Our vision for Unity Church of Castro Valley is to reach out to our community in a spirit of cooperation and mutual respect through the Christ principles of acceptance, faith, kindness, and love. The focus will be to serve and nurture all souls who are seeking the Truth.

We will be expanding our leadership by providing opportunities to have a richer prayer life through classes, programs, and the music ministry.

We will encourage all individuals to “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” to find their own courage, intelligence, and to heal their hearts and lives.

We will provide a sanctuary of light where we will give a safe haven to those in need as we develop and grow our church family.

I will be speaking this month about what all of that means – starting this week with what the “Yellow Brick Road” is all about.

The Wizard of Oz is one of the best metaphysical movies ever made. We are not ‘off to see the Wizard;’ we are really off to see the God within.

You all know the story about Dorothy and her little dog Toto being carried off from black-an

The Wizard turns out to be a person with some metaphysical understanding of these concepts, however. He helps the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion realize that what they seek is within, and was always there. He tells the Scarecrow that “anybody can have a brain; that’s a very mediocre commodity,” and then awards him an honorary Th.D. (Doctor of Thinkology). He inducts the Cowardly Lion into the Legion of Courage for “meritorious conduct, extraordinary valor, and conspicuous bravery against wicked witches.” He presents the Tin Man with a heart, and says, “And remember, my sentimental friend, that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.”

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