Each month, our community shapes itself around a different aspect of our world. So far this Fall, we’ve embraced possibility and cultivated relationship. This month, we will be Holding History in our worship and spiritual lives. I recently visited family, and got to “hold history” in our relationship during a visit Read more…
My dear glittering sparklesouls, This week, the Trans Day of Visibility approaches. Like the sighting of a leprechaun, this is the one and only day of the year when you can actually SEE your minister. Tomorrow, I fade into the shadows once again… No, I’m kidding. It is, in fact, a Read more…
It is nearly the season of springtime, and the sun is beginning to reawaken the world. Roots stir and the sap runs upward in the trees, awakening buds not yet ready to send forth leaves. Beneath the ground, shoots begin to raise their heads. Seeds and bulbs uncurl, nearing the Read more…
This month’s theme of Beloved Community invites us to think about the places where there is connection, justice, love, equity, and generosity of spirit. It invites us to think of ourselves as a part of a greater web. We are asked to notice relationships between all those who make up Read more…
So perhaps, today, this week, finally in this month, we find ourselves with space to imagine. As a result, we wonder about the changes in our country, and in our local communities. We ask ourselves what will shift in the coming months and what will endure. What shifts in our Read more…
We have had a year unlike any other, and we have managed to behave ourselves and support one another. In this time, we chose to act in ways that are impressive and fundamental to the functioning of this community. We are not perfect, but we are healthy as a community. Read more…
Here we are, hopefully with a little more room to breathe. There is a little less anxiety and uncertainty in the world now that we imagine an end to this pandemic may be in sight. With elections behind us and vaccinations on the way, winter becomes a time to pause Read more…
As the leaves fall from the trees and the weather turns cold, my attention turns inward. Every year, for me, this time of year reminds me to pay attention to home, family, community. The winter is a long and chilly time, and we need each other’s company in the cold Read more…
As I complete one month with this congregation, I have been thinking a lot about our expectations of one another. It’s been fortunate to have such an appropriate Soul Matters theme in September to jump-start conversations with one another about the hopes and dreams that you have for our years Read more…