Creative minds, look here! (that’s all of you, by the way : ) I have a habit of subscribing to all kinds of newsletters: “unbiased” news sources, social justice organizations, science updates, including ornithology and anthropology, women’s health, vintage business tips, religion and spirituality, church leadership and growth, and arts and creativity, just to name…

Today’s “Ponderings” is more along the lines of “bits and pieces of what’s on my mind,” and probably yours, too: First of all, good news, the Supreme Court has rejected a petition from former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis to overturn the 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. That means that Obergefell v. Hodges remains…

I’ve been thinking a lot about how joy is connected to each of the monthly worship themes we are exploring this church year. Being intentional about ways to experience joy has been at the top of my personal list, and my church leadership list, of things to do this year! That is because we need…

Picture a person (living or passed on) who has embodied compassion and let it flow through every interaction they have with others. Picture great teachers of compassion. Who comes to your mind? For me it’s the Dalai Lama, Thích Nhất Hạnh, and Jane Goodall, all great teachers who dedicated their lives to practicing their spiritual…

Welcome to Autumn! I offer you this poem by Wendell Berry for contemplation on this first day of Fall: Again the air is full of falling: the fall of the leaves in the weighty season that brings all home again to the lowly miracle from which they came. Nature, the mother and maker, requires that…