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Unity Church-Unitarian, St. Paul, Minnesota
Unity Church follows a four-year cycle of monthly worship themes, with each year beginning in
September and ending in June. (Worship and programming in July and August does not follow themes.)
Worship Theme: Transcendence
Date: May 2012
Newsletter Reflection
Suggested Book and Film Titles
Books
The God Gene: How Faith Is Hardwired into Our Genes, by geneticist Dean Hamer,
explores connections between human biology and belief.
The Only Dance There Is, by the spiritual teacher Ram Dass, looks at the nature of
consciousness.
The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, is the classic French story that celebrates
enlightenment through exploration.
Poetry
The works of Rumi, Rainer Maria Rilke, Louise Glück, and Walt Whitman
Film
Beautiful Dreamers is a 1990 drama starring Rip Torn as Walt Whitman.
Up is a 2009 animated feature about a widower whose house floats into the sky with a
young scout aboard.
Sermon Podcasts
“Circle Round for Freedom,” Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs, May 27, 2012
“Flower Communion,” Rev. Janne Eller-Isaacs, May 20, 2012
“Rethinking Heaven,” Rev. Marlin Lavanhar, May 6, 2012