Unity Church of Clearwater

Leddy Hammock Highlights: Lyrics from “If I Were Brave” by Jana Stanfield: I am brave! What would I do if I knew that I could not fail? If I believed, would the wind always fill up my sail? If I were brave I'd walk the razor's edge where fools and dreamer's dare to tread, And never lose faith, even when losing my way. What step would I take today, if I were brave? What would I do today if I were brave? What if we're all meant to do what we secretly dream? … Like the mighty oak sleeps in the heart of a seed, are there miracles in you and me? If I refuse to listen to the voice of fear, would the voice of courage whisper in my ear? What would I do today if I were brave? I am brave!

Carol Record Highlights: Lyrics to “Right Where I Belong” by Claudia Carawan, Sloan Wainwright, & Sue Riley: Now, in this room full of smiling faces, I know I've found my home. This is where joy lives. This is where love is. This is a place where I am strong. This is where eyes meet, where kindred hearts beat. I am right where I belong. Now that my heart is opened, there's no place I'd rather be. This is where joy lives. This is where love is. This is a place where I am strong. This is where eyes meet, where kindred hearts beat. I am right where I belong!

Leddy Hammock Highlights: Inspired by lyrics to “Rise” by Faith Rivera I close my eyes, I open my heart. I take a deep breath, let the healing start. I lift my hands. I plant my feet. I let love in, I feel the beat that's calling us to rise! I ready my soul. I clear my mind. I'm here and now in present time. I feel the power of a thousand suns lighting up the dark. No turning back, onward to Promised Land! We feel the power of a thousand suns lighting up the dark. Love's calling out my name. Love's calling – that's why we came! Rise up! Reach for the sky! Going up high, Love is alive. We're bringing the light!

Leddy Hammock Highlights:   Lyrics to “Hallelujah Today!” by Denise Rosier:   With every mile, I'm reminded I never go empty-handed.  God is my strength, I'm never stranded. I'm not alone.    Every breath in me proclaims, Hallelujah today!   The road is long, but I will make it, that's who I am.   It's not the race but how I'm running; not who I was, who I'm becoming.   Steady on, I'll finish strong on this path.   Hear me now, I'm ringing out around the world!  In every song I sing, in every part of me, in everything!  Every breath in me proclaims, Hallelujah today!

Leddy Hammock Highlights:   Inspired by “Fill Me Now” by Sue Riley:   Here I stand, an empty vessel.  Quietly, I wait, a hollow shell.   As your love flows through me, I am still, I am still. Mold me in Thy image.  Silence all my fears, While I wait, obedient to Thy will.        Fill me now, fill me now, as I stand upon the crossroads of my life. I am open and receptive, I stand silent for Your blessings.  Fill me now.   This bread which is my body; this wine, the life of Christ – A spiritual communion, I am wise, I am wise. I become Your chalice, open to my Source – an infinite outpouring of God's love.   Fill me now, fill me now, as I stand upon the crossroads of my life. I am open and receptive, I stand silent for Your blessings.  Fill me now.

Leddy Hammock Highlights:   Inspired by lyrics to “My Every Notion” by Sue Riley & Glen Roethel:   Words I say come back to me. I choose my words carefully.   With my thoughts and words, I build my life.    As I speak, my words have power. My life opens like a flower.   This is why I know:  My every notion puts energy in motion.   What I say is what I get. So, when I feel I've lost my way, I find perfect words to say.  I look within, I make the choice, I take a breath, I lift my voice.         Words and thoughts are seeds that grow. This is why I know: My every notion puts energy in motion!

Leddy Hammock Highlights   God loves me and sees me well.     The place for my healing is right here, right where I am.   Now, in this moment, I am ready and willing to be healed.    Now is the time for me to go within and discover that I already know how it feels to be whole, how to heal.

Sean Schrader Lyrics to “Do All You Can” by “Devotion”:   “This is the gift they gave to us, to share wherever we go: ‘Be the change you wish to see in the world.'  Now I understand what they wanted us to know.         Do all you can with what you have, in the time you have in the place you are, do all you can.”    This is what I came here for: to do all I can.         Do all you can with what you have, in the time you have in the place you are, do all you can.”

Carol Record Inspired by lyrics to “It's Up to Me” by Sue Riley, Nathen Aswell, Glen Roethel:   “If I seek the Truth, let me speak the Truth.  If I'm lost in doubt, let me believe. I know I can be the change I want to see. If it's to be, it's up to me.      If I'm feeling stressed, let me stop and rest.  If I'm feeling hurt, let me forgive. I know I can be the change I want to see.  If it's to be, it's up to me.   If I dream of peace, let me live in peace.  When I start from love, I am love. I know I can be the change I want to see.  If it's to be it's up to me.”

Carol Record Lyrics from “Sweeping Up My Own Side of the Street” by Sue Riley & Melinda Wood Allen:     “Taking time to stop and smell the roses on the way, planting what I want to see,  pruning what's not serving me, tending my own garden every day.   I'm exactly where I'm meant to be. Every step I take just moves me closer to my dreams.   Your grass might be a brighter green. That's for you, not for me.  I'm exactly where I'm meant to be.   Not gonna be the one to cast a stone. Won't point a finger at your faults, got plenty of my own.  ‘Cause, when I toss that judgment thing, it comes back like a boomerang.   I'm sweeping up my own side of the street, clearing out the clutter, pulling up the weeds, finding out it's quite enough just taking care of my own stuff, sweeping up my own side of the street.”

Leddy Hammock Lyrics from “Rising in Love” by David Roth:   I always find it surprising, the way people say that they're falling in love when I always thought I was rising . . . .  I'm not falling at all; I am rising in love.       Everyone talks about tying the knot, … but the feeling of love should be freeing – lifting each other up instead of giving one another a shove.  We won't be falling at all; we'll be rising in love.   How do you let love grow?  You've got to give it a chance when you've found it. We won't be falling at all; we'll be rising in love.      The deeper the river, the greater the trust and the more that we're rising above.   We're not falling at all; we are rising in love.

Leddy Hammock “Living in My Heartland” by Sue Riley and Claudia Carawan:   I'm gonna make a new start, lead with my heart, I've never felt so sure.   I'm gonna follow where I'm called, it may not be the easy road, Because I've finally found my home, living in my heartland.   Now I like those quiet days, I love the peaceful pace, It's now what I call home.     Sometimes the road less traveled, feels like the real frontier  But when I'm true to who I am, the path is free and clear. I've finally found my home, living in my heartland.”

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Look How Far You've Come” by Sue Riley:    Hasn't it been great?… Let's talk about the future. Let's cool off with the rain.   We've come through the desert and now we sit here in the shade. Though we're not where we were heading, just look how far we've come.   I now see the beauty in the days that have gone by.   Each day, I remind myself to treasure what I have. Look how far I've come!

Leddy Hammock Lyrics to “That's What Love Is” by Lisa Aschmann, Karen Taylor Good, and Freebo   It's a whisper you hear in the midst of your fear. It's revealing.   It's a part of the heart and it's just who we are. It's so healing.   It's the power inside, always wins over pride, never judges.   And it strengthens and comforts us all. That's what love is.

Leddy Hammock We take to heart these mighty words of The Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., spoken in 1963:  “As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.” “With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope ….” “With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together….” “With this faith we will be able … to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day…. Let freedom ring!”

Leddy Hammock Lyrics by Daniel Nahmod to “Everything New”:   “Bring it on — everything new, everything different, everything true.  I am ready for my next thing to do.  Oh, I know it's gonna be everything new.”   “I think I finally learned to bring it on, everything new.”       “I think it's time to bring it on, everything new.”    “So bring it on, everything new, everything different, everything true.  I am ready for my next thing to do.  Oh, I know, it's gonna be everything new.”

Leddy Hammock Lyrics to “Ready to use the Gifts I've Been Given” by Jana Stanfield & Greg Tamblyn:   “Lately, I've been noticing how much I've been blessed With people to love, peace of mind, and happiness. It makes me want to pass along the love I've received As a way of giving thanks for what's been given to me.”   “I've got a strong heart and I'm ready. I've got a strong love and I'm ready. I'm ready to use the gifts I've been given To make this world a better place to live in.”   “I thought I had to have it all before I could share, Till I realized what's mine to give has always been there. Well, I may not make a difference that the whole world can see, But if I can show more kindness, that's what matters to me.”   “I've got a strong heart and I'm ready. I've got a strong love and I'm ready. I'm ready to use the gifts I've been given to make this world a better place to live in.”

Leddy Hammock Inspired by “A Quiet Christmas” by Michael Gott:    My heart longs for a quiet Christmas, far from the hurry and the noise, for peace on earth meets peace of mind.     I can slow my mind.  Just breathe, don't run away, just breathe, and leave the  cares behind.  I know I don't have to hide.  I can find a quiet place inside.   My heart longs for a quiet Christmas, far from the hurry and the noise, where peace on earth meets peace of mind.       Suddenly, there's the joy, there's the peace.  I am ready for a quiet Christmas.

Leddy Hammock Make of my heart a cradle, Lord, so love will come and lay there.   Make of my heart a shelter, Lord, so love will come and stay there.   Make of my heart a manger, Lord, where Love's the only answer.   Make of my heart a stable, Lord, glowing for light for miles in the darkness so Love will find its way there.

Leddy Hammock The Child of peace is hope to all the world.   The Child of Peace is born in me.     I give my heart to the Child of Peace within all humankind.     Show me how to be a Child of Peace.

Dell deChant Lyrics from “Letting Go of Holding On” by Richard Mekdeci & Mario Freidel:   “I let go of the feelings that feed on lack and greed. I let go of the reasons keeping me in need. I let go of the fear that there's never enough. And I stop holding on, to what is not love.   We breathe in, we breathe out. It's all give and take. They're one with each other, for all of goodness' sake.   The loaves and the fishes were blessed, then released and barely enough, turned into a feast …. I'm letting go of holding on, seeking first the kingdom of God.   I'm letting go of holding on. God is my Shepherd, I shall not want. I'm letting go of holding on. Seeking first the kingdom of God.

Leddy Hammock Lyrics to “Who You Really Are” Richard Mekdeci, Sage & Sue Riley “I know who you really are – I see it in your eyes. Oh, you are a shining star – I know who you really are! Oh, I know who you're here to be – I see it in your eyes: A light for the world to see – I know who you're here to be…. Oh, I know who you really are – I see it in your eyes. Oh, you are a shining star – I know who you really are. I now release the limits of the past and let my light shine in this bright New Year.

Leddy Hammock Negative expectations come to nothing, while positive and loving thoughts are manifesting now.   Every good thought, like an angel presence, goes before me to make my way easy, safe, prosperous, and happy.   I deny the stumbling blocks of doubt, fear, and worry, and instead I build up a strong and positive consciousness, paving the way to good outcomes.   I reflect on the good I expect, and as I conceive it, I receive it – or something even better!

Leddy Hammock Highlights from Psalm 91 I shall not fear.  There is no evil, for God is the only Presence and the only Power. I shall not fear, for there is no absence of life, substance, or intelligence, anywhere. I shall not fear.  Pain, sickness, poverty, old age, and death cannot master me, for they are not real.  I dwell on thoughts of Truth—“angel thoughts.” There is nothing in all the universe for me to fear, for we belong to God, children, and the One who is within us is greater than anything in the world.

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics, “Share the Dream of Peace” by Sue Riley, David Roth, & Jana Stanfield: “My skin may be a diff'rent shade, my language not the same. I pray in different places, I call God by different names. My clothing may not be like yours, might stand out in a crowd. But in universal Spirit, there are diff'rences allowed. We have the precious present and our presence holds the key to a world that is more loving, as we share the dream of peace. My arms embrace my children. I fall in love, I cry. I marvel at the sunset as another day goes by. But halfway ‘round the world, I know, your rain brings rainbows, too. Though we might seem so different, I am just the same as you. Imagining the future, remembering the past. Together we can co-create a vision that will last.

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “As You Believe” by Claudia Carawan: Spread your wings and fly. You belong to the sky. Many wonders lie waiting within your mind's eye. As you believe, you will receive. With great clarity, claim your destiny. Beyond perceived boundaries lies possibility. Keep hanging on sight unseen. The world belongs to those who believe in their dreams. You will receive as you believe.

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “It Works when You Work It” by Sue K. Riley & Fred Bogert: “It works, when I work it! My good comes pouring through. It works, when I work it – these principles of Truth. … I know that I am ready to receive …. If I trust my heart to lead, then love comes pouring through …. My good will know my face. I'm making room for miracles and saving room for grace.”

Leddy Hammock My life is in order and I am ready to receive my good.   I do not make excuses.  I make ready.    My mind is now open, my heart is receptive to be healed and happy.      I am open to give love and to receive love, to love and to be loved.

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics from “Healing in the Hands of Time” by Karen Taylor-Good & Lisa Aschmann:   God has a gentle salve for the wounded, a pillow for the weary soul.    God is time and makes us whole.    God is taking us all on a journey, knows exactly ev'ry inch of this road and, if we could only see farther down it, we would know as God knows.   God, Father Time, the Master of Surprises, will surprise us once again.   Right here and now, we're all healing in the hands of time.

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “I Wish You Strength”  by Jana Stanfield, Tim Bays, & Matt Wilder:    I wish you strength to rise unafraid, like the morning sun, taking on the day, Because when you shine, you light up the place. So, I wish you strength.   I wish you faith, that you'll overcome, whatever you face ….   Beyond any words, as certain as grace, I wish you faith.   I wish you could see, the you that I see, there at the edge of possibility.   I pray that you will find, all that you need.   I wish you peace, that comes from within, a gentle release, of all that might have been, like the stillness that waits, between waking and sleep, I wish you peace.  I wish you faith, I wish you peace, I wish you strength.

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “This Place” by Richard Mekdeci:   This place stirs my love for life, brings me home to paradise.         This place holds me in its arms, breathes on me the breath of God.     Oh, when I think about this place. It always heals me somehow.   This place –best of times, best of friends, the best of everything. Every face in this place, I will be remembering.  

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “I Dreamed of Rain,” by Jan Garrett: “I dreamed of rain and the rains came, soft and easy, sweet and clear …. I dreamed of summer and the winds changed and the green was easy and the rivers ran clear …. I dreamed of freedom and the moon rose and the way was easy and the path was clear …. I dreamed of freedom and the moon rose …. I dreamed of heaven and the earth sang and the sound was easy and the song was clear …. And peace spread over the land.”

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Everything Is Sacred” by Denise Rosier: Everything is sacred. Everything is filled with the divine. Everything is alive with Spirit, with Spirit. Everything is a wonder, unfolding right before our eyes. Everything is alive with Spirit, with Spirit. Everything is a blessing, bursting from the earth and sky. Everything is alive with spirit, with Spirit. Everyone is sacred, everyone is filled with the divine. Everyone is alive with Spirit …..

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics from “Peace, Return to Me” by Sue Riley, Richard Mekdeci, & Patricia Bahia: When I'm feelin' far from home, peace return to me. In the chaos of the storm, peace return to me. When I feel I'm all alone, peace return to me. When it seems I can't go on, peace return to me. When I feel I'm not enough, peace return to me. When I'm ruled by fear and not by love, peace return to me. When forgiveness can't be found, Peace return to me. When I'm standing here on shaky ground, peace return to me. Peace be still, Peace be still, in the heart of everything. Peace be still, peace be still, peace return to me.

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Your True Calling” by Jana Stanfield:   When you hear a voice, no one else can hear, yet it's clear and loud, ringing in your ear. And you finally know, what it's time to do, that's your true calling, calling you.   When your heart's wide open 'cause your mind's been changed and the dreams you dream are not the same, there's a gate that's open, you can walk right through.  That's your true calling, calling you.   You ask yourself, “Is this a voice I can trust?” You think you can't, but you know that you must.  You're afraid you'll fall, if you let go. But, there's only one way you'll ever know.   Those wings you keep folded are meant to be used when your true calling is calling you. You ask yourself, Am I asking too much? You think you can't, but you know that you must.   There's a gate that's open, you can walk right through, that's your true calling, calling you!

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “I Am Not Lost, I'm Exploring” by Jana Stanfield: “I walked a mile with sorrow, I walked a mile with joy, And now I'm less afraid of either one.” “I'm not lost, I am exploring. Life is an adventure worth enjoying. Though I may not know where I'm going, I am not lost, I am exploring.” “Some like me are seekers, we take less traveled roads, Believing we can find a better way. And though I may get discouraged, I won't be turning back I have joy as my compass and faith as my map.” “All of us are headed for the same destination, So why not blaze a trail that's got imagination? I'm not lost, I am exploring. Life is an adventure worth enjoying. Though I may not know where I'm going, I am not lost, I am exploring.”

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics from “Father's Day” by Johnsmith:    In my heart, I hear my Father say that He loves me.      God, my Infinite Father, hears my every prayer and answers me in perfect ways.    In my heart, I hear my Father tell me that He loves me.    So, now, I try to say “I love you,” every chance I get.

Leddy Hammock Based on lyrics from “I Made Room for Grace” on Sue Riley's CD: “I Am Love”: When I stop resisting, I get what I needed – and so much more. Rather than insisting on my own way, I open my arms in surrender. Since I made room for grace, I just stepped aside and opened up a space. Now the blessings arrive every day, since I made room for grace.

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Everything Changes” by Sue Riley and Tom Kimmel:   When everything changes, I can change anything. Turning the pages, everything's new.   If life's little stages are teaching me anything, it's everything changes and I can change, too.   When everything changes, I can change anything. Turning the pages, everything's new.   If life's little stages are teaching me anything, it's everything changes and I can change, too.

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to the “Peace in Our Lifetime” chant by Richard Mekdeci: One life, one love, one peace in our lifetime – one life at a time. One Truth, one world, one peace in our lifetime – one life at a time. One life, one love, one life at a time – one life at a time. One voice, one choice one peace in our lifetime; one prayer, one dream – one life at a time.

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Closer than You Think” – Sue Riley, Glen Roethel & Melinda Wood Allen:   “When all your dreams are hooked on a shooting star And the star falls down, remember how great you are. You are the guiding star you need….   Your day in the sun, the moment seems lost in time, When the sun sinks low, remember how bright you shine. You are the only light you need….   The road is long, and you feel weary. Take one more step, you are nearly home. Shadows of time, love that has passed you by And your hope runs out. Give it just one more try.   Love may be closer than you think. Don't stop now. You're closer than you think.

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics from “Footprints” by Sue Riley: The Mother side of God's Love is selfless and unconditional, as if to say, “Stay right behind me and I will lead the way.” The Mother side of God's love knows how to let go, as if to say, “I know you are frightened, but I will keep you safe.” The Mother side of God's Love gives life as a labor of love, as if to say, “You shall know no harm.” The Mother side of God's love shows us the path and helps us find our way, as if to say, “Walk in my footprints.”

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Joy in the Journey” by Megon McDonough: God guides and provides, shelters and sustains us. The joy is in the journey. The Spirit of the LORD goes with us and before us, by day and by night, to show the way. Our journey has been long and not always easy. In the fullness of time, we have never wanted for any good thing. Even when we could not see the path before us, the way has been revealed. We have not traveled alone. The joy is in the journey.

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Pay Attention” Joyce Johnson Rouse (Earth Mama), based on wisdom attributed to Chief Seattle):     Pay attention to the trees, pay attention to the river. Pay attention to the bees.  Pay attention to the weather.   Pay attention to the waters, to the dreams, to the forests, to the streams. Pay attention to the glaciers, to the breeze, to the frost line and the coastline and the coral beneath the seas.   Pay attention to the wisdom, to the brothers and sisters living close to the Earth. We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors. We are just borrowing it from our children.     This we know: The Earth does not belong to us.  We belong ….to the Earth.

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Love Is Everything” by Denise Rosier:   Love is the power that moves like the mighty sea, the peace that brings wars to cease. Love is everything.   Love is the voice that calls us into being. It's the joy that makes a songbird sing, the word that every language speaks, the Name that is above all things.   Love is everything.   Love can't hide, be pushed aside, or be unseen.   It's you and me.  Love is everything.   Love stands beside us.  It goes before us. Love is everything. It moves around us, it restores us.  Love is everything.

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Spirit Move!” by Denise Rosier: There is no holding back the power in this room right now, Rising up as a force of love so high it can't come down. Every soul is a soul on fire Burning bright with the Light of Life Here we are open wide; there's no place we can hide Like a river deep and, rolling out like a mighty flood, Love's filling every heart and pouring out of us. Feel it breaking down the walls, building everybody up. It's taking over now; there's no way it can stop. Spirit move everything. Spirit move in the space between. Spirit move.

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Rise” by Faith Rivera – We rise as one! I close my eyes, I open my heart. I take a deep breath, let the healing start. I lift my hands. I plant my feet. I let love in, I feel the beat that's calling us to rise! I ready my soul. I clear my mind. I'm here and now in present time. I feel the power of a thousand suns lighting up the dark. No turning back, onward to Promised Land! We feel the power of a thousand suns lighting up the dark. Love's calling out my name. Love's calling – that's why we came! Rise up! Reach for the sky! Going up high, Love is alive. We're bringing the light!

Leddy Hammock Inspired by an Irish blessing: May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face. May the rains fall soft upon your fields. And, until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Butterfly” by Jana Stanfield & Joyce Johnson Rouse Please tell me again, I'm gonna be alright. I can feel a change is comin', I can feel it in my skin. I can feel myself outgrowing this life I've been living in. All of the things that we long for are born on the wings of change. Losses can lead us to blessings that we can't explain. Butterflies remind us, there's magic in every life.

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Amazing Things” by Megon McDonough and Jana Stanfield You will do amazing things with the choice each new day brings, And with every step you take, bless the progress that you make. Oh, the places you will go and the people you will know. Don't worry when or where or how. You don't need to know that now. You're on the right track. No need to look ahead or back. Just enjoy what this day brings. You will do amazing things. Love your life, love your dreams. You will do amazing things.

Leddy Hammock Lyrics to “I Don't Need To Know (for God knows)” by Daniel Nahmod   I don't need a master plan. I can live here in the moment, for my life is in good hands.   I don't need to know what the future holds, for God knows.    It comes so clear to me, that the minute I surrender, I'm as safe as I could be.    I can just let go, for God knows.