It is a difficult burden to be the eldest daughter. Maybe you know something about this, in your own experience. Maybe you have been an eldest daughter yourself. Maybe you … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Eldest Daughters

Our seventh week of observing chalica invites us to reflect on the interdependent web. The way that things work in an interdependent system is a profound and counterintuitive thing to … Continue reading Chalica Week 7: Respect for the Interdependent Web of All Existence of Which We Are a Part

How do you observe, center and respect a history that isn’t your own? That is a question that white people have to ask themselves as we observe Black History month, … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Being White During Black History Month

Our sixth week of observing chalica invites us to reflect on our commitment to a world that reflection peace, liberty and justice in our relationships and institutions. As you light … Continue reading Chalica Week 6: The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all.

We all mess up. From time to time, we do something wrong, we don’t do something we were supposed to do. We flub. We pull a bone-headed move. It’s a … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: All Mistakes Are Opportunities

Our fifth week observing chalica invites us to reflect on our commitment to, “The Right of Conscience and the Use of the Democratic Process Within Our Congregations and in Society … Continue reading Chalica Week 5: The Right of Conscience and the Use of the Democratic Process Within Our Congregations and in Society at Large

This fourth week of Chalica, we observe the fourth UU principle: A free and responsible search for truth and meaning. While you observe at home, you might use this chalice … Continue reading Chalica Week 4: A free and responsible search for truth and meaning

We have some real savants, some real deep, wise minds in our youth group. I won’t litanize all the names out because I didn’t clear with all of them to … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: The Love that Looses!

This third week of Chalica, we observe the third UU principle: Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations If you are lighting candles at home … Continue reading Chalica Week 3: Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations

This is the time of year when Martin Luther King, Jr., is in conversation for a scant few days as a public, semi-religious observance of a mostly secular saint and … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: The King We Should Never Forget