One thing I have always known about myself is that I have a brown thumb. Whenever somebody gives me a plant, I immediately worry about how much time we will have together. How long will it take for my neglect to turn this beautiful plant into a brown, shriveled mess? It is strange that I … Continue reading The Parable of the Brown Thumb
O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie usTo see oursels as ithers see us!It wad frae mony a blunder free us,An’ foolish notion:What airs in dress an’ gait wad lea’e us,An’ ev’n devotion! –Robert Burns, “To A Louse, On Seeing One on a Lady’s Bonnet at Church”
“The search for meaning is of central importance to human functioning.” Hood, Hill, & Spilka, The Psychology of Religion
What does it mean to journey toward a world where inherent worth and dignity are experienced by each and every person? It is inspiring for us to want to celebrate the progress we have made and yet each step we take has been paved by those people and actions that came before us. How are … Continue reading Waking Up White: A Pilgrimage of Love and Justice
The responsibility which rests upon man is proportional to the ability which he possesses and the opportunity which he faces.” — Kirtley F. Mather
Berliner reflection 7-15-18 “Why is there something, rather than nothing?” Don Lincoln, Physicist Music by the Summer Choir.
The foundation for being generous “is being aware of and grateful for all we have received, all we have now, and all we will encounter every day.” –Unitarian Universalist author Mark Ewert
General Assembly Worship, Streamed from Kansas City WUS Symmes Room UUA President (and former WUS Intern Minister) the Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray will preach a sermon titled “No Time for Casual Faith” in the GA Sunday Service. Gather at WUS to worship across distance with a larger circle of Unitarian Universalists!
To learn the Buddhist way is to learn about yourself. To learn about yourself is to forget yourself. To forget yourself is to perceive yourself as all things. –Dogen Zeji, 13th-century Buddhist priest
