Miracles, Mystery, 
 ...and More, Please

November 1, 2025

October was a month of miracles, mystery, and beyond. I am part of an organization, the Affiliated New Thought Network, and we hosted another annual retreat at Unity Village. These retreats are literally epic in so many ways. As defined, they are: very large, impressive, and often awesome, something extremely cool, memorable, or great. This! For sure, EPIC!

Some moments in life take our breath away — not because they are grand or polished, but because they are real. The “Raise the Roof” evening of our retreat was one of those moments. It was a holy night — not because of perfection, but because of connection.

The following letter is shared with permission and represents a shining example of God outdoing me, uplifting my offerings, and the essential nature of connection to our most genuine, authentic self. Thank you, Kristy and Rosco, for being earth angels, too.



Tuesday night, my 13-year-old son and I entered the R.D. Goppert Event Center at Unity Village for a concert by singer, songwriter, and composer Rickie Byars. Tables of vendors selling crystals, tarot cards, psychic readings, massages, and more filled the lobby. This definitely differed from the Baptist Church I attended growing up. My son currently attends a Baptist Church on his own each Sunday. He said, “This is overwhelming.” I asked him if he wanted to go, and he said no. He skeptically watched as the choir began to dance and sing. 

Eventually, he began to tap his foot to the beat. Then I saw his body jiggling from side to side, as he then stomped his feet to the beat. Finally, he was clapping his hands and yelling, “Amen!!” I felt so much gratitude to have found a place where he could come and be safe and accepted. I LOVE music, and the music felt like a Baptist Church at a revival… When the good music happens.

Before I knew it, we were both clapping and dancing. We cheered and hollered. We raised our hands above our head to Raise the Roof! After the concert he asked to purchase a crystal bracelet that would help him with emotional regulation. He decided it wouldn’t hurt, or be anti-Baptist.

"Life/God outdoes me, over and over."

— Martha Creek

Next Reverend Dr. Martha Creek came and schooled us all on the current state of New Thought. She affirmed with conviction that EVERYONE is WELCOME. She repeated, “EVERYONE is Welcome.” Tears fell from my eyes. I knew God was there. The unity, goodness, joy, light, optimism, and intention were all palpable. I whispered to my son, “Isn’t it so cool that God is in here?” He said it was, and then I reminded him that wherever he is, God is. Because he is one with God.

What a powerful notion to believe that we are inherently good and worthy, rather than separate from a God to be feared. This shift is life-changing.

Afterwards, we walked the labyrinth and whispered to each other about what a labyrinth and meditation are. He felt accomplished after walking the ¾ mile walk. He admired the moon and stars as we walked. We spoke again about how God was right there with us. Everywhere.

I am thankful to Unity and Affiliated New Thought Network for the continual evolution of my belief systems in a safe space to explore. I am eternally grateful to have the opportunity to teach my children that God is good, God is always in them, and they are good in their very existence. What a stark contrast to my upbringing in church. I am thrilled to be here to continue to grow in my spirituality, faith, education, and personal and professional growth. I am also thankful for a night my son and I will never forget.

With gratitude,

Kristy Blagg

Raise the Roof Music and Message

Click on the video below to watch the "Deep Within/Raise the Roof" event at the Goppert Center in Unity Village.

When Gratitude Meets Reality

Moments like these stand in contrast to the heaviness that so often blankets our world. Traveling, working, listening to the news — many of us feel the “marine layer” that Anne Lamott so beautifully describes, a mist that settles over our hearts and makes it hard to remember the sunlight of Spirit.

Lamott once wrote,

“Mostly what we are left with in dark times is each other. One of us might remind the others to look around for fitful flickers of light, as a radical act.”

"There is a universal urge in every soul to express the fullness of its being. This urge is the call of God within." 

— Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity

There’s no denying that we live in challenging times — filled with division, fear, and uncertainty. Yet, even in the midst of it, there are “fitful flickers of light” — a child’s laughter, a kind word, a song — that lifts us to our feet.

When we practice ThanksLiving — gratitude as a way of life — we begin to see through the mist. Gratitude doesn’t deny difficulty; it transforms it. It doesn’t erase pain; it reveals the love that endures underneath it all.

Love, compassion, laughter — these are our spiritual lifelines. They don’t change the headlines, but they change us. And when we change, the world begins to soften, one encounter at a time.

"I wish I knew something that would work like a magic wand." 

— Anne Lamont

As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reminded us,

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

The path of gratitude and love is not naive — it is revolutionary. It resists the temptation to harden our hearts. It calls us to remember that we are connected, even when we disagree.

Unity in the Everyday

What I witnessed at Unity Village that night — a child’s curiosity, a mother’s tears, a crowd raising hands in unison — was more than a concert. It was a microcosm of what the world could be: open, inclusive, joyful, creative, and willing to expand.

In the glow of stage lights and moonlight, I saw the essence of our teaching made visible. We are each a unique expression of the Divine. We are inherently good. We are not separated from God but animated by God.

That realization, once truly embraced, changes everything.

It softens the fear that divides.

It expands the heart that has grown weary.

It invites us to participate in the ongoing creation of a more loving world.

And step by step, we walk — sometimes through labyrinths, sometimes through valleys — knowing that God is here, right where we are, and that love still wins.

So this Thanksgiving season — and every day that follows — may we practice ThanksLiving: Because the world needs more people who will keep love and gratitude in action, compassion in motion, joy that refuses to dim.

Love,

Martha Creek

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