Posts Tagged ‘quest-magazine-2019-12|unexpected’

I want to acknowledge right up front that the story of the Annunciation, the visitation of Mary from the angel Gabriel as described in the Gospels presents us Unitarian Universalists, with all sorts of challenges.

Two months ago, Sky was having one of his recurring nocturnal fights against a bad thing, a monster of some sort.

I have five daughters. I wasn’t always in touch with them all—and one day out of the blue my youngest wrote to me.

Joy and woe are woven fine,
Clothing for the soul divine:
Under every grief and pine
Runs a joy with silken twine.

When I wake up
I find myself in an environment
that’s so different from the one
I once knew.

As the CLF, like all of us, encounters unexpected successes and setbacks, it helps so much to be able to count on recurring monthly donations.

A few years ago, a group from CLF decided to take a trip to the Gulf Coast to help with some reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina.

You can listen to audio recordings of Quest Monthly, read back issues, or get electronic versions of the text to share with friends (and much more) at questformeaning.org

The call comes on a stunningly
ordinary telephone: the doctor
telling you the test is positive,
the agency saying that you have a child,
the lover who left so long ago
wanting to make amends.