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Executive Director to Retire
No one has ever had more inspiration or fun at their job than I’ve had over my almost-fifteen years with CLF. My colleagues on the staff are downright fabulous—so caring and committed, so daring, so willing to experiment and fail forward.
Read MoreFrom Your Minister
In “The Lanyard,” one of my favorite poems by Billy Collins, he describes making a plastic lanyard to give his mother.
Read MoreREsources for Living
What do you think of when you hear the word grace? Maybe a dancer who moves with elegance and ease, the picture of smooth and graceful motion.
Read MoreDid You Know?
That the CLF hosts a weekly chat show called The VUU?
Read MoreBestowers of Grace
It was my good fortune to grow up in the midst of human graciousness. I am reminded of my father, whose practice when visiting Mexico was to patronize street vendors and bargain up.
Read MoreEveryday Grace
Grace is one of those words whose meaning has been diffused by so many strands of religious tradition that it is hard to use without confusion.
Read MoreWondering and Wandering
In a meeting the other night we lit a small chalice and someone shared a blessing to center us down and gather us in for whatever work it was, and the blessing ended with the question, “What do you welcome in winter?”
Read MoreNo One Lights a Lamp
No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people’s eyes, to reveal the marvels around. —Paulo Coelho
Read MoreMiracles and Wonders
A man arrives at a wedding banquet and finds that they have run out of wine. Mysteriously, plain water is transformed into wine sufficient for all the guests.
Read MoreGod Crashes the Wedding
Was it only dumb luck in that wedding, out at the state park, when I happened to call thunder and lightning down out of the sky? Or was it a sign from God?
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