We all deal with stress, anxiety, challenges, and difficulties, whether they be personal, familial, social, economic, health-related, or with respect to our local, state, national, or global communities. Some days it can feel really hard to awake and face another day. But we do…from whence comes our resiliency? I invite you to explore with me […]
This reflection came just before Valentine’s Day, which is often termed a “Hallmark” holiday. In fact, scholars trace the origins of the holiday celebrating love to Geoffrey Chaucer and his Parlement of Foules. It is bequeathed to us as a day to honor love, notably romantic love. But recently expanded to include love of self […]
We are a unique community… both our lovely town in our beautiful mountain home and our UUFH congregation. Community matters. Relationships matter. The “how” of our community matters. I invite you to explore with me our “how” of walking together in Hendersonville and as Unitarian Universalists. See you at church.
Despite your political identification, two weeks later and we are still reeling from the national election, as well as the news reports of cabinet appointees and advisors. We are reeling not because of the customary swing of the pendulum from Democratic to Republican leadership. Those of us old enough to vote understand that that it […]
Join me in meditating upon how we might live our heart’s greatest desires – our desire for a better world, our hunger for deep connection, our longing to actualize our full potential.
For January, the Soul Matters guide asks what it means to be a “people of resistance.” As we gather to celebrate the vision, courage, and love of our modern day exemplar of resistance, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we reflect on his call to us, “Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” Join […]
The Soul Matters Guide for December asks what it means to be people of expectation. But rather than expect the expected, the guide invites us to pray for our expectations to be turned on their heads. “Are you willing to let go of expectation and be led by the unknown?” In this month of holiday expectation, when […]
November asks us “What does it mean to be a people of ancestry?” “How do we see ourselves as part of a sacred chain… our choices tell the next chapter. Our choices connect the next link. Our choices pass on that which is precious and remind us we are preciously connected.” As we celebrate our Stone Soup […]
During the month of the fullness of autumn, with the colors of the earth in all their glory, Soul Matters counsels us to “let go.” “Holding on too long and too tightly is never good for the soul,” the guidebook states. So let us gather during these beautiful crisp days to explore the art of letting go […]
As we gather for our homecoming service to start our new church year, let us explore the notions of invitation and home. The Soul Matters guide counsels us to “create a clearing, listen for your song, and let it teach you how to give yourself to this world… notice that it all begins with invitation, with the […]