What Are People For?
In a 1990 essay, Wendell Berry famously asked, “What are people for?” Our society seems to make some assumptions about the answer to that question. What is our answer as … Continue reading What Are People For?
Topic: Nurturing Gratitude
Fueling Journeys of Mythic Proportions
Please bring your favorite bread to share in this special ceremony of gratitude and generosity. It can be an old family recipe or purchased from a local baker or grocery … Continue reading Fueling Journeys of Mythic Proportions
Meeting the Moment
How can congregations meet this moment – the national political context, the hunger for meaning, the epidemic of loneliness, the crisis for parents, – with bravery, curiosity, and creativity? This … Continue reading Meeting the Moment
Make Me an Instrument
In Unitarian Universalist hymnody, we don’t have an abundance of praise songs. A lot of us may feel dubious about what we’d be praising. The Rig Veda says that the … Continue reading Make Me an Instrument
North Stars and Drishtis
What guides our behavior and decisions, as individuals and as communities? If we tend our anxieties well and manage our autopilot defensive routines, if we are not led in each … Continue reading North Stars and Drishtis
Between I and Thou
Healthy boundaries have become an almost cliche topic. We might think of boundaries as a way that we protect ourselves. And yet, if we are renouncing old protective promises, what … Continue reading Between I and Thou