Turning Points: In Our Worldview

THE UNITY CENTER

Turning Points: In Our Worldview

August 25, 2019 • Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell

READINGS:
“The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have not viewed the world.” Alexander von Humboldt

“It is always good to explore the stuff you don’t agree with, to try and understand a different lifestyle or foreign worldview. I like to be challenged in that way, and always end up learning something I didn’t know.” Laura Linney

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds.” Apostle Paul

“When I read the Upanishads which are part of Vedanta, I found a profundity of worldview that made my Christianity seem like third grade.” Huston Smith

“When you get a new worldview you get a new world. it’s like the shift from medieval Christianity to the Renaissance and enlightenment.” Barbara Marx Hubbard

“My philosophy comes from a worldview that looks at the world as one. It’s a holistic view that sees the world as interconnected and interdependent and integrated in so many different ways, which informs my politics.” Dennis Kucinich

“If your worldview starts with a problematic origin story, everything else is going to be infected.” William Dembski

“Everybody’s got a worldview. Everybody’s betting their life on something…You just better know why you’re betting what you’re betting on.” Rick Warren

Turning Points: in Well-Being

August 4, 2019 • Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell

READINGS “Life is not merely being alive, but being well.” Marcus Aurelius “Wellness is the complete integration of body, mind and spirit—the realization that everything we do, think, feel and believe has an effect on our state of well-being.” Greg Anderson “So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.” A.J. Reb Materi “It is essential to our well-being, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing.” Marcia Wieder “For everyone, well-being is a journey…the secret is committing to that journey and taking those first steps with hope and belief in yourself.” Deepak Chopra “It’s not what we do once in awhile that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.” Unknown? “A year from now you will have wished that you started today.” “Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.” Warren Buffett “You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.” John C. Maxwell “When “I” is replaced by “We” even illness becomes wellness.”

Turning Points in Abundant Living

August 11, 2019 • Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell

Turning Points: In Relationships

July 14, 2019 • Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell

READINGS: “Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.” Pema Chodron “When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help.” Thich Nhat Hanh “Not everyone thinks the way you think, knows the things you know, believes the things you believe, nor acts the way you would act. Remember this and you will go a long way in getting along with people.” Arthur Forman “People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.” Martin Luther King Jr. “Raise your words not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” Rumi “Every time you find some humor in a situation you win.” Snoopy