Do your fears overcome you? Are you ever driven by frustration? Are there times when you are consumed by resentment?  In today’s broadcast, Eric Butterworth explains how we can meet life’s  challenges—no matter how great those challenges become—in a healthy, affirming way.

A common trap, Eric Butterworth tells us, is to fall into the thought, “Well, you know, after all, I’m only human. What can you expect?” We accept weakness as the starting point, when, in fact, we are not only human. We are human and Divine. And, within the shell of the human being is the Divine Creature that we can be, but it must simply be “hatched.” In today’s broadcast, Eric Butterworth shows us ways to realize our divine inheritance and permanently release any view of ourselves as “only human.”

In this first broadcast of 2012, Eric Butterworth issues a challenge: “Dare to feel that innate Presence, to accept its inspiration, to launch out in the faith that you are supported! And I dare you, today, to step out, to believe in the thread of inspiration that unites you with the creativity of Spirit.”  Start 2012 on a positive note as you listen and learn from Eric’s inspiring challenge. 

Eric Butterworth wrote: “The greatest lesson that can be learned from history is that although 'the many' have done mediocre things that have led to a progression of almost meaningless events, here and there, individuals have done things that herald the greater possibilities that are open to the whole human race. And, the great Principle is, 'What man has done, man can do.'”  Listen as Eric shares his thoughts in this final broadcast in the “Going Through or Growing Through?” series. 

Eric Butterworth taught that we can either “look at God through our troubles” or “look at our troubles through God.” Are these just gimmicky phrases? Or is there a lesson in Eric’s words that we can use to change our experience of life? Listen in as we explore the first of three fascinating lectures.

Eric Butterworth said that one of the great errors to be unlearned is that prayer is a prescribed ritual. Prayer, Eric says, is conditioning our lives. It is “giving way to the consciousness of God.” Listen as Eric explains how to restore our Divine connection by “giving way.” 

Eric Butterworth believed that spiritual marriage takes place first within the individual, as s/he learns to fully accept and express the wholeness of his/her male and female natures. The marriage of two spiritually awakened souls can become a constantly unfolding experience that grows richer through the years. Listen as Tom and his guest, Joanna Saliani, discuss Eric’s views and consider their ongoing relevance in today’s world.

It is important, Eric Butterworth tells us, that we pray with and in Divine mind. The greatest need in prayer is to recognize that the answer to prayer already exists in the depths of our consciousness. Our work is to open the way in consciousness for answers to express. Listen as Eric Butterworth explores how the Divine Mind Process works.

As Hooked on Classics continues a series based on The Universe Is Calling, Discovering Eric Butterworth explores lectures from The Art of Prayer Conditioning that address similar subjects. To say "Amen" at the close of a prayer time is to affirm the Truth of what we've declared in prayer. Eric Butterworth observes that we sometimes, without realizing we're doing so, affirm NEGATIVITY with our "Amen." In this episode, Butterworth helps us learn to say "Amen" to only our most positive thoughts.

Eric Butterworth's teachings about prayer offer a fresh, powerful, and, yes, sometimes disturbing contrast to what others have taught about this most important, most discussed, and possibly most misunderstood spiritual concept. Listeners of this broadcast of Discovering Eric Butterworth will also be interested in the September 20, 2011, broadcast of Hooked on Classics, also on Unity Online Radio, which begins a discussion of Butterworth's classic work on prayer, The Universe Is Calling. Bring new power and life to your prayer experience as you listen to both of these programs.

Eric Butterworth often defined success not in terms of "getting there," but rather in terms of "earning the right to be there.” In this two-part series, Unity minister Tom Thorpe and his guests Linda and Gary Pezzuti share some of Eric Butterworth's thoughts about this exciting insight and talk about how applying it has changed their lives. Linda and Gary were both members of Eric Butterworth's New York congregation and close associates of both Eric and Olga Butterworth. 

"The Secret of the Parables."  In this broadcast, Eric Butterworth explores the Gospel parables, stories that while not pretending to be factual, teach a lesson or convey a message of lasting significance.

The Prophets of Israel and Judah: Listen in as we explore the metaphysical significance of the prophets and their message.

In this episode, we explore Eric Butterworth's view of Exodus 3, Moses' encounter with God in the Burning Bush. The audio excerpts are taken from a lecture titled "The I AM and the Birth of a Nation."

This episode is the first of a two-part discussion of Eric Butterworth's thoughts about "The Upward Fall of Man," based on Genesis 2 and 3.

Our Bible study continues and deepens as we listen to Eric Butterworth's explanation of the Bible's central theme and central story. It's the story of every human life.

Special guest Rev. John Strickland joins host Tom Thorpe for the final installment of our three part "Faith" series. Listen to Tom and John discuss Eric Butterworth's thoughts about how each of us has far greater potential than we may have realized.

Eric Butterworth challenges many "conventional" ideas about faith and how faith works. In this broadcast, Eric explainst how our faith is conditioned by our understanding of our relationship with God.

Host Tom Thorpe is teaching and speaking in the United Kingdom and discusses Eric Butterworth's influence on the development of the Unity movement in the UK. Eric visited and spoke in the UK and was very well received. Unity ministers, leaders and students in the UK join in the discussion.

According to Eric Butterworth, positive thinking is not repeating positive statements until we come to believe them. Listen as Butterworth tells us how he believes positive thinking actually works.  

Today we begin an exploration of thinking and the power of thought. Listen as Eric Butterworth explains how incidents do not control our thinking process. We always have a choice.

What is your view of Jesus Christ, his mission, and his role in the life of people today? In this two-part series, Eric Butterworth, assisted by his wife, Olga, explain their view of Jesus—his nature, his mission and his value as "the great example" for spiritual seekers today. Join us for this conversation with host Tom Thorpe and his guests.

This episode focuses on Eric Butterworth's view of the nature of God and humankind's relationship with God. "Eachness" and "Allness" are not mere intellectual concepts, but practical ways of understanding ourselves as expressions of God.

"Our real nature," Eric Butterworth tells us, "is love. Love is not ‘finding the right person,’ but being the right person." Join host Rev. Tom Thorpe and ministerial student Mona Krane for the first of a two-part discussion of Butterworth's plan for a recommitment to love outlined in his classic text Life Is For Loving.

In the third of four broadcasts focusing on Eric Butterworth's teachings about prayer in The Universe Is Calling, host Rev. Tom Thorpe and guest co-host Carolynn Conley explain Butterworth's view of affirmative prayer, share Unity prayer treatments, and demonstrate how listeners can create a very personal Book of Common Prayer that will address the prayer needs in their lives.

Join Rev. Tom Thorpe and guest co-host Carolynn Conley as they begin a four-week series based on Eric Butterworth's teachings about prayer. The programs will include material from Butterworth's book The Universe Is Calling. In this first broadcast we will look at what prayer is, and clarify some common misunderstandings about how prayer works.

In this third broadcast of our series based on Eric Butterworth's book Spiritual Economics, we look at what Butterworth calls "the money enigma." We also explore Butterworth's method for reversing financial adversity and finding real security in a constantly changing world.

In this first of four broadcasts, we begin an exploration of the Prosperity Principle as presented by Eric Butterworth in his book, Spiritual Economics. In this broadcast, we look at spiritual substance—the Divine energy that is the starting point for everything that exists. We also look at visualization—an ability that allows every person to work with spiritual substance.

In preparation for Christmas, Discovering Eric Butterworth wants to help listeners give humankind the gift of a raised consciousness. When we lift the consciousness of all humankind, we grow in consciousness ourselves. The first part of our Christmas gift is to practice the Presence of God. Eric Butterworth tells us "to live constantly as if you believed that the allness of God, the Divine potential for wholeness, were present in every experience of your life and every function of your body." Join us as host Rev. Tom Thorpe and guests explore Butterworth's exciting, practical method for practicing the Presence of God.

In this Thanksgiving week broadcast, host Rev. Tom Thorpe and co-host Richard Billings share and respond to Eric Butterworth's comments about Jesus' feeding of the multitudes, a miracle story that appears in all four of the Gospels. It's a story that reminds us of the value of gratitude and invites us to see abundance even before it appears.

Eric Butterworth delighted in helping Truth students discover the Truth about themselves as they explored the symbolism of the Bible and its stories. Today, host Tom Thorpe and his guests listen and respond as Butterworth explores the golden thread of Truth that becomes clearly visible—when we know how to look for it—throughout the Bible.

Today host Rev. Tom Thorpe and his guests continue their discussion of Eric Butterworth's observations about the influence of the emerging science of psychology on spiritual thought, and the relationship between modern psychology and New Thought spirituality.

Join Unity minister Tom Thorpe and licensed Unity teacher Mark Hicks as they conclude a series of programs exploring the life and work of three great thinkers whom Eric Butterworth acknowledges as major influences in his own life and work. Butterworth acknowledged Thoreau as one whose master work, On Walden Pond, he re-read each year to keep his life and ministry on course.

Join Unity minister Tom Thorpe and licensed Unity teacher Mark Hicks as they conclude a series of programs exploring the life and work of three great thinkers who Eric Butterworth acknowledges as major influences in his own life and work. Butterworth acknowledged Thoreau as one whose master work, On Walden Pond, he reread each year to keep his life and ministry on course.

Join Unity minister Tom Thorpe and licensed Unity teacher Mark Hicks as they begin a series of programs exploring the life and work of three great thinkers whom Eric Butterworth acknowledges as major influences in his own life and work. Meister Eckhart was a 14th-century Roman Catholic priest, a very humble man, and a visionary thinker. Butterworth credits Meister Eckhart with providing the key that allowed him to understand Oneness.

Eric Butterworth believed that continuing to work with the question is more important than finding a "right answer."  Join Unity minister Tom Thorpe and his guests in this second of three programs based on Eric Butterworth's book In the Flow of Life, as they consider this and other questions about the process of giving and receiving.

When we look only at the literal meaning of Bible texts, we're not finding the deeper, symbolic significance, the metaphysical meaning of what we're reading. On today's program, Eric Butterworth discusses the value of metaphysical Bible interpretation. Unity minister Tom Thorpe and his guests add their own insights and invite you to join in the discussion.

Unity teaches that everyone, not only Jesus, is blessed with a Divine nature. In this broadcast, you'll hear Eric Butterworth explain Jesus' role not as the only Son of God, but as Way Shower, the great example for humankind. Unity minister Tom Thorpe and his panel of guests, including leadership students in Unity's Spiritual Education and Enrichment program, will explore Butterworth's message and share their own views.

Superconscious, conscious and subconscious—these are what Unity calls the three phases of mind. How can you improve the quality of your life by learning how these three phases of your mind interrelate? Hear Eric Butterworth offer a clear, practical explanation, then join host Tom Thorpe and his guests in a lively discussion.

On today's program, noted Unity minister and author Eric Butterworth shares his unique point of view about the Unity movement and its teachings. Unity minister Tom Thorpe and his guests respond to Eric's thoughts and invite you to join in the discussion with your Facebook posts and telephone calls.

Today's inaugural broadcast will feature a recording of Eric Butterworth explaining his concept of what Truth is and what it is not. Host Tom Thorpe's guests will include a Unity minister who knew Eric Butterworth well and worked with him.