Seattle Unity

Guest speaker Rev. David McArthur speaks on a fundamental Unity concept:  touching the heart in prayer.  Rev. David works with HeartMath institute, which comes at the same issues from the science side, but both directions arrive at the same basic practice: stop, breathe, and things change.  To see the full service video, go here . New to this community ? Support the show

Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig continues the Unseen Realm series, this time looking at the roots of our personal social and spiritual supports. Who do we trust with our deepest truths? Worship Arts include special guest Shaunyce Omar, and Gerry Schley gives the reading, a selection from Zora Neal Hurston's Dustracks on a Road.   See the full service video at seattleunity.org under 's...

Senior Minister Karen Lindvig returns from her visit to the ashram, ready to dive into this next series in our Tree of Life explorations: The Unseen Realm.  For the next few weeks, we'll explore what's underground - the roots and foundational connections that make for a strong spiritual life.   The Worship Arts program features special guest Lavon Hardison. Want to see the entire service...

Guest speaker Rabbi Olivier BenHaim joins us to speak on our Tree of Life theme, this time from a Kabbalistic perspective.  Worship Arts features guest Larry Murante.  See the video of the entire service here .  New Here?   Support the show

Continuing our Tree of Life theme, guest speaker James Tierney joins us, pulling examples from a variety of interfaith sources. Worship Arts features special guest Sage Suzerris.  See the full service video here .    New Here?     Support the show

Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig steps into the first phase of our exploration of Tree of Life:  Seeds of Intention. This series runs from Jan 20 - to Feb 20.    Worship Arts includes first time special guest Katherine VanBebber. See the full service video here.     Please join us online next Sunday, at 10 a.m. as we livestream the service from our Sodo venue, Metropolist. And take advantage of...

Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig rolls out the 2022 annual Theme: The Tree of Life. Worship Arts features Jeff Fielder and Tekla Waterfield. See the full service video here at seattleunity.org.    For more ways to connect, go here and get the full scoop on classes, services, social groups, newsletters, and upcoming community events.   Support the show

"Who in your world embodies this type of Divine wisdom?  Somebody who is without ego or this sense of separation? And a bigger question is: when have you embodied Sophia?"Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig caps off the 2021 theme of the Alchemy of the Soul, by looking at the Alchemy of Wisdom. The talk includes brief recaps of the various Alchemy units from 2021, and borrows quotes from...

"I think what we've learned over these past couple of years, is:  yeah, you set this intention, and then you better be ready to shift and change with whatever is happneing in the world."Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig returns to lead our annual Whitestone ceremony, which has new meaning in this time of Covid. She draws inspiration from some first-person stories of wild weather th...

Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig leads a full Candlelighting Service, featuring Associate Minister Diane Robertson. Worship Arts comes from guests Sage Suzerris and Stephanie Anne Johnson. Full service video is here .Please join us in person next Sunday, at 10 a.m. at our Sodo venue, Metropolist. And take advantage of all the ways we can  stay connected ,  including after-service fellowship, Dai...

"There's the tree, there's the gifts, but what about the core of Christmas?  It's like taking the frosting on the cake but not really trying the cake."Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig invites us to look closely at the biblical Christmas story. She helps us interpret these miracles in metaphysical ways, for example by seeing Mary as an example of how we meet the unexpecte...

"I believe that the star symbolizes the true north for each one of us, metaphysically. It's that calling, it's that thing that always brings you joy."Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig steps into the Alchemy of Wisdom, using the Christmas story as well as the Solstice, for metaphysical inspiration. From the Christmas story, she points to the Star as a metaphorical compass for n...

"The Alchemy of Generosity includes the generosity of Spirit, which is being in the flow of life. It's offering help and kindness to others. It is love, it is grace, it is seeing the good."Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig returns to take us deeper into this series on the Alchemy of Generosity, which takes "the lead of separation and transforms it into the gold of Oneness.&quo...

"He said 'I am the light of the world' in John 9:12 but he also said you are the light of the world. And he taught this repeatedly, and so in Unity we see this teaching as the truth of each one of us."Associate Minister Diane Robertson leads us into the first Sunday of Advent, in this new series on the Alchemy of Generosity. She explores the Unity interpretation of the concept...

"What's your focus?  Is your focus on what you have and being grateful for that? Because that will increase.  OR is the focus on what you have not? Because, guess what, whatever it is we focus on is what increases."Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig begins a new series on The Alchemy of Generosity, which she tells us "takes the lead of greed and separation and envy, and turns i...

"Re-assessment, re-thinking, making changes, taking chances, all of these are pre-cursors to a transformation. And so it's no longer business as usual."Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig wraps up her series on the Alchemy of Transformation, by looking at this moment in our societal transformation as a "gestation period".  A gestation period may feel as though we are in a v...

"What if you lost everything? What would remain, and what matters most? Because life is impermanent, and yet we act as if it isn't."Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig takes us deeper into this series on the Alchemy of Transformation. In recent weeks, this journey began with our willingness to see things clearly, then letting go, and then opening our minds to dreams and even mystic v...

"The Alchemy of Transformation invites us to let go and accept life as it is, before we can change it."Rev. Karen returns from her various sojourns to open the doors to this next series. As she explains it, again using the core metaphor of lead-into-gold, The Alchemy of Transformation "takes the lead of things that are no longer working or needed in our lives, and transforms it into...

"Halloween is an opportunity to lean into the mystical side of life, and to contemplate death in a playful way."Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig revels in the symbolism of Samhain, drawing deep and delightful meaning out of such stories as the Jack O Lantern and Treat or Treating.  As she shows, various cultures and institutions have their dogma, but Karen encourages each of us to inve...

"You are in relationship to everything, seen and unseen. Since the Divine is everything and everyone, all of your relationships are aspects of your relationship to God."Gues Speaker Rev. Eric Odel finishes our series on The Alchemy of Relationships. He uses material from great spiritual masters including Ernest Homes and Emily Cady, along with several examples ranging from funny to frigh...

"The Alchemy of Relationship takes the lead of separation and transforms it into oneness and love."Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig returns from her trip to Greece to speak to our current series on the Alchemy of Relationship. She focuses mostly on the type of love characterized in scripture as Phileo - brotherly/sisterly love - better known as Friendship. She asks us to remember the m...

"I think if we're doing relationships right, then it's a little bit of both:  a little bit of nurture, a little bit of challenge, a perfect kind of mix."Associate Minister Diane Robertson continues in our series on The Alchemy of Relationships. She enlists the testimony of Carl Woestwin and Marcia Rutan, and highlights how our relationships with ourselves are played out onto al...

"Alchemy means 'the pouring' so the idea is pouring things together and mixing them up so that you have something entirely different after it's all stirred. So the Alchemy of Relationship has behind it the notion... that this cosmos is the mixing bowl."Guest speaker Michael Bogar returns to kick off our series on The Alchemy of Relationships.  Michael uses the story of Ero...

"Pagans follow what we call the Wheel of the Year, which is our cyclical model for the passing of time. We don't see time as linear, we see it as cyclical. And hopefully as we go, year after we year, we ascend and evolve and become better human beings.  "Guest speaker Rev. Judith Laxer returns bring her pagan perspective to this moment. Concluding our series on the Alchemy of Servic...

"When we as a community take on this notion of service as an attribute, very often we take it on from the side of privilege. We take it on from the side of 'we have something to give'. And, with that, in the back of our minds sometimes is this kind of shadow of shame. 'I shouldn’t have what I have.’"Guest speaker Ann Holmes Redding returns in person this time, speaking to...