At a training many years ago, the leader talked about how when she became a birder, she also began to see things that weren’t as pleasant. As she described it, she learned to notice small movements that called her attention to a creature nearby. She didn’t realize until she was in New York City and … Continue reading Soul Matters Theme: Vison
On Sunday, August 12, I answered questions generated in the service. I collected up index cards that had questions written on them and selected the ones that I would answer. As it turned out, it was only a few questions out of the big stack that got turned in. It was suggested that the questions … Continue reading Questions, Questions, Questions!
Our Racial Justice/White Fragility book group will be beginning on Wednesday, September 26 and the first book will be Ijeoma Oluo’s So You Want to Talk About Race. It’s a pragmatic and practical guide to talking about race. It offers us a common vocabulary and set of understandings to begin our conversations through the year. I’ve … Continue reading So You Want to Talk About Race: Getting Started
The staff (Susie Maharry, Nancy Slocum, Libby Ball and I) gathered one July afternoon to do some planning for the year. There are some exciting opportunities for gathering and connecting coming up this year. Watch the weekly E-news to find out what’s coming up! In particular, there will be monthly all ages game nights starting … Continue reading Watch This Space!
This is my final blog as TUUC Board president. It has been a wonderful year highlighted by the honor of installing Linda as our settled minister. She has truly led the way for us to become a forward-thinking congregation. It has been an exciting time to be on the Board. I want to share with … Continue reading President’s Blog for June 2018
I must begin this blog with a huge thank you to Tori Brewster and Eli Grandin-Rood. They brought enthusiasm and a fresh spirit to the pledge drive this year. They were thoughtful and creative and made every effort to involve new people in the pledge process. Also thanks to Libby. All the incoming pledges, updates, … Continue reading President’s Blog for May 2018
Back in the years when I was in seminary, I heard a story about a colleague of one of the large churches. He had been a successful minister, but knew a lot of grief and loss in his life. One teenaged child had drown when the family was on vacation some years before. At the … Continue reading These Are the Best
A few minutes ago, I was reading the study materials for my covenant group meeting this afternoon. This month’s topic is Emergence. One of the readings was an analysis of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. We’ve all read that book, right? Of course, the theme is ultimately metamorphosis. Have you ever considered this story … Continue reading President’s Blog for April 2018
If you’ve been following my blog posts you know that I write one blog per month about the Soul Matters Theme of the Month. One month = one thematic topic = one blog post. March’s theme was Balance, April’s is Emergence, and May’s theme will be Creativity. So I decided to put a little balance … Continue reading What Does It Mean To Be A People of Balance and Emergence and Creativity?
My message to you this month is deeply personal. It is pledge time again. I hope I was able to convey to you last year the depth of my love/passion for and commitment to TUUC. I hope it is contagious. In the thirteen years Skip and I have been members here, we have immersed ourselves … Continue reading President’s Blog for March 29, 2018
