A message from our minister, Rev. Jim McKinley: “God made mud. God got lonesome. So God said to some of the mud, “Sit up!” “See all I’ve made,” said God, “the hills, the sea, the sky, the stars.” And I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look around. Lucky me, […]
The worship theme for May is Tradition: What Does It Mean To be a People of Tradition? May has a lot of traditional days and events; Mothers Day, Memorial Day, Graduation days, Beltane, Buddha’s birthday, and lest we forget, the annual meeting of UUFH. But on first reflection, thinking about tradition takes me back, or ahead, to fall […]
A Monthly Newsletter from Our Minister – Rev. Jim McKinley As I’ve grown older, words I thought I knew have taken on new meaning. The new meanings reveal new understandings. The new light they cast gives life a different look; more often than not it’s a look that renews energy and restores hope. Religion itself is such a […]
Because of my background as an archivist, it is understandable that I am drawn to documents and the belief that words on paper (or clay tablets, papyrus, or animal skins) can and do have enduring value. A classic example is the Magna Carta. Within several months this remarkable document will be 800 years old. This Great Charter […]
Our Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is a community of worship. Worship, of course, means many different things according to the backgrounds and traditions from which we each come. Rick Kelley has described it as “the act of joining with others—whereby we intensify, both intellectually and emotionally, some of the many ties which relate us to the […]
Our theme for November is Grace as in the larger question: “What Does It Mean To Be a People of Grace?” The way I understand grace is central to my overall religious understanding. I may not know how to live as gracefully as I’d like, but I experience grace as present and real. Some of […]