Spirit of Life: You’ve Got to Rock When the Spirit Says Rock Ponderings of the Spiritual Life Director I had an experience a few years back at the UUA’s General Assembly in Rhode Island.  It was a very lively GA, the spirit of joy seemed to be walking alongside us the entire time.  The workshops…

Spirit of Life: Food is Life Ponderings of the Spiritual Life Director “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” ― Virginia Woolf I was surprised, although perhaps I should not have been, at the passionate discussion that developed during our Town Hall meeting about the “Social/Coffee Hour” we…

Unity in Diversity: Our Shared Ministries Ponderings of the Spiritual Life Director Ministry is no longer an act provided only by those who are ordained or called to serve. Ministry happens wherever individuals embrace the belief that their good works, their volunteerism, their acts, can help serve the mission and vision of their congregation.– UUA.org/What…

Unity in Diversity:  The Theology of Unitarian Universalism Ponderings of the Spiritual Life Director   One of the biggest challenges of being a Unitarian Universalist is gaining the ability to articulate the theology of our faith.  This can be frustrating, especially when those outside of our faith fail to understand, or even to recognize us,…

“Unity in Diversity: Making Room” We are not like the social insects. They have only the one way of doing things and they will do it forever, coded for that way. We are coded differently, not just for binary choices, go or no-go. We can go four ways at once, depending on how the air…

“Unity in Diversity: Music” Ponderings of the Spiritual Life Director and the Music Director We are the music makers; we are the dreamers of dreams. —Arthur O’Shaughnessy In the exploration of human diversity, one cannot ignore that which humans employed for communication before speech- music. From dancing to lullabies, music has been a part of…