Frequently Asked Questions

General Questions About Daily Word

You can subscribe online or contact our Customer Care department to order via phone.

Daily Word is now in its 87th year of publication. Today each issue is bimonthly and includes:

  • Daily messages for two months. Each message includes the word for the day, a supporting affirmation, the message itself and a supporting Bible verse.
  • An inspirational poem.
  • First-person articles with inspiring stories of spiritual transformation.
  • Monthly affirmations for Inner Peace, Guidance, Healing, Prosperity and World Peace.
  • Information on where to call, write or email for free personal prayer support 24/7.
  • Information on other Unity products and programs available to you.

The Daily Word Online Magazine includes all of the features in the print magazine listed above. The online magazine allows you to use your cursor to flip through the pages of the current Daily Word and listen to each day’s message. It uses Flash software, which can be used on almost every computer and smartphone except for the iPhone and iPad.

Daily Word is written by a dedicated team of spiritual writers who strive to provide inspirational messages that help people live true to their divine potential. Our goal is to remind people of the Truth of their being and provide practical, spiritual tools to live life  fully with ease and grace. The editor of Daily Word is Laura Harvey, who has been with Daily Word for seven years.

Daily Word is published by Unity School of Christianity or Unity for short. Unity is a positive path for spiritual living whose purpose is to help people live more abundant, prosperous and meaningful lives. Unity is often described as positive, practical, progressive Christianity. Although Unity follows Jesus as the Master Teacher, the movement also honors and respects all paths to God. You can learn more about Unity and its other products, programs and services at www.unity.org.

For additional information or specifics about your current subscription and options, please email the Unity Customer Care department at unitycustomerservice@unityonline.org. If you need technical assistance after subscribing to the Daily Word Digital Package, please contact Customer Care at 1-800-248-6489 (Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT).

Digital archives are available to those who have purchased the Digital Subscription package. When logged in, paid subscribers have access to past issues of the Online Magazine with audio and searchable archives within Daily Word Mobile and dailyword.com.

A library of over 85 years of print magazines is available at Unity Village where Daily Word is published.

Questions About Changes to Daily Word Services

Beginning December 1, 2011, Daily Word will no longer offer free email delivery of the daily message. The daily email will become part of our new Daily Word Digital Subscription Package for a yearly subscription rate of $9.95 ($5 for print subscribers). The digital subscription package includes:

  • Daily email delivery of the Daily Word message.
  • Daily Word Online Magazine with audio—access to each full issue online.
  • Unlimited online access to more than 85 years of daily messages in the archives at dailyword.com.
  • The new Daily Word Mobile App for smartphones, including the daily message, audio meditations, archives and more.

Three reasons:

  1. We have received many requests over the last several months for a Daily Word mobile app. Many Daily Word readers want to receive the daily message through their smartphones, and we are delighted to provide it!
  2. There is a significant cost to organizations sending a large number of emails at one time. Our costs for delivering the Daily Word daily message via email have steadily increased as the list of recipients has grown. Currently nearly 86,000 people are receiving Daily Word via email each day. It is our privilege to serve these valued members of the Daily Word family. Nevertheless, we are a nonprofit organization, funded solely by subscriptions and donations, and we are no longer able to provide complimentary Daily Word emails. 
  3. Rather than simply stopping the daily email, we have chosen to integrate continued email delivery with online and smartphone options in order to give recipients added flexibility and new services—for only pennies a day.

That depends on your current relationship with Daily Word:

  • If you have been receiving the Daily Word message only by email, you will cease to receive it as of November 30, 2011, unless you either sign up for a FREE 30-day trial or purchase the new Daily Word Digital Subscription Package.
  • If you are currently a paid subscriber to the Daily Word print magazine, your print subscription will be unaffected. However, you may upgrade to the new Daily Word Digital Subscription Package for only $5 a year—a special reduced price
  • If you are a print subscriber who has also been receiving the daily email, you will not continue to receive the daily email after November 30 unless you sign up for a FREE 30-day trial or purchase the new Daily Word Digital Subscription Package. Again, you may add the digital package to your paid print subscription for only $5.
  • If you already subscribe to the Daily Word Online Magazine (previously called Daily Word Digital Edition), your access will continue uninterrupted. However, you will now have access to Daily Word Mobile and the Daily Word message via daily email as well—at no additional cost.
  • If you want to subscribe to Daily Word, you now have three options:
    1. You may subscribe to the print version of Daily Word magazine, delivered to your door six times a year, for $14.95.
    2. You may subscribe to the Daily Word Digital Package, which allows you to receive the daily message by email, in the Daily Word Online Magazine, and through your smartphone via the new Daily Word Mobile App. The package is $9.95 a year (just 3 cents a day).
    3. You may subscribe to the Daily Word Premium Package, which allows you to receive Daily Word every way it is provided: in print, in your email, online and on your smartphone. This package is $19.95 a year.

As of October 31, 2011, the Daily Word archives will become part of the Digital Subscription Package. For unlimited access to the archives, you will need to subscribe or sign up for the free 30-day trial. If you are already a digital subscriber, you will need to log in to access.

Even if you only choose to take advantage of one or two of the delivery methods provided in the Daily Word Digital Subscription Package, the cost is the same: $9.95 a year (just 3 cents a day), or $5 a year for paid print subscribers.

You may try the new Daily Word Digital Subscription Package FREE for 30 days. Sign up here. Within 30 days, you will be given the opportunity to subscribe for $9.95, at which time you may either subscribe or decline.

Not necessarily. If you are already a paid print subscriber and choose to add the digital package for $5, your print subscription will be up for renewal based on when you purchased it, and the digital subscription will be up for renewal according to when you purchased it. In other words, your print and digital subscriptions will be timed independently.

Note that if you purchase everything at the same time, via the Daily Word Premium Package, your subscription periods for print and digital may still be different:

  • Your print subscription will begin with the next issue being mailed and may not start until several weeks after your order. You will receive six bimonthly issues for a one-year subscription.
  • Your digital subscription will begin as soon as you place your order, although your “official” subscription will be timed as beginning on the first day of the next month and ending 12 months later.

Yes. As long as you are a paid Daily Word print subscriber, the cost of purchasing the digital package as an add-on will only be $5, both initially and for renewals.

Please contact the Unity Customer Care department by emailing unitycustomerservice@unityonline.org or calling 1-800-248-6489 (816-969-2069) Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT.

Yes! International subscribers are also eligible to receive the Digital Subscription Package at the annual rate of $5 U.S. To subscribe, please contact the Unity Customer Care department by emailing unitycustomerservice@unityonline.org or calling 816-969-2069 (Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. UT-6 CST).

Simply click here to get your 30-day free trial started.

At any time during the 30-day trial, you may opt to purchase the Daily Word Digital Subscription Package. We will remind you periodically during those 30 days that you are receiving Daily Word via email, online edition and mobile phone for a limited time only. If at the end of the 30 days you have not purchased the Digital Subscription Package, your email, online edition and mobile phone delivery will end. You may still purchase the digital package at any time. However, you are limited to only one free 30-day trial.

Gifts subscriptions are available for the digital package. You may place your order by contacting Unity Customer Care at 1-800-248-6489 (Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT). Please note: Be ready with your gift recipient’s name, email and mailing address when you call to place your order. Thank you!

   

Questions About Daily Word Mobile
  • The message for the day, including the word, affirmation, message and Bible verse—in both print and audio form (so you can listen to the message set to beautiful background music if you wish).
  • Full access to the complete Daily Word archives. You can search for a previous Daily Word message by topic, keyword or date.
  • A “Favorites” area to save your favorite Daily Word messages and refer back to them over time.
  • A “Share” feature that allows you to share the day’s message or archived messages with friends, family or your social media contacts.
  • A timed meditation feature. Set the timer for a one, three or five minute meditation with soothing, instrumental music. 
  • A guided meditation based on the monthly Silent Unity prayer service which leads you in a time of prayer and meditation.

Daily Word Mobile is supported on the following mobile operating systems for versions sold within the last two years: iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch), Android and Blackberry (RIM) versions 5 and up.

For a complete list of devices, click here.

Download instructions:

  • Text "dailyword" to 83224 to save Daily Word Mobile to your smartphone. (iPad and iPod Touch users go to www.dailyword.com/getmobile in your mobile web browser.)
  • Follow the link provided and click to view the App.
  • Save the App to your home screen.
  • Open the App and enter your Daily Word username and password.
  • Click “Submit” and enjoy!

Subscription to Daily Word Digital Package required.

If you purchased a Digital Subscription Package in order to use Daily Word Mobile on your phone, and it isn’t compatible, you are eligible for a refund on the package. Please contact the Customer Care department for assistance. Note: if you receive a refund, you will no longer have access to Daily Word Online Magazine with audio or the daily emails.

First, check to see if Daily Word Mobile is supported on your phone.

Second, you may have an outdated version of Daily Word Mobile. Learn how to upgrade your app to the latest version here.

 Home – return to the message of the day.

 Audio – listen to the day’s affirmation and message read aloud.

 Add to Favorites – add the day’s message to your list of favorites.

 Favorites – view your list of favorite affirmations and messages.

 Share – share the day’s message via Facebook, Twitter or email.

 Delete – remove an affirmation from your list of favorites.

iOS: Tap and hold down the Daily Word Mobile icon. When the screen starts to wiggle, an ‘X’ will appear next to the app. Tap the ‘X’ next to the Daily Word app and choose to delete.

Android: Open “My Apps” from the Market home screen. Select the Daily Word app. On the app home screen, choose to uninstall.

Blackberry: Select Options from the home screen. Click Device, then Application Management (older versions may just choose Applications from the Options menu). Highlight Daily Word Mobile and press Menu. Choose Delete.

When you download the newest version of Daily Word Mobile, you will need to manually remove the old app. Outdated versions will no longer work once a new version is ready for download.

To avoid confusion, we recommend deleting the old app first.  If not, you may see two Daily Word icons on your home screen.