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Excerpts taken from the St. Petersburg Times.
By Waveney Ann Moore. Published March 7, 2007
When did you become interested in New Thought ideas?
As a child, I've always been deep, asking philosophical questions and wanting to know why and how. What I found early on in my life was that people weren't always comfortable with the questions.
The First Unity Church of St. Petersburg is one of many spiritual congregations that, for the past century and more, have preached about the power of the mind to control destiny. That's similar to the beliefs touted in the popular book The Secret.
Excerpts from USA Today Newspaper, March 29, 2007
Secret History of ‘The Secret’
By Marco R. della Cava, USA TODAY
"We've got more people coming on Sundays than ever," says the Rev. Temple Hayes of the First Unity Church of St. Petersburg, Fla., whose small bookshop has sold 860 copies of The Secret. The church holds regular workshops using the book as a teaching tool.
"We teach people how to think, not what to think, and folks find that appealing," Hayes says. "But we do make sure to tell people that, while the mind is a powerful way to get what you want, you may face some pain along the way."