The Gift of Anger
by Julie Yeeun Kim, January 15, 2025

The Gift of Anger

By Julie Yeeun KimJanuary 15, 2025“Whenever I speak, I must cry out, I must shout, ‘Violence and destruction!’The word of the Lord has brought me insult and injury all day long.”—The Prophet Jeremiah (20:8)When I was sent to the principal’s office in the second grade for pointing out my teacher’s co

The Possibility of Joy
by DanaLee Simon, January 8, 2025

The Possibility of Joy

By DanaLee SimonJanuary 8, 2025“Resistance is the secret of joy.”—Alice WalkerThe theme of Joy has been reverberating as a holy echo in my life over these past months. Joy feels like one of the most compassionate offerings I can hand over to the depth of my soul which, in many moments on many days,

Stillness on the Spiral Journey
by Geoff Duke, December 18, 2024

Stillness on the Spiral Journey

By Geoff DukeDecember 18, 2024“...This is the solstice, the still pointof the sun, its cusp and midnight,the year’s thresholdand unlocking, where the pastlets go of and becomes the future…”—Margaret Atwood, in “Shapechangers in Winter”When my family moved into our Vermont home, I built a small cave

Live These Moments
by Rumni Saha, December 11, 2024

Live These Moments

By Rumni SahaDecember 11, 2024“There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.”—attributed to Gautam BuddhaIn 2018, I embarked on an 8,000-mile journey to meet the Dalai Lama. I meticulously planned the trip after learning that the man I had worshipped all my life would be in his adopted home

Ordinary Miracles
by Kim Mason, December 4, 2024

Ordinary Miracles

By Kim MasonDecember 4, 2024“I wish for you… a season in which there is room for the complexities that occur during this time. A season of complicated memories, of happiness and pain, of comfort and loss, of disappointment and fulfillment…. A season of joy which also has room for sadness, because gl

Living Abundantly
by Rayla D. Mattson, November 27, 2024

Living Abundantly

By Rayla D. MattsonNovember 27, 2024“Give a person a fish, they eat for a day. Teach a person to garden, and the whole neighborhood gets tomatoes.”—UnknownMy grandfather’s farm was in the middle of nowhere, Georgia. When my family would visit, he would often complain to my dad that my sister and I w

Courageous Connection
by Jo VonRue, November 20, 2024

Courageous Connection

By Jo VonRueNovember 20, 2024“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have, because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of i

Doing the Loving Thing
by Takiyah Nur Amin, October 30, 2024

Doing the Loving Thing

By Takiyah Nur AminOctober 30, 2024“The chance to love and be loved exists no matter where you are.” —Oprah WinfreyI come from a multifaith family: I inherited Christianity from my grandmother and Islam from my mother. In both of those traditions, which inform my practice of Unitarian Universalism,

Reality and Perception
by JD Stillwater, October 23, 2024

Reality and Perception

By JD StillwaterOctober 23, 2024“Compassionate action emerges from the sense of openness, connectedness, and discernment you have created.” —Joan HalifaxOn the fourth day of a week-long backpacking trip, I found myself ambling down a quiet dirt lane with an amiable teen from Brooklyn. After several

In the Bleak Season
by Donna Moriarty, October 16, 2024

In the Bleak Season

By Donna MoriartyOctober 16, 2024“There is pain in this world that you can't be cheered out of. You don't need solutions. You don't need to move on from your grief. You need someone to see your grief, to acknowledge it… Some things cannot be fixed. They can only be carried.”—Megan Devine, It's OK Th