So why does it seem to be in such short supply? More often than not, kindness gets tram-pled under the push of stress and hurry, task and issues. This happens both in our personal lives and actions, as well as coming in from the world around us. December, a month of holi-days and Holydays, can […]
The holidays are a time of shouldering a lot. We are “standing (in body or spirit) on the shoulders of giants” being lifted up by the strength of tradition and ritual. We also do our best to shoulder our share of the burdens and the work that comes too, yet even our best intentions often […]
We have strong hopes and fears about the outcomes of this Election Day. And in the midst of our anticipation and trepidation, we try to remind ourselves that this too is one part of our lives; one part of our work and practice as a congregation, as the children remind us, of open minds, helping […]
It’s been two years since we first sang “Never Turning Back”, Pat Humphries’ simple anthem of encouragement, possibility and persistence. Our lives have gone on, our work has continued, and we haven’t turned back. But it hasn’t been easy. So, on this Sunday before Election Day 2018, we come together again and lift our voices […]
Step into the clearing. Charles Grady served as part time minister of this congregation from 1990-1996 and lived with us for 20 more years. He described congregations as “clearings in the wilderness of this time. Places of refuge and sanctuary, healing and renewal.” Charles died last year at the age of 91. On this Sunday […]
Just saying the word brings a sense of peace and safety. So many are in need of sanctuary; whether it’s survivors of Florence and flooding, undocumented neighbors, children separated at the border, or merely those of us bombarded by news in the comfort and safety of our homes; it’s hard to know where to begin. […]
A grateful future brings what has been created forward in gratitude and appreciation. The future opens into new vision and possibility because of what has come before. In the present of this day, the past is handed off to what is to become. This Sunday is a rite of passage in the life of our […]
Families take many forms beyond partners and children. We all live in ours. Our family, however we understand it, is central who we are. Ministry is our response as a congregation to the needs and diversity of each other and the world. How might we envision this broad sense of Family Ministry together?
It seems like everywhere we turn there is something else to fear; another reason to be anxious: the news or media posts, international events, a hurricane, a book title, actions of a local vandal, our health, the health of those we love, always an unexpected negative moment. You name it. As one minister put it […]
The dream lives on—in us that is. In UUFH and the tradition of Unitarian Universalism. The key word is lives. You are the vision and voice of an ultimate environment that intends our good (where “our” means everyone). This fellowship makes the vision real and keeps the hope for balance and possibility alive and in […]