Dear Ones, While in San Miguel de Allende several weeks ago, I had the privilege of visiting ABBA House, a shelter for migrants traveling through Mexico from Honduras as they seek political asylum in the US. Run by Pastor Ignacio, a Mexican Evangelical minister, this small ramshackle place provides respite for those merely passing through … Continue reading April 19, 2022 Minister’s Message
Dear Ones, Tomorrow is the third anniversary of my Installation as your minister here at UUFM. Back in April 2019, I had just returned from a First Year Ministers Retreat in Boston, welcomed by all the loving preparation that members of the congregation had underway for our big day. The choir was rehearsing favorite songs … Continue reading April 13, 2022 Minister’s Message
“The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best that is in us. It is only through our own personal awakening that the world can be awakened. We cannot give what we do not have.” -Marianne Williamson There is not a lot I have in mind to share today, but I enjoyed … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 4.13.22
“You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you read a book, or you take a trip, or you talk with someone, and you discover that you are not living, that you are hibernating… Monotony, boredom, death. Millions live like this (or die like this) without knowing … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 4.6.22
Dear Ones, I’ve just returned from the city of San Miguel de Allende in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. There is a thriving UU Fellowship there, figuring out how to create one community from the wealthy ex-pats extending their retirement dollars, the local LGBTQ community with no spiritual home in a conservative Catholic country, and … Continue reading April 6, 2022 Minister’s Message
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Concluding the month of Renewing Faith and beginning the month of Awakening… The ground and waters surrounding us are in the process of thawing, and it feels like UUFM is going through a similar process after two long years. It has been so pleasant smelling the coffee brewing in the Fellowship Hall again for the last couple of … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 3.30.22
“To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.” Alan Watts …I am here for you, just an email or a phone call away. I am now currently holding office … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 3.23.22
Dear Ones, The US Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman wrote this in the poem she presented at Joe Biden’s Inauguration: “There is always light./Only if we are brave enough to be it.” War continues, violence continues, poverty continues, addition continues, oppression continues, bigotry continues. Part of the wide world and also part of our immediate … Continue reading March 23, 2022 Minister’s Message
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