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Daily inspirational message provided by Unity Church

The Daily Word is a magazine that prints a daily inspirational message published by Unity. Themes include inner peace, hope, healing, guidance, and others.

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History

Daily Word magazine has been printed continuously since 1924.34 In the early years, most of the messages were written by its first editor, Frank B. Whitney, who started it as an offshoot of the Silent Unity ministry. It spread by word-of-mouth and quadrupled its subscribers the first year it ran.5

Daily Word in Braille began in 1934, and is available for free to the blind through Message of Hope.6 Daily Word in Spanish, La Palabra Diaria, was first published in March 1955.7 Daily Word in Large Type was introduced in 1978.

Among Daily Word's former editors are Colleen Zuck89 and Martha Smock.1011 The magazine has featured articles contributed by many prominent thinkers, including Wayne Dyer, Naomi Judd, Mark Victor Hansen, Wally Amos, June Allyson, David Friedman, Appiani Stephen and Thomas Moore. Cartoonist Bill Keane has also contributed.1213 Dorothy Bridges also contributed.14

In 1997, the magazine had 1.2 million subscribers and 6.5 million pass-along readers. Rodale Press published a book of 365 daily meditations based on the Daily Word.15

Notable readers

Edward Brooke always carried a copy of the Daily Word.16 Richard Block, Michael York, Doris Day, Robert Stack, Fannie Flagg, Rolonda Watts were regular readers.17 Oprah Winfrey says she starts each day reading Daily Word.18 Denzel Washington is also a reader of Daily Word.19

References

  1. "About". Daily Word. March 6, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2012. http://www.dailyword.com/about/ ↩

  2. Vahle, N. (2002) The Unity movement: its evolution and spiritual teachings. Templeton Foundation Press. p 284. ↩

  3. "About". Daily Word. March 6, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2012. http://www.dailyword.com/about/ ↩

  4. "The History of Unity". Unity.org. Archived from the original on October 16, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20111016170113/http://unity.org/aboutunity/whoweare/unityhistory.html ↩

  5. O'Connor, Colleen (June 21, 1997). "Counting on their Daily Word". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 26, 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/06/21/counting-on-their-daily-word/bb730c64-8bc9-4732-9dcc-48babd2d70be/ ↩

  6. "About =Unity". Unity World Headquarters. Retrieved August 2, 2015. http://www.unity.org/messageofhope ↩

  7. "About". Unity World Headquarters. Retrieved August 2, 2015. http://www.lapalabradiaria.org ↩

  8. "Colleen Zuck". Penguin Random House. Archived from the original on December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020. Colleen Zuck has been editor-in-chief of Daily Word magazine since 1985. https://web.archive.org/web/20201223021744/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/230711/colleen-zuck/ ↩

  9. "The Divine Colleen Zuck". Unity.org. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20110927053821/http://www.unity.org/publications/archives/unityMagazine/DivineColleenZuck070109.html ↩

  10. "Business, Professional Briefs". Independence Examiner. March 13, 1970. p. 7. Archived from the original on December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020. Martha Smock, editor of the Unity magazine, "Daily Word," will be the guest speaker https://web.archive.org/web/20201223022412/https://newspaperarchive.com/independence-examiner-mar-13-1970-p-7/ ↩

  11. Smock, Martha (April 11, 2012). "The Stream of Life". Daily Word. Retrieved March 13, 2015. http://www.dailyword.com/articles/2010/02/stream-life ↩

  12. "Home | Daily Word". Unity.org. Retrieved July 29, 2012. http://unity.org/publications/dailyWord/ ↩

  13. Zuck, C., Wright, J., and Meyer, E. (199) Daily word for families: linking my heart with those I love. Rodale Press. ↩

  14. O'Connor, Colleen (June 21, 1997). "Counting on their Daily Word". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 26, 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/06/21/counting-on-their-daily-word/bb730c64-8bc9-4732-9dcc-48babd2d70be/ ↩

  15. O'Connor, Colleen (June 21, 1997). "Counting on their Daily Word". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 26, 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/06/21/counting-on-their-daily-word/bb730c64-8bc9-4732-9dcc-48babd2d70be/ ↩

  16. Jacobs, Sally (June 22, 1997). "The unfinished chapter". boston.com. Retrieved December 26, 2024. https://graphics.boston.com/globe/magazine/2000/3-5/featurestory2.shtml ↩

  17. O'Connor, Colleen (June 21, 1997). "Counting on their Daily Word". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 26, 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/06/21/counting-on-their-daily-word/bb730c64-8bc9-4732-9dcc-48babd2d70be/ ↩

  18. Winfrey, Oprah (July 2009). "Oprah's Favorite Spot on Earth". O, The Oprah Magazine. Harpo Productions, Inc. Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved December 23, 2020. I start the day with Irish steel-cut oatmeal and affirmations from Daily Word magazine. https://web.archive.org/web/20090621163714/http://www.oprah.com/slidepopup/omagazine/200907-omag-oprah-backyard-photos/7 ↩

  19. Hainey, Michael (September 18, 2012). "The GQA: Denzel Washington". GQ. Condé Nast. Retrieved December 23, 2020. I read from the Bible every day, and I read my Daily Word. https://www.gq.com/story/denzel-washington-interview-gq-october-2012 ↩