Dear TUS Members and Friends,
In the midst of a continuing inundation of troubling, hate-filled, and violent developments on the national and international scene, I reach out to you about an issue of deep concern and dear proximity.
Nearly four decades … read more.
Our minister has written a statement in response to the current situation on the Mexico/US border. In the spirit of our polity, Rev. Karen has freedom of the pulpit, which includes making statements like this, speaking on her own behalf. The statement is available at the … read more.
The month of May has much to offer this year.
It begins with our beloved Affirmation Credo service, where the youth share their reflections on what it means for each of them to be a Unitarian Universalist at this time in their lives. They participate in this service … read more.
What promises have you made to the world? To this place? To this people? To yourself?
These four questions are from last October in one of my early sermons. On April 30, the installation marks our shared ministry. It seems like a good time to revisit promises we … read more.
In anticipation of our Bring a Friend Sunday on March 19, I have been practicing my UU “elevator speech.” Just what is an elevator speech? It’s what you would say if, while on an elevator going from the lobby to the sixth floor (or back … read more.
Resilience and resistance. Notions that visit during both waking and sleeping hours.
Here we are, bearing witness that America has always been an evolving mélange of humanity and cultures, with aspirations of fairness and justice, always stuck in the mess of not-yet-there.
This new chapter in the … read more.
It is nearly February and I am thinking about love. Not the Hallmark card kind and not the box of mediocre chocolates kind and not the heteronormative dinner and date kind. I have been thinking about love and sexual orientation and gender identity, about power … read more.
The poet Annie Dillard says that we are here to witness our generation and our time. I keep hearing and reading the phrase, “resilience and resistance” and I think it has something to say to our generation and our time.
My initial impulse – right … read more.
With December upon us, I am aware of the clarion call of consumerism, wrapped in the alluring packaging of generosity and giving, disguising the corporate strategies manipulating this natural, loving impulse. I hear the promises of true happiness and lasting satisfaction that never seem to … read more.
There is a Japanese art form originating in the 15th century called kintsugi. It is the process of repairing broken ceramics by mending them with a clear lacquer resin that is mixed with gold powder (or other powdered metals). In filling these cracks, these broken … read more.
