My mind is buzzing with all sorts of ideas this morning. Like the life around me, it seems busy, random, and distracted but really they are all interrelated thoughts working towards love and giving back to life. I am grateful for spring mornings when I can sit on my deck and take in the re-emergence…

My daughter and I have made our way to a farm once again! This is spring break week for Meadville Lombard (where I attend seminary) and my daughter is in virtual school, so we’ve taken a couple days to get outside of Lakeland, to relax, and to get some work done! This time, we are…

This Sunday is Easter, and thus the end of our #UULent word a day spiritual practice. I really appreciate having a word- a feeling, an idea, an experience- to contemplate daily. Today’s word is “doubt”. This word feels a bit more challenging than some, but I suppose that is the point of the Christian Holy…

#UULent: soul. We had prepared this hymn, number 83 in our hymnal, for Sunday. Due to technical difficulties, we couldn’t play it, but I’m sure it will show up in a service at some point soon. It’s so prayerful. It nourishes and uplifts my soul in these times. Here are the lyrics so you can…

This is a time of transition. We have begun to walk the bridge that leads to getting back to “normal”, or whatever a post-pandemic reality might look like. We can help shape this transition by being purposeful about our decisions and actions as we walk this bridge together. Will we build a rickety bridge, being…

#UULent: mistakes and courage. I doubt it’s a mistake that these two words were next to each other on the UULent calendar. It takes courage to make mistakes. It takes courage to admit to mistakes. We make more mistakes when we are courageous. Without the courage to make mistakes, we are not really learning, growing,…