NEW FROM REV. SKY ST. JOHN
The Birds got it right. (5)
October 21, 2009 •
My gym is on the second floor of a hotel and on the lanai, where the dreaded ab-crunchers are, you can see right into the tops of the palm trees planted down below. Between my tasteful grunts, I spotted two doves sitting next to each other on a gracefully drooping frond. I watched [...]
UNITY CHURCH OF HAWAII NEWS
Spiritual Education and Enrichment Intensive
Our next week-long SEE class intensive takes place March 22 – 26. Mindy Tucker, LUT and Rev. Sky St. John lead three classes: Meditation Practices, Background of New Thought, and Finding Yourself in Transition.
News from Unity
March 7, 2010
Sunday, April 4 at 8:30am: It’s our third year celebrating Easter with our island community at the Waikiki Shell, and this year will be our most special yet! Rev. Sky St. John looks at the parallels between the lives of Jesus and of St. Damien, and how one person can make a world of difference. He’ll be joined by world-renown actor and director Terence Knapp, acclaimed for his portrayal of Damien on stage and for PBS…
A Unity Creed
February 15, 2010
On February 14, Sky presented a creed for Unity, a brief statement of fundamental beliefs we hold:
Unity’s Education Dean to Visit
January 28, 2010
We’re honored to welcome Rev. Dr. Paul Hasselbeck from Unity Village who’ll be visiting us in February to speak and teach at Unity Church of Hawai‘i. He currently serves Unity Institute as the Dean of Spiritual Education and Enrichment. He’ll join Rev. Sky St. John on Sunday, February 7 to speak and he’ll teach two Spiritual Education and Enrichment classes during our next SEE Intensive week beginning February 8.
From Rev. Sky St. John's Blog
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The Birds got it right.
Oct 21, 2009 •
My gym is on the second floor of a hotel and on the lanai, where the dreaded ab-crunchers are, you can see right into the tops of the palm trees planted down below. Between my tasteful grunts, I spotted two doves sitting next to each other on a gracefully drooping frond. I watched [...]
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Illness, Consciousness, and Father Damien
Aug 25, 2009 •
There was an article in yesterday’s newspaper, about Father Damien and his impending canonization. I worked in Kalaupapa over a two-year period as a nurse, so I was interested. Damien has long been one of my personal, spiritual heroes, which is why I wanted to work in the colony; I wanted to serve the same people he did, lived where he did, and walk the land the way he did.
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Peace or passion?
Aug 19, 2009 •
Rev. Sky proposes that for him, the spiritual journey is one of both peace and passion–both part of a cycle of grace.
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Aloha from Sky
Aug 16, 2009 •
I can’t tell you why I’ve felt compelled to begin this blog (I mean, don’t I have enough to do?). But I have. Maybe it’s because I believe that the internet is like the central nervous system for the whole planet, and I am trying to live in a way that at least gives the illusion of connectedness… So, I’m connecting. As a minister, there were some important decisions I had to make about this mode of connection—mostly deciding what I didn’t want to happen…
