Discovering Eric Butterworth

How do our thoughts create our life experience? In this fifth of 12 broadcasts in our Discover the Power Within You series, host Tom Thorpe and guest cohost Michael Maday respond to Eric Butterworth's insights about the creative power of thought.

Host Tom Thorpe and guest cohost Michael Maday respond to Eric Butterworth's unique insights about the Beatitudes, the opening statements of the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew. This is the fourth of 12 broadcasts in our Discover the Power Within You series.

Eric Butterworth observed, "The central theme of Christianity has been sin and evil. We have heard more about Hell than Heaven, more about the Devil than about God." In today's broadcast, we'll hear Eric Butterworth's positive alternative to this negative emphasis in traditional Christian teaching. Unity ministers Tom Thorpe and Michael Maday will co-host.

Eric Butterworth writes "JESUS had a unique concept of God. To Him, God was not an object of worship but a Presence dwelling in us, a force surrounding us, and a Principle by which we live." In today's broadcast, the second in our 12-part Discover the Power Within You series, we'll hear Eric Butterworth's observations about the Divine Presence Jesus discovered within himself. Unity ministers Tom Thorpe and Michael Maday will co-host.

In the first chapter of Discover the Power Within You, Eric Butterworth writes "Somehow man has always known with Walt Whitman that not all of him is included between his had and his boots." In today's broadcast, the first of a 12-part series focusing on Discover the Power Within You, host Tom Thorpe and guest co-host Michael Maday share and explore Eric Butterworth's thoughts about both the nature of and the essential human need for the spiritual quest.

In the final live broadcast of 2012, host Tom Thorpe and guest cohost Michael Maday share one of Eric Butterworth's memorable Christmas Eve radio broadcasts. Eric tells his listeners, "Christmas has little magic in it when we are just looking backward to worship the child in the manger. Magic is found by looking forward to that day when our own Christ Child may unfold in our lives-a time to look inward to Its presence, right now."

As 2012 draws to a close, host Tom Thorpe and guest co-host Michael Maday share Eric Butterworth's thoughtful lecture on the importance of maintaining a "forward focus." Speaking of challenging life experiences, Butterworth tells us "Something caused it, but the effect fulfills the causation. It has come to pass, and you should give thanks for the lesson, and then, let it go. Let it go. Let it go ... and walk on." Tom and Michael share thoughts about the wisdom of "walking on" as well as how to do it!

In this final series based on ideas expressed by Eric Butterworth in his preordination essay exam in 1948, host Tom Thorpe, guest co-host Michael Maday, and special guest licensed Unity teacher Mark Hicks look at Eric's views on the nature of the quest for Truth, as well as Eric's perspectives on healing and Wholeness, prayer and how prayer works, and the death experience as a part of life.

Tom Thorpe and guest co-host Michael Maday continue exploring and discussing Eric Butterworth's insightful responses on his ordination examination. We'll discuss the nature and the ministry of Jesus Christ and whether/how we can really follow him on the spiritual path. We'll also discuss healing and wholeness ... and who knows what else!

Tom Thorpe and guest co-host Michael Maday, along with special guest, licensed Unity teacher Mark Hicks, share and explore some of Eric Butterworth's very insightful responses to a detailed ordination examination he completed in the late 1940s, long before the publication of his first book. The nature of God and the nature of humankind will be among the subjects we explore today.

In this final installment of our series based on the life and work of Unity's co-founder, Charles Fillmore, Eric Butterworth shares his thoughts about Charles Fillmore's understanding of the meaning of life. Tom Thorpe and Michael Maday co-host.

Charles Fillmore's favorite verse of Scripture was Colossians 1:27: "Christ in you, the hope of glory." In today's broadcast, Eric Butterworth responds to Charles Fillmore's understanding of the Christ, the Divine Idea of the perfect human, the true nature not only of Jesus of Nazareth, but of every human being. Tom Thorpe is joined by guest co-host Michael Maday.

"All power," Charles Fillmore declared, "is born in the Silence." In today's broadcast, Eric Butterworth explores Fillmore's understanding of the Silence, a place in consciousness beyond words and thoughts. Tom Thorpe is joined by guest co-host Michael Maday.

Charles Fillmore saw a very close relationship between spirituality and science, and, like many New Thought leaders, took a scientific approach to the teachings of Jesus Christ. In today's broadcast, Eric Butterworth discusses Fillmore's understanding of the relationship between science and religion. Tom Thorpe is joined by guest co-host Michael Maday.

Myrtle Fillmore's healing from a life-threatening illness inspired the foundation of the Unity movement. In today's broadcast, Eric Butterworth explores Charles Fillmore's understanding of healing as a return to the awareness of Wholeness. Join Tom Thorpe and guest co-host Michael Maday.