This week, there are a wide range of ways we might be observing the Thanksgiving holiday. Some are celebrating with family or friends, either as hosts or as guests. Some are having a special meal in a restaurant. Some are not celebrating at all, for … read more.
Our next book will be Less is More, by Cecile Andrews and Wanda Urbanska. We’ll meet on Wednesday January 22 at 5:45 pm. Here is one of the Amazon blurbs for the book:
Less stuff, less stress – more freedom, more joy.
Our obsessive pursuit of wealth isn’t … read more.
This week’s activities:
Tonight! Youth Group, Wednesday, November 20th, 6:30-8pm https://uufm.breezechms.com/form/49b0571516
Art Journaling and Ornament Crafting, Sunday, November 24th, 11:30am-1pm https://uufm.breezechms.com/form/6482e994938457328676
As we move through this period between Election Day and Inauguration Day, a period which also includes a wide range of winter holidays in many faith traditions (and for some, time with extended family), I am aware that many of us are having lots of … read more.
“The times are urgent. We must slow down.” – Bayo Akomolafe
While it has been a turbulent, disturbing time following the election results, I’ve been considering the theme of repair. Sometimes, as counter intuitive as it may feel for those who feel the pressure … read more.
As I said on Sunday, I know we are in a wide variety of places emotionally after the election. One week out, some of us are still in shock, and needing comfort rather than a to-do list; others are itching to have something tangible to … read more.
November planned activities. Please sign up on the links below.
Minneopa Group Hike, Saturday, November 16th, 10am
RSVP: https://uufm.breezechms.com/form/2cf88a238
Youth Group, Wednesday, November 20th, 6:30-8pm
https://uufm.breezechms.com/form/49b0571516
Art Journaling, Sunday, November 24th, 11:30am-1pm
https://uufm.breezechms.com/form/6482e994938457328676
Beloveds, as I write this it is 4:45 am and I am stunned by the way Election Day went. We are headed for a second Trump administration, which is a threat to many of us in a variety of ways. I imagine many of you … read more.
“It’s not the weight you carry
but how you carry it–
books, bricks, grief–
it’s all in the way
you embrace it, balance it, carry it
when you cannot, and would not,
put it down.”
So I went practicing.
Have you noticed?
-excerpt from Heavy by Mary Oliver
I’ve been spending … read more.
I’m happy to report that after three and a half weeks of sick leave thanks to COVID, I am back “on duty” as of Monday. However, my energy level is still pretty low, so I appreciate the patience many of you have shown with pivoting … read more.
