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 Sermon on transition from the Rev. Angela Herrera on 7/18/2021: PDF Image of the process:

From question box sermon on 8/28/2021: What would UUs be called if we chose a new name to reflect our beliefs now? "We choose" (rh...

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I have a small grain of hope— one small crystal that gleams clear colors out of transparency. I need more. I break off a fragment to send yo...

 How the Word Is Passed - Clint Smith pg. 28 Robert Hayden - ballads to remember the Middle Passage Gwendolyn Brooks - children on the South...

" Sometimes it's good; sometimes it's bad. We'll see." - The Rev. Christine Robinson

  For years, every morning, I drank from Blackwater Pond. It was flavored with oak leaves and also, no doubt, the feet of ducks. And always ...

Instructions : Rub hands to move the energy. Take diaphragmatic breath. Shake out hands to release pooled energy. Close eyes. Soft smile.  ...

Learning to love differently is hard, love with the hands wide open, love with the doors banging on their hinges, the cupboard unlocked, the...

In the Middle of a life that's as complicated as everyone else's, struggling for balance, juggling time. The mantle clock that was ...

 On Confidence - Learning Lots with Brie Larson and Jessie Ennis Amy Poehler: Remember it's about habit, not character. Gives you space...

I learned regret at mother’s sink, jarred tomatoes, river-mud brown, a generation old, lumping down the drain. Hating wasted space, I had di...

Hope is not the thing with feathers That comes home to roost When you need it most. Hope is an ugly thing With teeth and claws and Patchy fu...

I want to tell you something. This morning is bright after all the steady rain, and every iris, peony, rose, opens its mouth, rejoicing. I w...

La dentelle des reines, the lace of queens, and the queen of laces. A veil made for Queen Elizabeth took 12,000 hours and had 12,000,000 sti...

All this talk of saving souls. Souls weren’t made to save, like Sunday clothes that give out at the seams. They’re made for wear; they come ...

  "When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am af...

Maru Mori brought me a pair of socks which she knitted herself with her sheepherder’s hands, two socks as soft as rabbits. I slipped my feet...

Bring your broken hallelujah here. Bring the large one that is beyond repair. Bring the small one that’s too soft to share. Bring your broke...

  Talking to policemen "Proximity breeds care and distance breeds fear. And because there's not enough proximity, there's a lac...