We struck the religious imagination of an angry people
-Mahatma Gandhi
Beloveds in faith,
We have just lived through two more horrifying mass shootings in our country.
The trauma is real — and we dare not become immune to it.
I am heartsick, as … read more.
“Love isn’t a feeling, it’s a practice.” — Rinku Sen
We have just marked Independence Day, the birth of our nation. While celebrating its rich legacy of democracy and diversity, we are steeped in the angst and controversy of the questions it surfaces, “Whose country is … read more.
“You have to sniff out joy. Keep your nose to the joy trail.” – Buffy Saint Marie
It is hard to believe, but we are wrapping up one year of church together. I am no longer your new minister and you are no longer my new … read more.
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.
Art is knowing which ones to keep.” -Scott Adams
It is May. Yay!! Creation is exploding with new life. We at A2U2 are a part of that, reflecting and embodying the creativity to which the very Spirit … read more.
Why it was wonderful;
Why, all at once there were leaves,
Leaves at the end of a dry stick, small, alive
Leaves out of wood. It was wonderful.
You can’t imagine. They came by the wood path
And the earth loosened, the earth … read more.
I’d like to invite us to hold ourselves lightly, our dreams and hopes, our knowledge and beliefs, our disappointments and our mistakes. All of them, lightly.
We are entering into a time of experimentation. We decided this together. That was the buy-in. As a congregation we … read more.
We have loved Willy. He has brought joy and comfort and unconditional love to many, at meetings, in coffee hour, in your homes and hospital visits. He has been happy here,
And, as some of you know, he has been sick, coughing and experiencing trouble breathing. … read more.
“I’ve decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
When I read those words of Dr. King, my heart grows full. I feel the rightness of his words in my body. Love fills and warms the heart … read more.
“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.”
-Meister Eckhart
As we crest the new year, I feel the wisdom and the calling embedded in Meister Eckhart’s admonition, “Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” What if we didn’t need to already know … read more.
It is the irrational season
When love blooms bright and wild
Had Mary been filled with reason
There’d have been no room for the child. – Madeleine L’Engle
How wonderful to dedicate this season for the irrational, and for love that blooms bright and wild!
Irrational, bright … read more.
