Do you feel someone or something stands in the way of your joy? Have you ever felt you were chasing joy but never quite catching up? Does it seem others are more deserving of joy than? Listen as Mary Ellen shares an important message and reminder that joy is your birthright and awaits your acceptance of it.

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Love is the eternal Energy that brings greater peace in us and through us; it helps to consciously understand this process...

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How do you define peace and where do you find peace in your life? Is it possible that peace is wherever you find yourself? Listen as Mary Ellen shares some thoughts about the starting point of peace. She also shared one of her favorite poems, I AM There by James Dillet Freeman (published by Unity.)

"Do you need Me?
I am there. You cannot see Me, yet I am the light you see by.
You cannot hear Me, yet I speak through your voice.
You cannot feel Me, yet I am the power at work in your hands. I am at work, though you do not understand My ways. I am at work, though you do not recognize My works. I am not strange visions. I am not mysteries.

"Only in absolute stillness, beyond self, can you know Me as I am, and then but as a feeling and a faith.
Yet I am there. Yet I hear. Yet I answer. When you need Me, I am there. Even if you deny Me, I am there. Even when you feel most alone, I am there.
Even in your fears, I am there.
Even in your pain, I am there.

"I am there when you pray and when you do not pray.
I am in you, and you are in Me. Only in your mind can you feel separate from Me, for only in your mind are the mists of “yours” and “mine.”
Yet only with your mind can you know Me and experience Me. Empty your heart of empty fears. When you get yourself out of the way, I am there.

"You can of yourself do nothing, but I can do all.
And I am in all. Though you may not see the good, good is there, for I am there.
I am there because I have to be, because I am. Only in Me does the world have meaning; only out of Me does the world take form; only because of Me does the world go forward.

"I am the law on which the movement of the stars and the growth of living cells are founded. I am the love that is the law's fulfilling. I am assurance. I am peace. I am oneness. I am the law that you can live by. I am the love that you can cling to. I am your assurance. I am your peace. I am one with you. I am.

"Though you fail to find Me, I do not fail you. Though your faith in Me is unsure, My faith in you never wavers, because I know you, because I love you.
Beloved, I am there."

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Probably the earliest official mention of Advent practices comes out of the Council of Sargossa that met in Spain (AD 380) which among other things, encouraged daily church attendance for 21 days December. Today traditions vary but Advent is celebrated by many during the four weeks leading up to Christmas, the celebration of Jesus' birth. But, what good is Advent anyway? Listen as Mary Ellen shares thoughts about making Advent relevant today in your life.

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Do you want to get unstuck from old patterns of thought? Do you want to become more aware of habits that are not creating positive results in your life? Listen as Larry shares a life changing thought that you can begin to use right away to choose the direction you want your life to take. Try it, it works!

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Listen as Mary Ellen shares some thoughts about Thanksgiving as a holiday with outer activities, plans and expectations versus thanksgiving as a choice and attitude that lead to a life of joy every day.

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Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The question represents an ancient folk paradox addressing the problem of origins. From Aristotle to other great thinkers throughout recorded history, this paradox is of importance and much wisdom is within it. Listen as Larry speaks to the paradox of the chicken or the egg in the light of how your thought always comes before the effects in all areas of your life.

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In the 18th chapter of Luke there is a parable of Jesus which illustrated the importance of being persistent and consistent in prayer. “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’ For some time he refused but finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice...." Listen as Mary Ellen shares a practical message about persistence and consistence in our prayer practice.

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