One of the expressive arts activities facilitated during our recent “Creative Renewal Retreat” was a group Mandala project. Participants were invited to work together to create an image that represented their prayers for self, local community, and the world. I share the intuitive process of how this project unfolded below. My intention is that…
Unity Arts Ministry’s spring book pick is Creativity by Matthew Fox. Book Description: “The author of Original Blessing explores how the highest communion with the Divine can be found right at our fingertips in the simplest expressions of human creativity. Drawn from a sermon that has electrified listeners, here is a concise, powerful meditation on the nature of…
Spreading ripples of kindness in our community and beyond! Unity Arts Ministry participated in creating a special “Kindness Rocks” project in partnership with Unity World Headquarters at Unity Village and Hazel Grove Elementary School. This project concept came as a response to do something positive following the Las Vegas shooting on October 1, 2017. Unity Arts Ministry…
This week we would like to highlight an important conversation that happened on the Unity.fm show, The Call of Spirit with host Rev. Evelyn Foreman. (Original Airdate: Wed Nov 8, 2017) In the show entitled, “Courageous Breath: Facing our Fears through Creativity & Inspiration,” Rev. Evelyn and her cohost Jenny Hahn, artist and cofounder of Creative Nectar Studio, and…
A quote hanging over my desk reads, “She believed she could, so she did.” With my belief that I could create a new ministry focused on creative expression – and the support of that belief by family and friends – I launched Unity Arts Ministry this year. I can not believe how much we have done in…
“Dreams and wishes, wishes and dreams… Sometimes they work, and sometimes they don’t. you never know how they’ll turn out in the end.” -Audrey Wood, Jubal’s Wish December is often a time of creating wish lists. Usually they are in the form of potential gifts we would like to receive from family or friends. This…
Grab your journal and pen. It’s time to start a Journalution! Our book group pick for the months of February and March is Journalution: Journal Writing to Awaken Your Inner Voice, Heal Your Life, and Manifest Your Dreams by Sandy Grason. Book Description: Studies confirm what avid journalers have always known: writing helps you move forward in…
Inspired by the upcoming holiday, I created a Visual Journal page dedicated to all the blessings in my life. In the following video I share with you the step-by-step process of the creation of my latest journal page. It was such fun to fill my page with all I am grateful for and to play…
It’s time to get your journals out! The new weekly Visual Journal workshop, Art & Soul, launches this week. I am excited to be sharing this creative outlet once again in my local community. In addition to teaching in person, I will be sharing images from my own journals here on the Unity Arts Ministry…
For more than 10 years, I have engaged in the practice of keeping a Visual Journal. It has become one of my favorite creative outlets for processing life, exploring emotions, and tuning into the center of my own being. Not only have I found tremendous healing and personal transformation through this process, but I have…