“Stories can save us. Stories enable us to see others as worthy of love, and therefore worth fighting for. Everyone has a story. Which story have you yet to tell? Whose story have you yet to hear?”
– Valarie Kaur
Recently, in … read more.
“Empathy has no script. There is no right way or wrong way to do it. It’s simply listening, holding space, withholding judgment, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing message of ‘You’re not alone.’”
-Brenè Brown
This past August, I had the … read more.
Dear friends,
Monday, October 11 was National Coming Out Day, a time of celebration and of proclaiming out loud for our LGBT and Queer siblings. So glad that those of you out and coming out feel safe enough and loved enough (including by yourself) to be … read more.
Our monthly Soul Matters theme for October is Cultivating Relationships, and I found the following words from Carl Jung touching in times like these: “Loneliness does not come from having no people around, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem … read more.
Dear Friends,
As you read, I have just returned from a Chapter Retreat with my ministerial colleagues. It is a chance to move out of ordinary time and ordinary obligations and responsibilities to a brief time of contemplation, commiseration, and learning. It is an opportunity for … read more.
Dear Friends,
I offer you this week a beautiful poem by Lucille Clifton called the “Blessing the Boats.” May it lift you as the stream of life takes you on your journey, where sometimes you steer and paddle and sometimes the tides and currents are all … read more.
“For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out, and everything changes. To someone who doesn’t understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.” Heather Warman
As we conclude the month … read more.
The Board met yesterday, September 21, 2021, for a special session to discuss plans for re-opening the Fellowship. As you are aware, COVID rates and hospitalization continue to climb in the Mankato region. The Board has voted, however, effective October 1, to allow … read more.
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”—George Eliot
More than a decade ago, a colleague gave me a fancy bookmark with this quotation. I was struggling with my then-vocation, wondering if I had the stamina to stick it out until retiring, … read more.
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
During my last years of high school, I recall someone speaking to my class regarding college and other post-high school options. The one metaphor I can clearly … read more.
