Prayer Chaplain Corner 
Greetings from your Prayer Chaplain Team
First off I want to express gratitude for all of the blessings that have come my way over the years. There are too many to mention here but I can tell you that I am very blessed! Thanks to everyone in my life who have offered me help and support along the way.
I also want share how grateful I am to be part of this amazing prayer chaplain team!! You see me renew my commitment year after year. I do this because I've seen my life change in many positive ways through the simple act of prayer. The work I do for Unity is meant to serve others. This has transformed my life. Through the power of faith I will keep this transformation going!
When my turn comes to write the Prayer Chaplains Corner, I've decided to slowly go over the twelve powers that are the foundation of Unity's message to the world. This time around I'm going over the powers of Dominion and Imagination.
All of this comes from a book written by Paul Hasselbeck and Cher Holden. The book is titled "Power Up, the twelve powers revisited as Accelerated Abilities." The power of Dominion is the ability to master, dominate and control base senses, thoughts, feelings and beliefs. It is represented by the color purple and the apostle Phillip. This power is located in the throat, back of the tongue and voice box. A great affirmation for this power is "I claim Dominion now. I use dominion to master Divine ideas so I can be the best Christ I can be."
The power of imagination is the ability to visualize, conceptualize and envision. It is represented by light blue and the apostle Bartholomew. This power is located between the eyes. "I claim imagination now. I visualize and imagine how to be the best Christ I can be."
I truly believe that, with a little faith sprinkled in, we live our best lives when the twelve powers are embedded in our lives.
I'll close by simply saying that Unity has changed my life in many positive ways. I'm grateful for everyone who have encouraged me along the way. I thank each and every one of you. I'm sure you know who you are!!
Namaste!! Mark Laverent
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A Poem by Schuyler Cronley
Christ of Galilee
In the ever-radiating Presence of a power I cannot see;
I can feel the Christly essence of the man of Galilee.
His cloak is ‘round about me, his words clearly in my ears;
No longer do I fear the tempest, nor the passing of the years.
The loving truth he taught me will forever be my guide;
I shall no longer stumble upon the path at eventide.
For the ever-radiating presence of this power I cannot see;
Holds me safely and securely, O blessed Christ of Galilee.
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Notes From a Skylark, By Schuyler Cronley
Who Do You Think You Are?
Many people have asked this question of one another a great many times and received many varied answers. If you want a real “Stumper” answer to this question the next time someone asks it of you, you could say, “I am a son of God” – Of course, there is only one catch to that, and that is that you have to live and act like one to prove it.
What Do You Have To Lose?
A short time ago in our newspapers, there was the story of a young woman who was told that, if after being hypnotized, she could arise from her chair and walk over to a small table and pick up a large sum of money lying there, she could have the money for her own. She was not able to do this, and of course she did not receive the money. Someone asked her how it felt to lose such a large sum of money, to which she replied, “It was not mine to lose!”
This is an old principle of Truth, but it bears much repetition and re-emphasis in our daily living. Nothing is really man’s in this world to lose, but he has everything to gain, provided he seeks such things for the purpose of using them with the knowledge that they are not his to lose and that his acquirement of them is not his gain, but God’s, who gave them. Even man’s life is not his to lose – that’s the reason Jesus Christ tried so hard to get man to do the things with his life and his body that would honor God and preserve life.
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Ever Thought about Being the Way of Love,
By becoming a Prayer Chaplain and opening your heart to allow the voice of the Divine to flow through you out to others. Have you ever thought about being a conduit of the Healing Force of the universe allowing the Living Waters to wash over your being and flow out to others? To learn more about being a Prayer Chaplain and allowing the healing Presence to flow through you and out to others, speak to Rene Holubec or RevDoc Patrick about what you might need to do and when the next training will be.
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