Justice on Earth

This week we celebrate Earth Day. During normal times we celebrate Earth Days with tree plantings and large gatherings. This year we will mark this day in relative isolation, but we can still reflect on this day together.  The UUA Common Read for 2018 was a collection of essays titled Read more

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Compost and Kindness

by AJ Fox Transacript: “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” A simple saying that helps me dig deep and find kindness in moments when I am struggling to find compassion. It is attributed to Plato or Socrates or a number of other wise minds but Read more

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Now is the Time to Plant

Now is the Time to Plant

by Emily McKinney March 29, 2020 I’d like to tell you a story. Three weeks ago, before staying home as much as possible became our new normal, Mark and I bought seeds for the garden. We had every intention of paying attention to the last frost date and what prefers Read more

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Healing Connective Tissue

by Susanne Bounds March 22, 2020 Greetings to everybody! This is an abbreviated version of what my message was going to be this March 22 spring equinox morning. This message and the ritual I have posted on YouTube will hopefully help us all ground and remember and draw on the Read more

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Where are the Prophets?

February 2, 2020 by Rev Michelle Scott-Huffman Nancy McDonald Ladd shares these important words in “Powerful Honesty” published in the UU book A People So Bold. In recent decades, the mainline Protestant tradition has suffered what many see as a steady progression toward marginalization and relative powerlessness in social and Read more

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