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I don’t know what a noel is, Except that it’s something That angels say, and the first time They said it, was to shepherds Who were out layi...

"It is so American, fire. So like us. Its desolation. And its eventual, brief triumph."

"Fire is the ultra-living element. It is intimate and it is universal. It lives in our heart. It lives in the sky. It rises from the de...

As swimmers dare to lie face to the sky and water bears them, as hawks rest upon air and air sustains them, so would I learn to attain freef...

I did a good job in the past couple years reaching back, reaching out, to key people in my past. I didn't realize how much that also mea...

Breathe. Feel grateful for blessings. Move. Stretch. Feel grounded and stretch to the sky. Meditate on the miracle of a spark of my perspect...

The question today at church. And an offer: Can you lay it down for a minute? 10 minutes? An hour? For days or weeks or months at a time? To...

 Now it's December, and I'm still struggling with dark spirits. Atheist Christmas Carol Me to the season: Don't forget, I love, ...

Today, everything feels like too much. Too many things to do. Too hard. Too much energy needed to overcome the inertia of despondent now.  T...

It's been a whirlwind fall. I've been co-teaching a class at UNM, which is so fun but soaks up all my "free time." Teachin...

So I can’t save the world – can’t save even myself, can’t wrap my arms around every frightened child, can’t foster peace among nations, can...

I am working on a small service for Wednesday evening. This is a 30-minute online Vespers, a time for poetry, song, and reflection. My theme...

I'm keeping an intention to fold in physical activities high in my consciousness. It still hasn't turned into action much, but the r...

We just got back from a week-long UU kids camp. I've been wanting to go for years; we hear a lot during the year about "camp magic...

Umea asked me if I was ever fun. An old friend asked me what I did for fun. A new friend told me how he fills his days with joy now that he ...

As you breathe, feel how your anxiety is the high strung vibration of too much too fast, and how as you breathe out, you can deepen that ton...

I'm struggling this week with feeling out of balance on multiple tightropes. (Warning: much whining ensues.)  Work feels so overwhelming...

Can we develop the skill of remembering the future? Can we commit to build the community that will extend into a time that we only know by m...

47 seems to be a year of reconnecting with my past. This summer will be my 30th high school reunion. 30 years. I dove into the rabbit hole o...

 Martha Beck - we carry 2 different selves in our heads, some speaking more loudly than others. Social self - learn from our families and cu...