Daily Word

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Daily Word
CategoriesSpirituality
FrequencyBi-monthly
Circulation 400,000
PublisherUnity World Headquarters
First issue1924 (1924)
Country United States
Based in Unity Village
Language English
Website www.dailyword.com
ISSN 0011-5525

The Daily Word is a magazine that prints a daily inspirational message published by Unity. Themes include inner peace, hope, healing, guidance, and others. [1] [2]

Contents

History

Daily Word magazine has been printed continuously since 1924. [3] [4] 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 Zuck [8] [9] and Martha Smock. [10] [11] 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. [12] [13] Dorothy Bridges also contributed. [5]

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. [5]

Notable readers

Edward Brooke always carried a copy of the Daily Word. [14] Richard Block, Michael York, Doris Day, Robert Stack, Fannie Flagg, Rolonda Watts were regular readers. [5] Oprah Winfrey says she starts each day reading Daily Word. [15] Denzel Washington is also a reader of Daily Word. [16]

References

  1. ↑ "About". Daily Word. 6 March 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  2. ↑ Vahle, N. (2002) The Unity movement: its evolution and spiritual teachings. Templeton Foundation Press. p 284.
  3. ↑ "About". Daily Word. 6 March 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ "The History of Unity". Unity.org. Archived from the original on October 16, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 O'Connor, Colleen (1997-06-21). "Counting on their Daily Word". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  6. ↑ "About =Unity". Unity World Headquarters. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  7. ↑ "About". Unity World Headquarters. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Colleen Zuck". Penguin Random House . Archived from the original on 2020-12-23. Retrieved 23 December 2020. Colleen Zuck has been editor-in-chief of Daily Word magazine since 1985.
  9. ↑ "The Divine Colleen Zuck". Unity.org. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Business, Professional Briefs". Independence Examiner. 13 March 1970. p. 7. Archived from the original on 2020-12-23. Retrieved 23 December 2020. Martha Smock, editor of the Unity magazine, "Daily Word," will be the guest speaker
  11. ↑ Smock, Martha (11 April 2012). "The Stream of Life". Daily Word. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Home | Daily Word". Unity.org. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  13. ↑ Zuck, C., Wright, J., and Meyer, E. (199) Daily word for families: linking my heart with those I love. Rodale Press.
  14. ↑ Jacobs, Sally (1997-06-22). "The unfinished chapter". boston.com. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  15. ↑ Winfrey, Oprah (July 2009). "Oprah's Favorite Spot on Earth". O, The Oprah Magazine . Harpo Productions, Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. Retrieved 23 December 2020. I start the day with Irish steel-cut oatmeal and affirmations from Daily Word magazine.
  16. ↑ Hainey, Michael (18 September 2012). "The GQA: Denzel Washington". GQ . Condé Nast . Retrieved 23 December 2020. I read from the Bible every day, and I read my Daily Word.
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