When in your life have you felt or observed that you, that we, can do hard things? What did it feel like? This week, we look to seasonal cycles, zen stories and personal experience to explore the courage it takes to do hard things, and how some of the hardest things, such as leaning into … Continue reading We Can Do Hard Things. And Yet, and Yet. . .
In gratitude for Wendell Berry’s life and this season of abundance coming to a close, our service this week considers Berry’s poem “The Wild Geese”, its concluding phrase: What we need is here, and its invitation for a new beginning in the midst of what feels like an ending. Service will be in person and … Continue reading What We Need Is Here
Friends, there is a lot going on in our lives and in our world. In this service, I welcome all to join us for the practice of pausing, bearing witness and recollecting ourselves, that we may go forth with integrity. Service will be in person and on Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83975762265?pwd=TC9BcStaTDF4dFZOU2ZsUHhZTERoUT09 Meeting ID: 839 7576 2265 Passcode: … Continue reading Practices For Opening to Uncertainty
All flourishing is mutual” is a favorite quote of Robin Wall Kimmerer. During this message, I’ll consider the mutual flourishing of co-creating our collective well-being as well as our responses to aging, illness and societal suffering. Service will be in person and on Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83975762265?pwd=TC9BcStaTDF4dFZOU2ZsUHhZTERoUT09 Meeting ID: 839 7576 2265 Passcode: KUUF
Astronauts find it hard to fit words to the awe, wonder and curiosity that is felt while experiencing the earth from space. This perspective shift can be profound and translate into a deep sense of responsibility and care upon returning to Earth. One of the Artemis II astronauts recently assigned this homework to space-curious kids: … Continue reading Cultivating a Down-to-Earth Curiosity
In his Easter Sermon, Rev. Bruce posed the question: “What makes you feel alive?” This seems like such an important question that I’d like to resurrect it this week as spring unfolds. What’s owl vision got to do with it? We’ll explore together. Service will be in person and on Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83975762265?pwd=TC9BcStaTDF4dFZOU2ZsUHhZTERoUT09 Meeting ID: 839 … Continue reading Owl Vision and What Makes You Feel Alive?
I invite us to consider these words of Potawatomi botanist and author Robin Wall Kimmerer, as well as examples from the natural world as a framework for understanding our interconnectedness and awakening our gratitude and generosity. Service will be in person and on Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83975762265?pwd=TC9BcStaTDF4dFZOU2ZsUHhZTERoUT09 Meeting ID: 839 7576 2265 Passcode: KUUF
Today’s message attempts to dance with both the active and allowing elements of belonging: the work of affirming and protecting an ecology of belonging and the non-work of remembering and resting in the belonging that is already there. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83975762265?pwd=TC9BcStaTDF4dFZOU2ZsUHhZTERoUT09 Meeting ID: 839 7576 2265 Passcode: KUUF Service will be in person and on Zoom.
What if taking good care of ourselves and one another in everyday situations is actually a sacred act that gradually strengthens our inner resilience and outer ability to be of service when the need arises? Service will be in person and on Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83975762265?pwd=TC9BcStaTDF4dFZOU2ZsUHhZTERoUT09 Meeting ID: 839 7576 2265 Passcode: KUUF Potluck lunch to follow … Continue reading Taking Good Care in All Times
As we move from celebrations of Juneteenth to Independence Day, I’d like to consider the freedom that is born from acknowledging and appreciating interdependence. Service will be in person and on Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83975762265?pwd=TC9BcStaTDF4dFZOU2ZsUHhZTERoUT09 Meeting ID: 839 7576 2265 Passcode: KUUF Potluck lunch to follow the service. All are welcome.
