based entirely on energy. One of his healing arts degrees is in acupuncture. He later underwent his "German period," pursuing the findings of Wilhelm Reich and later Vol and Shimmell, the founders of Radionics. In keeping with his energy-based concepts, Stephen also earned a degree in homeopathy, which is an entirely energy-based healing art.
During his years in private practice, Stephen was guided to develop his techniques for energetic evolution and energetic balancing. In the course of that guidance, he understood that balances that imbalances first exist in consciousness, then the etheric body and, lastly, in the physical realm. With that consideration, he felt it was no longer appropriate for him to be in practice with patients, but rather to focus on the realm of spirituality. Therefore, he and Evan Slawson co-founded the energetic Matrix Church of Consciousness, LLC, also known as EMC2, in order to find imbalance in consciousness and help people remove these imbalances.
Marianne Williamson
A Return to LoveOne of the most recognized names in contemporary spiritual literature and philosophy, Marianne Williamson has inspired millions with her four #1 national bestsellers: Illuminata, A Return to Love, A Woman's Worth and Enchanted Love. She is also the author of Emma and Mommy Talk to God and Healing the Soul of America. She is currently the spiritual leader of the Church of Today in Warren, Michigan.
Maria Nemeth, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and a former clinical professor in the Dept. of Psychiatry at the University of California-Davis School of Medicine. Her tape series and seminars have helped thousands of people create ongoing affluence and financial ease.
This course is designed for people who want to improve their relationship with money and who wish to bring clarity and ease to their lives. The question is about you and your relationship with money. It is about scarcity and abundance. This course is about creating the best possible relationship you can have with money. And, it is about having what you truly want in life while gaining clarity and ease on the path you will pursue to fulfill your fondest goals.
Joan Borysenko
Forgiveness and GraceForgiveness is both a process and an attitude. In the process of forgiveness, we convert suffering created by our own mistakes or as a result of being hurt by others into psychological and spiritual growth. In forgiveness, we attain happiness and serenity by letting go of the ego's incessant need to judge others and ourselves.
The psychological case for forgiveness is overwhelmingly persuasive. Not to forgive is to be imprisoned by the past, a block to the flow of the divine energy of life. Not to forgive is to yield oneself to another's control. If one does not forgive, then one is controlled by another's impact, locked into a cycle of action, reaction, and revenge. The present is overwhelmed and devoured by the past. Those who do not forgive are least capable of changing the circumstances of their lives. In this sense, forgiveness is a shrewd and practical strategy for a person to pursue: forgiveness frees the forgiver.
Forgiveness is ultimately a gift of grace. We can neither forgive other people or ourselves out of our own volition. If we communicate this desire to forgive in heartfelt prayer, we attract grace.
From her 40 years of research on chimpanzee behavior and social relations to her present day commitment to social and environmental causes, Dr. Jane Goodall's contributions to humanity are remarkable. Her extraordinary life, as a scientist and conservationist, has been highlighted with her close association with famed paleontologist Dr. Louis Leakey and scientific breakthroughs in Tanzania's Gombe preserve. In 1977 she founded The Jane Goodall Institute with a goal of creating a more caring, sustainable world. In addition, she has founded an international environmental education and humanitarian program for youth, Roots & Shoots. This program teaches care and respect for the environment, non-human animals and for the human community.
The author of many acclaimed books and articles, Dr. Goodall's current bestseller Reason for Hope, is a poignant and insightful memoir that explores the spiritual and scientific experiences that have shaped her life.
The Poet Prophet of Alternative MedicineAcknowledged as one of the world's greatest leaders in the field of mind body medicine, Deepak Chopra, M.D. continues to transform our understanding of the meaning of health. Through The Chopra Center for Well Being, Dr. Chopra is revolutionizing common wisdom about the crucial connection between body, mind, spirit and healing. His mission of "bridging the technological miracles of the west with the wisdom of the east" remains his thrust as he and his colleagues conduct public seminars and workshops to provide training for health care professionals around the world.
Chopra is known worldwide for his published works. The author of more than 27 books and more than 100 audio, video and CD-ROM titles, he has been published on every continent, and in dozens of languages.
Jack Canfield
Speaker, Trainer, Best-Selling Author
and Expert in Human PotentialBefore the Chicken Soup series sold 80-million copies worldwide and created eleven No.1 bestsellers, Jack Canfield was a motivational speaker. He returns to his roots with his new book, The Success Principles, because he believes the desire to succeed is typical of all humans.
His book is not just about business or financial success. It’s about life, home, relationships, work, education, creative expression and every aspect of daily living. He hopes to inspire, instruct and nurture the impulse for success in all its manifestations.
At UCD, Canfield’s lecture will be designed to give students, teachers, parents and entrepreneurs practical help so they can get where they want to be. Step One: Take 100% responsibility for your life. It’s also important to decide what you want, he says.
Through Jack Canfield's Chicken Soup for the Soul life program, audiences around the world, from all walks of life, are uplifted, inspired and motivated to action when Jack shares his gentle humor and powerful insights.Jack has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, The Caryl and Marilyn Show, Talk Soup, The Today Show, CBS Evening News, The NBC Evening News, 20/20 and the BBC, as well as hundreds of local and cable talk shows and radio shows.
Stephen R. Covey
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Mr. Covey is Founder and Chairman of Covey Leadership Center and has made teaching principle-centered living and leadership his life's work. Mr. Covey is author of several books including The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, a New York Times and #1 international bestseller. His books, Principle-Centered Leadership and First Things First are two of the best-selling books of the decade.
Younger by the Day
When Victoria Moran encountered midlife, she was dismayed by the changes in her body. She began a four-year journey asking: Why do some women blossom with age while others wither? How can you accept yourself as you are and still become better? How can you draw from your inner wisdom to deal with life’s uncertainties as well as the certainty of growing older?
The answers she found were distilled into her latest book, Younger by the Day. At UCD, she will offer a workshop to discuss the secrets of attaining more energy and vibrancy, health and beauty, power and purpose, no matter what your age.
Lifelong Unity student Victoria Moran holds a degree in comparative religions and is the author of earlier books including Creating a Charmed Life and Fit from Within. She has been a guest on Oprah and on NPR’s All Things Considered, and featured in USA Today, Parade, Self, Woman’s Day, Health, Fitness, and O, the Oprah Magazine.
–Louise Hay, author of You Can Heal Your Life
–Christiane Northrup, MD, author of Women's Bodies, Women’s WisdomVictoria Moran is a national speaker and author of nine books including Lit From Within, A Charmed Life, Shelter for the Spirit, and Fit From Within. She has appeared on Oprah twice and NPR’s All Things Considered. Her work has been noted in Elle, Glamour, Allure and Time Magazine.
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Indigo, The Movie
Saturday & Sunday
Producer Stephen Simon (Somewhere in Time and What Dreams May Come) wants to prove to Hollywood that the American public will go see spiritual movies. His latest film Indigo, is to be released for just one day in theatres on Jan. 29, and every AMC theatre in the Dallas area is already sold out. Unity Church has permission to offer two showings of the movie the same weekend. Indigo is about the generation of psychic and gifted children -- Indigo children -- being born into the world now. In this movie, a grandfather discovers these gifts in his granddaughter as they run from would-be kidnappers. A movie about evolving consciousness. Funded & produced by thousands of individual donations & volunteer hours.
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What The Bleep Do We Know?
What the Bleep Do We Know?! is a new type of film. It is part documentary, part story, and part elaborate and inspiring visual effects and animations. The protagonist, Amanda, played by Marlee Matlin, finds herself in a fantastic Alice in Wonderland experience when her daily, uninspired life literally begins to unravel, revealing the uncertain world of the quantum field hidden behind what we consider to be our normal, waking reality.
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Douglas Blue Feather in concert
2003 Native American Music Award “Flutist of the Year”
Douglas will also be our guest musician at the 9 am and 11 am services.
The melodic, soul-stirring music of Douglas Blue Feather touches and uplifts the spirit. Blue Feather, who is of Cherokee heritage, is an award-winning songwriter, recording artist and performer of contemporary and traditional Native American flute music. He has released five CDs that have been featured on radio worldwide.
The highlights of Blue Feather’s career include winning the 2003 Native American Music Award for Flutist of the Year and the 2002 Native American Music Award for Best Independent Recording of the Year. He has performed throughout the United States and at numerous powwows, festivals and churches and has been recognized by Native Peoples Magazine as one of the top performers on the Native music scene.
Most of Blue Feather’s songs are soothing in nature and feature the Native American flute accompanied by contemporary instrumentation.“I’m honored that people refer to me as a master, but like any musical instrument, the flute is still teaching me. I've been playing the Native flute since 1997, shortly after starting to honor my own Cherokee heritage and beginning my journey on the Red Road (Native American spiritual path). My music has become much more than I dreamed and is more than just a musical journey, it's a spiritual journey as well. It really is a gift from the Creator.”
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Dr. Joe Dispenza
Your Brain and Your Potential
Currently starring in the film What The Bleep Do We Know?
The Science of Creating Personal Reality
If you liked What the Bleep, come hear Dr. Joe Dispenza speak at Unity Church of Dallas. Dr. Joe, one of the "talking heads" in What the Bleep, insists that we can rewire our brains to change any aspect of our lives. His life’s work is to promote breakthroughs in understanding the human brain and how every individual can improve his or her "personal universe".At Unity Church of Dallas, Dr. Joe will connect the latest scientific findings about the brain with enhancing our human experience.
He is known for a style that is enthusiastic, personable and often humorous.
"The implication of this research" says Dr. Dispenza, "is that if we give our brain the knowledge and experiences it needs to create new synaptic connections, and use repetition to further develop these connections we begin to see long-lasting, even permanent changes in behavior."
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Tom Zender
Journey of Renewal
Three years ago, the great-granddaughter of Unity’s founders, Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, decided that if Unity was to grow and spread its message in the world, it needed to grow from a family-controlled church business into a real corporation. Tom Zender, an experienced corporate executive from California and a Unity church member, was named President, the first person outside the Fillmore family ever to head Unity.
Since then, change has been constant at Unity Village. Now, Unity’s world headquarters is undertaking a new project called Journey of Renewal.
Tom Zender will visit Unity Church of Dallas to talk about the changes within Unity overall and his plans for Unity worldwide. UCD is one of the largest churches in the movement and shares Unity’s mission to let the world know about our teachings.
After the church services, Zender will stay for a lunch in Fellowship Hall to talk about the Journey of Renewal and plans to build endowments that ensure Unity Village will remain an oasis and beacon of peace in the world for decades to come.
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Sallye Taylor
Jesus: His Walk, His Talk, His Vision & the God He Worshipped
Rev. Taylor will also be speaking at the 9 and 11 am services.
In Unity we call Jesus our “Wayshower” and see him — and the demonstrations of Christ consciousness he made — as a pattern or paradigm to follow in living a Spirit-centered life.
It might be said that Jesus’ goal was to convince us to shift radically our perception of who we are and what our world is like. His teachings and example challenge us to see ourselves as whole and complete.
Over the course of these two days, the dynamic Rev. Sallye Taylor will lead us on a journey through Jesus’ message. We will examine how Jesus’ words and deeds influence our lives, and we will discover the benefits we can reap by embracing a heart-centered faith in God as modeled by the historical Jesus.
Sunday’s two-hour workshop will compare Unity’s perspective of Jesus with the findings of the Jesus Seminar.
Monday evening we will learn to experience the truth about ourselves through Jesus’ parables.
Sallye Taylor, founder and Minister of Soul Food Unity Ministry, has served on the staff of Unity School of Christianity as a member of the retreat staff and as chair of biblical studies. Prior to founding Soul Food Unity, she served as minister of Unity of Jefferson City, MO; as a pioneer of Unity in the Inner City, Kansas City, MO, and as senior minister of Unity Church of Austin, TX. She developed her speaking and teaching skills in the classroom of big city public schools in Memphis and Chicago. She has a degree in psychology and education from Tennessee State University, has done graduate work at the University of Chicago and at St. Paul’s School of Theology in Kansas City, MO. She was ordained a Unity minister in 1979.
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The Search for the Historical Paul
The 20-year-old Jesus Seminar comprises more than 200 Bible scholars and specialists who are on a quest for the historical Jesus. Their fascinating and controversial findings have made news in theological circles for years and have brought many new books about Jesus into the mainstream. The Five Gospels is their translation of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Thomas, color-coded to mark the sentences Jesus most likely said or didn’t say. With Jesus Seminar on the Road, two of the scholars will be at UCD for seminars on Paul, whose version of Christianity has often overshadowed the teachings of Jesus.
The legacy of the Apostle Paul dominates the shape of early Christianity. He is credited as the author of half of the New Testament, and he is the dominant character in the Book of Acts. The seminars begin with a search for the historical Paul.
Reading and Translating Paul
The key to interpreting Paul is to understand his writing style, then to know something about how his letters were translated into English. This workshop examines traditional Christian concepts such as “righteousness” and “faith” and explains how the Jesus Seminar translates them.
Relevance and Irrelevance in Paul
Paul is often blamed – or credited – for many of the moral positions now debated in our culture. What exactly did Paul say about sexuality and the role of women among Christians? How did he understand the meaning of Jesus’ death? Paul tried to shape the official Christian view on such issues, but what does it mean today?
Life As A Joyous Adventure
Terry has an incredible story of creating health in the face of insurmountable odds that demonstrates each of us can start right where we are and make our dreams come true. His critically acclaimed book The Hell I Can’t documents his own realization that life can be whatever you want it to be.
On Sunday evening you will let go of habit patterns that no longer serve you and experience that part of you that is pure creation and absolute freedom. On Monday evening you will explore an exciting new way to approach choice that will fill you with faith and trust. The have to’s and should’s from your past will no longer run you. Instead, you will move into fulfilling your vision for your life with joy and a delight in who you are now. You can then approach life as an adventure you are choosing to play.
Remember you are a magnificent expression of The Divine. And from that you can make all of your dreams come true. Terry will also be speaking at the Sunday morning services. www.terrymcbride.info
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