Unity Santa Fe

10/26/2026

10/26/2026

"The Garden of Forgiveness"🌳 - Rev. Liz - October 25th, 2026

Dear Beloved One,

What are you watering in the garden of your consciousness? Regret? Resentment? Guilt? Or are you ready to plant something new? We all have moments we wish we could redo. But what if we stopped judging yesterday’s decisions with today’s consciousness?

Something may have happened to you, but it does not have to define you. Forgiveness doesn’t erase the past; it changes our relationship with it.

Explore with us the gifts of forgiving others and forgiving ourselves. We’ll consider what we’re ready to give away, what we’re ready to give up, and what becomes possible when we stop carrying what no longer belongs to us.

Join us as together we explore forgiveness as spiritual gardening: pulling the weeds, releasing what has completed its purpose, and creating room for love, peace, and possibility to grow. Sometimes the miracle isn’t that the past changes. The miracle is that we change our relationship with the past. And so it is.

With great gratitude and love always,

Rev. Liz

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"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you." —Lewis B. Smedes

"Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning." —Desmond Tutu

To err is human; to forgive, divine. - Alexander Pope

"Love yourself, accept yourself, forgive yourself and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things." Leo F. Buscaglia

"Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it." — Maya Angelou

“Forgiveness is a shift in perception, that removes a block in me, to my awareness of love’s presence.” A Course in Miracles

10/18/2026

"What to Do While You Are Waiting?" 🦋 - Rev. Liz - October 18th, 2026

Dear Beloved One,

We all have things we’re waiting for—a new beginning, greater peace, more love, or a change in circumstances. But what if the waiting isn’t wasted time? Like a caterpillar in transformation, we may be becoming something we cannot yet see. And like an actor, we can begin practicing our chosen role before the perfect cue arrives.

We often set intentions for what we want to receive, create, or experience.

But what if an intention is also an invitation to become? Perhaps waiting for our intentions to manifest, is actually the real gift that Spirit has for us. Perhaps it's what happens in our waiting that creates the greatest manifestation and transformation in our lives.

And what if the thing you’re waiting for isn’t something you need to receive, but something the Divine is calling you to be? Join us this Sunday as we explore how to stop putting our lives on hold while waiting for our intentions to manifest. Come discover how to embody and become your intentions and all that this can be.

With great gratitude and love always,

Rev. Liz

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“You have been waiting for a gift all the while but you forgot that you are the gift – unwrap the gem within and shine!” Bernard Kelvin Clive

“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” - Joseph Campbell

“Everything worthwhile is worth waiting for; everything worth waiting for…is worthwhile.” - Rita Janice Sall

“Like it or not, a caterpillar must first live as a chrysalis before becoming a butterfly. Maybe I remember those days because I am going through a chrysalis stage.” Isao Takahata

“The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.” Anne Morrow Lindbergh

10/06/2026

"More Than Gratitude" 🙌 - Rev. Liz - October 4th, 2026

Dear Beloved One,

What if gratitude isn’t about pretending everything is wonderful? What if it’s about becoming willing to notice what is already here?

Our minds are quite good at good at asking the question, “What’s wrong?” But what happens when we ask a different question: “What is here?” What beauty have we overlooked? What relationships, moments, gifts or possibilities have become so familiar that we no longer notice them?

We often look for miracles in the big moments—births, weddings, breakthroughs, answered prayers. But what about an ordinary Tuesday? The morning light. A familiar voice. A favorite song. A good laugh. A warm cup of coffee. Someone remembering your name.

Join us as we explore gratitude more as a spiritual practice of noticing—the practice of recognizing Divine Life expressing through the ordinary moments of our lives. Come discover the gifts that may be quietly present all along. You may even leave with a new question to carry with you: What is here that I haven’t noticed yet?

With great gratitude and love always,

Rev. Liz

“Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” Franz Kafka

“Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass… it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” – William Shakespeare

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” – Marcus Cicero

“Gratitude is the opener of locked-up blessings.” Marianne Williamson

“It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.” - Germany Kent

09/28/2026

"Yellow Brick Road" 🌈 - Rev. Liz - September 27th, 2026

Dear Beloved One,

We all grew up with the icon "Wizard of Oz". What if the story isn't just about Dorothy and her journey, but is the story of us? And what if the yellow brick road isn’t really taking us somewhere—but showing us something about ourselves?

Dorothy begins her journey wanting to get away from home, only to discover that what she’s really seeking is a way home. Along the way she encounters a Scarecrow, a Tin Man, a Cowardly Lion, a Wicked Witch, flying monkeys—all signposts pointing her and us toward our deepest truth.

Let's explore The Wizard of Oz as a metaphor for the spiritual journey—the journey from fear to faith, from doubt to discovery, and ultimately from looking outside ourselves to recognizing the Divine power that has been within us all along.

There’s no place like home. And perhaps home isn’t a place at all. Perhaps home is who we truly are.

With great gratitude and love always,

Rev. Liz

In-Person and online in our Zoom Cyber Sanctuary.


“Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” - Dorothy



"How can you talk, if you haven't got a brain?" / "Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?" - Dorothy and the Scarecrow



“You’ve always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it yourself.” - Glinda, the Good Witch of the North



“If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own backyard. Because if it isn’t there ```

09/22/2026

"Equinox Wisdom" ♎️ - Rev. Liz - September 20th, 2026

Dear Beloved One,

Fall is the season of letting go. Leaves fall. Days grow shorter. Nature turns inward. Perhaps we can learn something from the trees and the seasons about spiritual growth. The trees don’t lose their leaves. They release them. There’s a difference.

Maybe it’s a good time for us to ask: What am I carrying that I no longer need? An old resentment? A story about who I am? A fear about the future? This Fall Equinox, we’ll consider how a simple shift in perspective might change the way we look at endings, transitions, aging, relationships, dreams, and even ourselves.

Join us as we explore what we’re ready to release, what we’ve learned, and what new possibilities may be waiting for us. What if letting go isn’t losing something? What if it’s making room?

With great gratitude and love always,

Rev. Liz

"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." - F. Scott Fitzgerald



"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." - Albert Camus



“The trees are about to show us how lovely it is to let the dead things go.” - Anonymous



“The leaves are all falling, and they’re falling like they’re falling in love with the ground.” - Andrea Gibson



“I hope I can be the autumn leaf, who looked at the sky and lived. And when it was time to leave, gracefully it knew life was a gift.” Dodinsky