Helpers, Teachers, Angels
by Sue Ferguson, May 24 2023

Helpers, Teachers, Angels

By Sue Ferguson“It is impossible to see the angel unless you first have a notion of it.” —James HillmanTrust is critical to progress on a spiritual path but it doesn’t come easily for some of us. I learned a little bit about it while I was living in Japan. Returning to Japan from a work trip to the

Flor y Canto
by Tania Márquez, May 17 2023

Flor y Canto

By Tania Márquez “Is it that we come in vain to live, to sprout over the earth? Let us leave at least flowers, let us leave at least songs” —NezahualcóyotlI have been working as a hospital chaplain for almost two years now. During this time, I've had the honor to accompany people as they say goodby

Fingernails as Faith Development
by Joanna Fontaine Crawford, May 10 2023

Fingernails as Faith Development

By Joanna Fontaine Crawford“Faith development is all we do. Unitarian Universalism is the faith we teach. The congregation is the curriculum.” —Connie GoodbreadThere was a single mother in our congregation who had two young children, a daughter and a son. Seeing the painted fingernails of his mom a

The Uncovering
by Jennifer Hundley-Batts, May 3 2023

The Uncovering

By Jennifer Hundley-Batts"How can I bless this food? It blesses me." —Rev. Nancy Shaffer, in “Field at Table” from Instructions in JoyI compost. Obsessively. You may be a dinner companion whom I've awkwardly asked to gift me your leftover broccoli stems or tamale wrappers. You may be a coworker who

Saving What We Can
by Lynn Gardner, April 26 2023

Saving What We Can

By Lynn Gardner“This can still happen anywhere. Not everything is lost.” –Naomi Shihab Nye, in “Gate A-4”On a chilly winter morning, my beloved and I took our small, shy dog for a walk to a nearby park. The morning light, frozen pond, and snow were all lovely. On the way home we walked past a neigh

Wondrous Beyond Words
by JD Stillwater, April 19 2023

Wondrous Beyond Words

By JD Stillwater“Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement . . . get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. To be spiritual is to be amazed.” –Abraham Joshua HeschelSince the pandemic I’ve been growing vegetables on the flat roof of our garage, i

Kinship with the World
by Lindasusan Ulrich, April 12 2023

Kinship with the World

By Lindasusan Ulrich“We can believe something to be true without it making much difference to us, but we place our faith only in something that is vital for the way we live.” —Harvey CoxLast spring, whenever I drove home from work, I’d keep an eye out for the being I came to call My Bird Friend. Th

Radical Loving
by Myke Johnson, April 5 2023

Radical Loving

By Myke Johnson“I don’t know how to love him….” —a song by the same title by Yvonne Elliman, in "Jesus Christ Superstar"My best friends Lori and Tom and I, in our first semester of college, were in love with Jesus and all he represented: a life radically beyond the ambition and greed of our society

How Can I "Be Love"?
by DeEtte Waleed, March 29 2023

How Can I "Be Love"?

By DeEtte Waleed“When day comes, we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade?” —Amanda Gorman, “The Hill We Climb”“How long, O Great Mystery, how long?” I ask as I turn off the news of yet another act of senseless violence ending the lives of innocent people. As a mother, g

Trusting Intuition
by Lynette Yetter, March 22 2023

Trusting Intuition

By Lynette Yetter "Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.”—Mahatma GandhiIntuition. When I used to hitchhike around the country in the 1970s, I called it “road sense.” My intuition became honed, for safety and survival. It became so honed that from a distance I could se