Good Enough: 10 Tips for Sucking Less
2014-10-02 Recently Christine Organ (a blogger for this UU Collective) published a lovely post on “good enough” parenting in this competitive age. Frankly, as someone who feels like “good enough” parenting is pretty much the top of my game, I appreciated the reminder that plenty of other folks are perfectly fine parents without living up…
Read MoreBeliefs, A-Liefs, and Seeing the Way Things Are
2014-10-02 Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined. Alexander Pope One of the major tourist attractions in Chicago is the Willis Tower, formerly the Sears Tower and also formerly the tallest building in the world. Upon reaching the 103rd floor, visitors have the opportunity to walk out…
Read MoreSurf
2014-10-06 Whoever it was that said grief comes in waves knew what it is to stand in my kitchen on a glorious late-September afternoon at the beginning of apple season. My hand spins the food mill round and round. Rich, warm sauce drips into the bowl. And I weep.
Read MoreCompanions on the journey
2014-10-15 “May beauty and passion and compassion be our companions. May we be fully alive. Amen.” ~Rev. Kim Crawford Harvie (Healing Places, 9/14/2014) Keep the faith, beloveds. Keep showing up. Keep paying attention. Keep speaking your truth. Because we have changed, the world is changed. And you are not alone… #blacklivesmatter #FergusonOctober #MoralMonday…
Read MorePlease
2014-10-22 Tonight we stood together around candles that marked the spot where his body was found this morning. Tonight we poured out our stories and our songs, our prayers and our tears. Tonight we reminded each other that we are loved and loving, that our lives have value and are valued by each other. Tonight…
Read MoreWhere Is the I in Me? Emotions, Self and Soul
2014-10-16 A child falls down and begins screaming. It’s common. You did it as a child. I did it. What happens next? For me, my parents said, “Get up off the floor! Boys don’t cry!” When this happens at an upscale pre-school nearby, I’m more likely to hear, “You feel sad!” Or, “That’s frustrating, isn’t…
Read MoreTwenty Inches
2014-10-20 Twenty inches isn’t all that high. It’s less than two feet. My daughter was 20 and ½ inches long when she was born. But when you are staring at a black box twenty inches high and you’re supposed to jump on top of it and land on your feet and you’ve never done anything…
Read MoreThe Neighbors are Zombies Living in Maslow’s Basement!
2014-10-23 Imagine the laid-back life of a zombie. First of all, you’re dead. So. No more taxes! That’s for sure. And monthly bills will bother you no more. Besides no more worries about death and taxes, look at how focused you are: your meaning and purpose have boiled down to searching for brains to eat.…
Read MorePlenty and Then Some
2014-10-27 This blog post, and the excerpts of a sermon on which this blog post is based, are both inspired by [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jy5R-3sDA4[/youtube] a song, “Help Somebody,” by Susan Werner. “I got plenty and then some….what do I do?” I can not get this song out of my head, once it’s in there…and because of this…
Read MoreConscience and Choosing the Hill to Die On
2014-10-30 As of this writing, Maine nurse Kaci Hickox is under house arrest for her resistance to what she considers a fear-based, anti-scientific, and politically-motivated quarantine. In 2012, the US military experienced a odd occurrence: for the first time in US history during time of war, more active duty troops died as a result of…
Read More