A space for grace. That’s what I said last week that UUFH is. Helen and Susan had invited me to lunch to explore how they might best use their time and talents to help the congregation. We were trying to catch up and see where their current interests and concerns and abilities met with congregational […]
Spring seems to have come early this year. The yellow daffodils have been blooming in my yard for a week; the white ones with an orange center opened this morning. It’s time to stop thinking about it and put the bluebird house up. If I want bold, blue birds to brighten my day and lift […]
Somehow Sandy stays on task through whatever interruptions and distractions come her way. She knows what needs to get done and she makes it happen. You can count on it. She is a very effective office manager. Thank goodness! And then at noon her work day at UUFH ends. She relaxes, but first she checks […]
Beyond the simple, grounded, inclusive, self-sustaining, engaged, and hopeful understandings of the faith traditions of Unitarian Universalism and the mission of UUFH, I find myself at a loss to address the many, varied fears, hopes and emotions swirling around us all as we move into the New Year. Then I remember to pause and breathe […]
It’s now the Sunday before Thanksgiving and my life is returning. Part of that return comes as I recover a little more each day from an election reality that I didn’t want and wasn’t expecting. But the other part is a simple unexpected gift that I’m glad to get: the results seem to have given […]
I admit that I have become so caught up in the drama of the presidential election that it colors the rest of my life, and not in a good way. No matter how hard I try otherwise, I still want to know what has happened next, even when much of what is happening is that […]
The Soul Matters theme for this month is Healing: “What Does It Mean to Be a Community of Healing?”. From the reflections, it seems that healing and the process and path to healing require many other practices such as patience and persistence, openness and caring, forgiveness and apology, determination and love. Being a community of […]
Near the beginning of every memorial, I light the chalice and frame the service with words from Rev. Maureen Killoran: “We come together from the diversity of our grieving, to gather in the warmth of community giving stubborn witness that in times of sadness there is room for laughter; in times of darkness there always […]