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Where Prayer Begins

· Rev. Kristin Rev. Kristin Powell

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Rev. Kristin invites us to discover where prayer truly begins - not with closed eyes or spoken words, but with a turn toward something deeper. In honor of Unity's 33rd annual World Day of Prayer, she explores the practice of affirmative prayer, which does not deny our struggles or feelings but instead holds them within a greater truth: that divine presence, love, and possibility are always available to us. Drawing on the comforting ritual of steeping tea, Emmet Fox's Golden Key, and Joanna Macy's vision of the Great Turning, Rev. Kristin reminds us that a thousand small turns toward the divine can transform both our own consciousness and the world. Join us in affirming, "I turn to the divine in prayer, and my world turns toward the good."

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