Happy New Year! I hope that however you spent the last couple of weeks, it offered you what you need: rest or activity, company or solitude, or maybe all of the above! For several years now, many people I know have chosen a “word of the year” to serve as inspiration and an anchor for … Continue reading January 10, 2024 Minister’s Message
“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” – Martin Luther King Jr. As we look forward to Martin Luther King Jr. Day and … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 1.10.24
Happy New Year, friends! January is the month of Liberating Love. I don’t yet have a reflection to share yet this month, as I reacclimate from a nice stretch of time off, but here is a quote from Austin Channing Brown to consider: “To practice love is to disrupt the status quo, which is masquerading … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 1.3.24
Pedal Past Poverty – Partners for Housing Our “UU Fellowship Frenzy” stationary bike team is back again this year in support of the Partners for Affordable Housing Pedal Past Poverty (PPP) event. The event will be held the morning of February 24th at the YMCA. Click here, where you should see an option for making … Continue reading 2nd Collection for January 2024
Thank you to all who made our recent Intergenerational Christmas Pageant Service and especially to those who brought along winter clothing items as donations! I was surprised how full my vehicle ended up being and am off to the Blue Earth County Library on this Tuesday to drop them off. I appreciate the willingness to … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 12.19.23
As we head into this week of holidays, with our Winter Solstice service Thursday evening at 7:00 and our Christmas Eve service Sunday evening at 8:00, I hope you are each finding time and space to tend to your spirits in whatever way best meets your needs. For some of you, that was attending our … Continue reading December 19, 2023 Minister’s Message
We are once again sponsoring a collection for the REACH Resource Center and CADA this holiday season. The collection will run from November 26th through January 7th. Tags describing needed donations can be found on a tree located in the entry. Donations can be placed by the tree located at the front of the Sanctuary. … Continue reading 2nd Collection for December 2023
“Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had.” – Alan Watts Today, I am celebrating 18 months of parenthood during quite the unseasonably warm December. Here in Minnesota, the temperatures in the forecast may be met with bittersweet feelings: joy, concern, relief, disappointment, ease, and anxiety, depending on a … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 12.13.23
“I beg you, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 12.6.23
Last week, I attended a gathering of the ministerial study group I have belonged to for several years. We meet twice a year (fall and spring) and each time we have a topic we focus on, with reading done in advance. This time, our topic was Disability Joy and Justice. The word “joy” may at … Continue reading December 6, 2023 Minister’s Message
