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Loneliness and Longing
I have a friend who is a sailor. Sometimes he takes companions with him, but frequently he sails alone.
Read MoreFinding Strength in Silence
What I know now, that I did not know several years ago, is that renewal starts from a quiet space. Silence can be a hard commodity to find in our busy lives: either real silence, where you don’t hear anything but the rushing wind, or virtual silence, in which you quiet the noise within.
Read MoreFriend
2011-02-01 Friend by Kim K. Crawford Harvie, Senior Minister, Arlington Street Church, Boston, Massachusetts Water, shelter, food … and a friend. A friend can save your life. Rev. Dan Kane was cooking, I was washing, and what happened next was definitely my fault, although he says “we” broke it. Drying on the counter was a…
Read MoreStanding on the Side of Love
2011-02-01 Standing on the Side of Love by Elizabeth Lerner Maclay, Parish Minister, Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring, Maryland May 28th, 2008 was a beautiful day. Tim and I were away on a scuba diving vacation. We went diving that morning and he seemed especially tender in the boat as we were riding back…
Read MoreLooking for Love in All the Wrong Places
2011-02-01 Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places Most of us look for love in only the most obvious places, and as a result, most of us come away disappointed. It’s as if we are still grade school kids, counting valentines as a measure of what matters. The love that matters is not typically…
Read MoreLove First
2011-02-01 Love First What we need is a revolution in our values, a revolution that turns our attention more reverently and responsibly to the interdependent, relational character of life. What we need is a spiritual and practical revolution that embodies love for neighbor and for the world through sustaining structures of care and responsibility…. Loving…
Read MoreFrom Your Minister
2011-02-01 From Your Minister by Meg Riley Senior Minister, Church Of The Larger Fellowship In a book I read years ago, called The Four Loves, C.S. Lewis describes the ancient Greeks’ understanding of love. I think that there are probably dozens of kinds of love—I have been wishing for a new word just to describe…
Read MoreREsources for Living
2011-02-01 REsources For Living by Lynn Ungar, Minister For Lifespan Learning, Church Of The Larger Fellowship What with Valentine’s Day being in February, we decided that this issue of Quest should be on the theme of love. It’s a topic with plenty of room for things to say. For instance, back in 1986 Whitney Houston…
Read MoreLove Dogs
2011-02-01 Love Dogs by Rumi One night a man was crying, “Allah, Allah!” His lips grew sweet with the praising, until a cynic said, “So! I have heard you calling out, but have you ever gotten any response?” The man had no answer for that. He quit praying and fell into a confused sleep. He…
Read MoreBringing a Child into this Broken World
How on earth can we bring a child into this broken world?That’s the question that worries me. For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a father.
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