I am curious! Have you been practicing curiosity this week? What new growth has come about because of it? Be sure to take a few moments each day to reflect and recognize it. What questions have you asked? What deeper questions has this knowing inspired? Back in August 2018 when I started this amazing journey…

Ponderings of our Spiritual Life Director We are a kind and generous connected community- connected across theologies, genders, sexualities, races, ethnicities, and across the generations. We connect with one another by being generous with our time, talents, and treasures and creating a community that embraces our most deeply held values- the kind that can transform…

Love as Generosity and the Undoing of Perfectionism Do you appreciate everyone’s contributions or are you looking for how their work is inadequate? Do you feel overly criticized? When someone makes a mistake, do you see the person as a mistake, or can you look past it and still hold the person as worthy of…

Generosity: Paying Attention Proverbs 11:24-25 (ESV) 24 One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. 25 Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered. What does it mean to give and grow richer? To bless and be enriched? To…

Happy New Year! And I sincerely do hope that it is a year full of love and joy for all of us- individually and collectively. We have achieved great things at UUCL this year because we have expressed our values of love, connection, and transformation through our generosity of time, talent, and treasure. And, because…

Holiday Reflection Hope. Peace. Joy. Love. These are the four themes for Advent Sundays and have been the focus of each worship service as we’ve traveled down this December pathway to the light. They are also critical values for a religious/spiritual community to uphold throughout the year. But they are abstract nouns and sometimes I…