Please bring your most comfortable outdoor chair and your non-human animal family members and companions to this special animal blessing service. William Golding’s 1954 novel Lord of the Flies suggests … Continue reading William Golding Couldn’t Have Been More Wrong (Animal Blessing)
Share this post:Sometimes we make promises to ourselves when we have been hurt. We decide how we must be or what we must do to be safe, loved, and accepted. Those promises … Continue reading Invisible Armor
Share this post:Before we were really making conscious decisions for ourselves about our beliefs and values, we were formed. Even though we didn’t have a lot of choice about it, through examining … Continue reading Who Made You?
Share this post:In order to chart a course toward a compelling vision—in our personal lives or as a community—we don’t just need to know where we’re heading. We also need clarity about … Continue reading What do you know?
Share this post:What vision are you casting? What does it mean to be a spiritual community? We explore a mental model of transformation, interweaving our personal journeys with congregational connection as a … Continue reading Why Are We Here?
Share this post:What does leadership in a spiritual community require of us? What practices and habits from other spaces do we need to unlearn in order to be effective in fuliflling a … Continue reading Celebrating Leadership
Share this post:Bring flowers to share and all that you are to our annual Flower Ceremony. We’ll be outside on the East Lawn (where the tent is) unless weather tells us otherwise. … Continue reading Flower Ceremony 2025
Share this post:Transforming the challenges of climate change and attacks on democracy with a vision for peace and ways forward together. Active Hope, by eco-spiritual teachers Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone, describes … Continue reading Active Hope & Love at the Center
Share this post:Where do we find joy in the midst of all that concerns us? How can joyfulness sustain us and connect us? We explore the practice of joyfulness as a component … Continue reading Practicing Joyfulness
Share this post:This week, get the answers to all your questions. Or at least some of them. Be sure to stop and write down your question(s) for the Question Box in the … Continue reading Question Box
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