Forum, Undue Medical Debt

August 10, 2025
Undue Medical Debt is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit effort to raise funds to erase all medical debt – more than $2 million – currently in collections in the First Congressional…
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…

What Is Sucess?

July 27, 2025
Success is defined in many ways. One of my favorite definitions is from Deepak Chopra: “The continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals.” Please join me…
This Forum will provide information and an opportunity to ask questions about the upcoming August 5 millage election to support construction of a new jail and county buildings. Houghton County…
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.
With so many other crises in the political scene, we are not hearing as much about the existential crisis we face with the earth’s rapidly changing climate. In this service,…

Cultivating Freedom

June 22, 2025
My teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, says that “freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it for ourselves.”  I would like to share some of Thich…
Here are two questions to ponder for worship on June 15. They may seem unrelated, but I’ll try to tie them together: What is normal, anyway? And does God answer…
Keweenaw Indivisible is a recently formed chapter of Michigan Indivisible. Keweenaw Indivisible coordinates and mobilizes its members to inform the local community of the activities of concern of the current…