Lesson Planet

As another summer concludes, kids get ready to return to school.  But doesn’t learning continue year-round and lifelong for those on a spiritual path?  Aren’t our very challenges, our areas of difficulty, the syllabus of the Spirit?  This week at Unity, always in back-to-school mode with speaker Doug Benecke and music by Sallie Spirit and Doug.

Doug is a lifelong musician and student of the human spirit. He holds a religion degree from Oberlin College and works daily as an addictions counselor. Doug and his wife, Sallie Spirit, share talks and music at churches all around the Sound.

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Sacred Honor

America was founded by dedicated souls who pledged “our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor” to its establishment.  In the more than twenty decades since, democracies have found footholds across the globe.  Now, in a world more interconnected than ever before, democratic governments are facing threats.  As members of a free society and a spiritual community, what should be our response to attacks on democracy?  When is our sacred honor at risk through inaction?  This week at Unity, join speaker and songwriter Doug Benecke, as always, along with his musical muse Sallie Spirit, in exploring these questions.

Doug is a lifelong musician and student of the human spirit. He holds a religion degree from Oberlin College and works daily as an addictions counselor. Doug and his wife, Sallie Spirit, share talks and music at churches all around the Sound.

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"Working Class"

If we create our life experiences through our thoughts, then how do we change by working on ourselves?  If all of life is like a class in spiritual labor, then we may say we spend our days in a kind of “working class.”  These ideas explored in a talk by speaker and songwriter Doug Benecke, joined in music, as always, by Sallie Spirit.

Doug is a lifelong musician and student of the human spirit. He holds a religion degree from Oberlin College and works as an addictions counselor. Doug and his wife, Sallie Spirit, share talks and music at churches all around the Sound.

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A Book About God

In the words of Meister Eckhart, all of nature is “a book about God.” In fall and winter, just as in spring and summer, we may behold the Sacred daily in the natural wonder that is our birthright.  This week at Unity, we'll be reading the “book about God” found in nature’s rhymes and rhythms in this talk by speaker and songwriter Doug Benecke, joined naturally in music by Sallie Spirit.

Doug is a lifelong musician and student of the human spirit. He holds a religion degree from Oberlin College and works daily as an addictions counselor. Doug and his wife, Sallie Spirit, share talks and music at churches all around the Sound.

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Mother God

We often say “Father-Mother God,” but do we think carefully and distinctly about a maternal Sacred?  This week at Unity, considerations of God as Mother, reflections by speaker and songwriter Doug Benecke, musically supported, as always, by the divine feminine in his daily life, Sallie Spirit.

Doug is a lifelong musician and student of the human spirit. He holds a religion degree from Oberlin College and works daily as an addictions counselor. Doug and his wife, Sallie Spirit, share talks and music at churches all around the Sound.

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