“Our times ask us to exercise our capacity for prophetic witness, by Prophetic witness I mean our capacity to see what is happening, to say what is happening and to act in accordance with what we know….Prophetic witness …is the ability to name those places where we resist knowing what needs to be known.” ~ … Continue reading Black People Matter
We are a week out from the election and there is still a lot of uncertainty, to say the least, about what a Donald Trump presidency will mean. Some of our children and youth will be able to articulate their reaction and feelings about this, others may simply be reacting. It’s important to let your … Continue reading After the Election for Children and Youth
Greetings, A cherished component of our faith community is encouragement to ask questions and receive support as we seek our own truth. For families, I believe a question often asked is, “Is it worth it to muster not only myself, after a long and busy week, but sleepy and sometimes resistant children to church on Sunday morning?” … Continue reading Is It Worth It?
This summer a transformation took place in several of the Religious Exploration classrooms thanks to the generosity of Tahama UU’s Paddle Raise donors! The two rooms are used for the middle school and high school youth groups, as well as adult committee meetings and covenant groups. The rooms went from seriously drab …. to fab! But … Continue reading Thank You Tahoma UU Paddle Raise Donors!
Greetings! As a parent I always start to get a little anxious by mid-August. I know the summer is starting to wind down and, as much as I love my children, I begin to look forward to the routines of the school year. This week school calendars were coordinated, supply lists considered, and too-small clothes … Continue reading Introducing Labyrinth Learning!
Greetings, On Sunday, July 10th, the RE Committee and I met, as we do monthly. We chose to postpone business as usual for a moment and start our time together with a personal check-in. It had been a devastating week with the deaths of Alton Sterling on Tuesday, Philando Castile on Wednesday, and the five … Continue reading Raising Race Conscious Children
Greetings, It feels good to be wrapping up my first year with Tahoma UU Congregation! It seems that I now recognize more people in the congregation than not, know most families, can call nearly all the children and youth by name, and have a grasp on what elements, rituals, and traditions are an important part … Continue reading Religious Exploration, Looking Back and Looking Forward!
Greetings! Can you believe it is already time to think of summer . . . SUMMER RE that is! As you may know, the RE program switches into a multi-age model through summer Sundays. Taking inspiration from the creative, innovative, and visionary ideas of Steampunk and STEAM, the Tahoma UU RE Program is excited to announce … Continue reading Summer RE & STEAM punk Sundays!
Greetings and Welcome! As a history major in college I have always been fascinated with the process of reveal. The big historical events take decades, even centuries, to parse out and often we think we know what happened, understanding their implications, when new information arrives and BOOM, we scramble to re-arrange the pieces. Right now … Continue reading Connecting Through Technology
