REsources for Living
Lynn has very good ideas in general, but particularly when it comes to having fun. Her list of boring things to do seems perfect for a person who is about to retire from a busy, inspiring job, doesn’t it? —LD
Read MoreWhy We Don’t Get Along
2012-06-14 Opening Words There is no human being who does not carry a treasure in the soul, a moment of insight, a memory of life, a dream of excellence, a call to worship. Hymn No. 360 “Here We Have Gathered” from Singing the Living Tradition Children’s Story “Hosea Ballou: What Are You Thinking?” By Denise…
Read MoreHold On to Your Hats: All of Unitarian Universalist History in Sixteen Minutes
Can there be a supportive religious community in which people grow spiritually and become more fully their own best selves without prior agreement on theological or philosophical first principles?
Read MoreLove and Marbles
They were the days the movies “Stand By Me” and “My Life as a Dog” remind us of, the sweet and simple days just before the guys got cute and the girls got coy and complications all too quickly set in.
Read MoreCrying Together
2015-06-18 Maybe we could just sit down and cry together first. In the presence of Black rage. In the presence of white shame. In the presence of grief and despair and the overwhelming knowledge that white men with guns just keep killing people. In the devastating remembrance that this is not the first time that…
Read MoreFriend
I find Kim’s words about friendship, excerpted from a sermon of hers we printed in the February 2011 Quest, very helpful as a roadmap to a meaningful life. My friends as chosen family and my family as chosen friends. —LD
Read MoreFaith in the Borderland
I love Abhi’s language about the “hyphenated space between perspectives.” It really speaks to me and gives me hope for a more accepting and just world. —LD
Read MoreBe Like Water
I just love this poem. I get a little slide show in my mind and so appreciate the idea that this very simple thing—water—is so darn complicated. —LD
Read MoreJoy
I always feel something when I read Lynn’s poems. “Building the structure of joy” seems like such a good aspiration to take into retirement. —LD
Read MoreDid You Know?
Did you know that you can make an online gift in honor of Lorraine’s years of wonderful service to the CLF? Click here to learn more.
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