Last Friday at the end of Emma’s Revolution’s concert, I was lingering in the sanctuary, chatting with a few people who had been sitting with me. After introducing the duo at the beginning of the concert, Peter and I had sat near the front, … read more.
The State of the Fellowship and business meeting to pass the revised by-laws meeting was filled with cookies and snacks, some lovely beverages, and a buzz of community. And that was before we did anything other than arrive.
The evening unfolded thoughtfully thanks to the guidance … read more.
At the two meetings about our new Adult Growth and Learning Program, I shared a list of characteristics of mature spirituality that were compiled by the Rev. Dr. Kendyl Gibbons, senior minister of All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Kansas City MO. The short … read more.
Did you know that there’s a Unitarian Universalist congregation that consists entirely of incarcerated people? Could you imagine that there are nearly 2,000 Unitarian Universalists in prisons across the country?
If you’re not surprised, then you already know about the prison outreach, Worthy Now, that the … read more.
On November 26, I talked about what it means to be part of our community. Just days later, my colleague Kimberly Debus wrote a bit more about it. You can see what she had to say here.
I also stumbled on a … read more.
When I lived in Chicago, I was connected to a community that included folks who were part of an improvisational dance collective. They led contact improv dance sessions and occasionally held performances in an old church that had been minimally maintained over years of closure, … read more.
I know that many of us are missing the usual array of classes that engage us, allow us to share ideas, spend time together and build community.
In our Shared Governance Model, Adult Programming is part of the Growth and Learning Council. Religious Education, AHA, and … read more.
The state of the world: it might just be grief and fear. A few weeks ago, as a part of the time of Joys and Sorrows, I shared the last stanzas of Warsan Shire’s poem “What They Did Yesterday Afternoon”:
later that night
i held … read more.
At the service this past Sunday, we got to hear the words of poet Andrea Gibson:
“I know most people try hard to do good
and find out too late they should have
tried softer.”
Since I first heard the poem a few years ago, I have … read more.
Friends,
I am looking forward to leading worship with you this coming Sunday, and to the picnic after! I have gotten the sense that this fellowship appreciates a good time, so I hope to see many of you there.
Before I offer my reflections for this blog, … read more.
