“May this new year bring you wellbeing, joy, and limitless opportunities to grow. Let’s be fierce in our commitment to value and utilize even the most challenging circumstances as a way to deepen our understanding and cultivate compassion for others (as well as … read more.
Dear Ones,
Our Soul Matters theme for April is “Resistance,” and resistance might sound like hard work. Resist that fatty food (if you can!). Resist gloating over the news (if you can!). Resist despairing over the news (if you can!). Resist calling that person on the … read more.
Concluding the month of Vulnerability
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” -Rabindranath Tagore
I feel embarrassed and vulnerable when people enter our home in its most disastrous state. It happened this … read more.
Rev. Rita is away on vacation and will return on April 3rd. While she is away you may contact Board President, Bob Finley at: finbob@charter.net or (507) 380-1869 or Shelly Storm in the Church office at: uumankato@gmail.com or (507) … read more.
Dear Ones,
I journey East this week and next for visits with family and friends, the beginnings of a search for a new house, and a much-anticipated time in the Pennsylvania woods. And I take this trip, continuing in vulnerability and risk, not knowing the outcomes … read more.
“Joy is the most vulnerable emotion we experience, and if you cannot tolerate joy, what you do is you start dress rehearsing tragedy.” – Brené Brown
The first time I had a pregnancy test come back positive, I felt nervous and afraid, … read more.
“Vulnerability is the core, the heart, the center, of meaningful human experiences.” – Brené Brown
Vulnerability may go hand in hand with discomfort. However, when I consider what an unwillingness to practice the discomfort that vulnerability might mean, I think of all … read more.
Dear Ones,
It was my distinct honor to be present in the State Capitol, with other supportive clergy, when the House passed the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act. As described in the law, the purposes of this act are to “(1) protect the long-term interests, as … read more.
Dear Ones,
I find it difficult to believe that it was 50 years ago yesterday that protesters for voting rights were attacked and beaten by agents of the government—state and local police forces—as well as common citizens, crossing a bridge in Selma, Alabama. Two Unitarians—the Rev. … read more.
Today, I do not have a reflection to share, but please enjoy these words from one of my favorite writers:
“I have more compassion than if I had never been wounded or if I had never been betrayed or I had never been harmed… … read more.
