As a child I recalled looking forward to going to particular places to enjoy certain things.  The amusement park near my Grandparents’ house in Massachusetts…

A favorite author of my youth, Tom Robbins, wrote, “Once one pays some attention to something, then you begin to see evidence of it everywhere.”…

Have you ever been in that situation at work or at school or really, anywhere, when you see a circle of people and wonder if…

The word expectation makes me nervous. It can be so happy and full, hopeful and bright. Or it can be the total opposite when the…

“Don’t just do something—sit there!” Because sometimes the path to move forward is not in the doing, but in the contemplation which allows for new…

The month of July invites us into the theme of exploration.  The deep relationship between a pastor and her people is a sacred bond that…

Making something beautiful, seeing or listening to something beautiful, and certainly the creation of something beautiful, are all acts of resistance against any system that…

Both Eve and Pandora were set up to fail and have carried too much misplaced blame. In the month of May let us see curiosity…

The theme for the month of April is Wholeness. Back when I was in seminary, the Unitarian Universalist Association was doing a lot of work…

The first sermon I ever wrote was about how so many people find their spirituality on the road. Buddha had to leave the palace to…

Radical Trust Our theme developers define trust in this way: the practice of commitment and faith in a love that won’t let us go. I…

Possibility I am in my home office and, through the floor, I hear my three family members downstairs. They are expanding on a train set…

December’s theme is mystery and I cannot think of a better one. In the festivals of light the common theme is mystery; oil supply for…

While there are big events in a person’s life, mostly life is made of many small moments.  Our memories are like that too. We recall…

At the General Assembly in New Orleans all the ministers sang a song together and it has stuck with me. At the onset of many…

Have you ever looked through a kaleidoscope? Or through binoculars? Or at discs in an old-fashioned ViewMaster? All of these items trick our vision with…

August’s theme is Color. Often people differentiate between color or black and white. Well, black and white are colors, too. Sometimes when something is simply…

When we stretch it sends oxygen to our brain and stimulates our circulation. Physical stretching is important but so is mental and spiritual, for clarity…

One way to feel more connected to your faith community is to participate in the national meeting that is called General Assembly. UUFE gets to…

In a kindergarten class the students are allowed to draw whatever they want. As the teacher walks between the desks, she stops at Susie’s and…

This newsletter piece is difficult, because I have not been experiencing balance lately. Maybe you feel that way too. I am looking forward to March’s…

Perseverance is like endurance, but more. It is facing challenges and hardships that are long and drawn out, enduring over a long period of time.…

Intention is what you plan and want to do. But you know about best laid plans… As for what we want, you can’t always get…

  This line from the hymn “Come, Sing a Song with Me” is a promise that we enjoy singing together. Recently I was thinking about…

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” US President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, spoke…