Gifts of the Father

Melinda Wood Allen

One special guest was Melissa Wood Allen. Her Father's Day talk reflected the gifts we all have received from our fathers — our earthly ones, our heavenly one, and the father within. Even painful memories of the imperfect fathers of our childhoods carry hidden gifts for us, if we are willing to forgive and reframe. Charles Fillmore, Unity’s co-founder, spoke of the Father “both immanent and transcendent," and Jesus referred to “Our Father who art in heaven” as well as “the father within.”