Drowning, While Everyone Around Us Can Breathe
We can find ourselves so alone amidst a crowd of family and friends. We wonder why we are the only ones struggling to keep our heads above a rising tide of problems, and ask why no one can see our need.
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Pray Like a UU
Many UUs don’t pray because of bad experiences in a previous religion, theological disagreements, or simply because we’ve fallen out of practice. But prayer is one of the oldest and most universal spiritual practices known to humanity, and it can be meaningful and helpful to us no matter what our beliefs. We welcome John back … Continue reading Pray Like a UU
Tango—For Beginners
What makes a Tango a Tango? Rigid definitions and interpretations can inhibit our natural curiosity and growth across our whole lives. When we ask the questions and are open to multiple views, we find there are as many answers as there are people to give them. What makes a…good life? What makes…a Unitarian Universalist? What … Continue reading Tango—For Beginners
Sometimes the Best You Can Do
There is so much energy in anger and fear. And, like a raging fire, it must go somewhere, it cannot be contained. We can allow the fire of our anger to burn us out. Or we can creatively channel it into actions that bring life. Rev. Greble spent 30 years in higher education serving for … Continue reading Sometimes the Best You Can Do
Turning Toward the Hard Stuff
Making decisions for our church that will carry the next generation of leaders through an uncertain and unpredictable future.
Rooted in Love
As we seek to become a community that is better and stronger together, we begin to understand the importance of living in circles, not rows, for spiritual, physical, and emotional growth, both personally and communally.
In Search Of…
Often we seek out existing communities that align with our faith traditions, values, interests and hobbies, or generation. Building community works differently and can involve starting special interest groups like book clubs, hiking groups, game nights, garden clubs, and other activities that bring people together around a shared interest. Let’s talk about how that can … Continue reading In Search Of…
Singing a Song of Joy
Singing will remain rooted in suffering forever. The most beautiful and enduring songs were born of suffering and sung in faith—trusting that their song of sorrow would one day become a song of joy.
Troubling the Waters
In this moment in the history of the world and of the church, we are being asked to examine how the way we do things is pushing back against a dominant culture of scarcity and oppression or simply replicating that culture in our communities of faith. For this reason we must ask whether our community … Continue reading Troubling the Waters
On Slowing Down
Moving through each day can feel like we are racing against the clock. Are we missing opportunities to enrich our lives and the lives of others by being too focused on day to day things? What might we see when we slow down and look away from our own path?