There’s a scene in the TV show The Wire that is pretty well known that I particularly love — the “chess scene.” Two young men are playing a board game … Continue reading Food for Our Minds and Spirits: Change Isn’t the Same as Solve

Now that our YRE classes are meeting on Sundays from 11:30 – 12:30, we are very much into the lunch hour while we are in class. And we want to … Continue reading Youth RE: We’ve got snacks now!

I heard when I was young the rule that you don’t help a butterfly out of its pupa. When a butterfly emerges, it is delicate and the emerging is part … Continue reading Food for Our Minds and Spirits: Metamorphosis

The Ka’bah is old. The holiest site in Islam was holy before the dawn of Islam. It was also not alone among “honored stones” in the pre-Islamic religion in the … Continue reading Food for Our Minds and Spirits: New Versions of Old Things

“When I work on a bone or two, it’s very easy to forget that these are actually people with their own lives and stories,” said study author Bence Viola, an … Continue reading Food for Our Minds and Spirits: Bravery in Being

I liked Ethan Hawke a lot, even before he portrayed John Brown in a fantastic TV Show adaptation of the book The Good Lord Bird. But his communication about art … Continue reading Food for Our Minds and Spirits: The Courage To Create

Courage comes in many forms, but the ones we often use to explain courage aren’t always the ones that really show up in our lives. Maybe you have saved people … Continue reading Food for Our Minds and Spirits: Third Place

This month’s mantra is not a phrase, its an expression, captured in a photo of a smile. Humor is a sharp tool for confronting structures of injustice in the world. … Continue reading Food for Our Minds and Spirits: October’s Mantra Image

Sunday mornings this year will include a time for all of us to connect and build community in smaller groups and classes after worship concludes at 11:15. So, YRE this … Continue reading Fall 2022 YRE Registration!