From Your Minister
In my Unitarian household as I was growing up in West Virginia, the word “prayer” was not uttered, and certainly no one ever suggested, much less demanded, that I pray.
Read MoreREsources for Living
When my wife and I adopted our daughter Mattéa as an infant, we knew that we wanted to build something into our lives together in the way of prayer or ritual.
Read MorePrayer
“Help” is a prayer that is always answered. It doesn’t matter how you pray—with your head bowed in silence, or crying out in grief, or dancing.
Read MoreWaiting as an Act of Faith
When I mentioned to a friend that I was writing a sermon on waiting as an act of faith, she nearly fell out of her chair laughing. This friend and I, you see, go way back.
Read MoreThe Resting Place (Excerpt)
May all nations rise up together and with FireSpirit burn to ashes the Great Anger that separates us.
Read MoreThe Transcendent Within
In a very real way, these encounters helped me to learn to transcend first my self, then my family unit, and then even my country—to understand that there was a lot more of value out there beyond my own immediate world. I then internalized that broader perspective and took to heart a wider reality shown to me through my wider relationships.
Read MoreThe God Beyond
And so it is that Abraham’s act of practical compassion leads to an encounter with the divine. It was in Abraham’s lived experience—in the choice to transcend a focus on his own needs—that the divine was ushered in.
Read MoreTranscending Boundaries
When I was a child, I would stand and gaze at the starry firmament and contemplate infinity. As I stood there, the boundary that is time dissolved; I expanded my Spirit to fill the boundary that is space. My being stilled and all fear, anxiety, and anguish disappeared. Forgotten were the chores, the homework, the ordinary around me.
Read MoreOppression
Is a question of strength,
of unshed tears,
of being trampled under,
and always, always,
remembering you are human.
Notice of Annual Meeting
The purpose of the meeting is to elect a moderator from among members present to preside at the meeting, and to elect, if contested, from the slate of candidates presented on the ballot, three members to three-year terms and two members to one-year terms on the board of directors, and the clerk and the treasurer.
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