Have you ever heard the story about the starfish on the shoreline? You can read a good version here: “A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: The Starfish Story

Our seventh week of observing chalica invites us to reflect on our commitment of journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions … Continue reading Chalica Week 8: Working to build a diverse, multicultural Beloved Community

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!