On this holiday week, as we wrap up the monthly theme of gratitude, I am sensing into the deep well of it I have for this congregation and our wider community. The more I grow, the more deeply I understand our interdependence and how a culture of nurturance directly correlates to our capacity for transformation. … Continue reading Director of Lifespan Faith Formation 11.26.25

“Thank You” by Ross Gay If you find yourself half naked and barefoot in the frosty grass, hearing, again, the earth’s great, sonorous moan that says you are the air of the now and gone, that says all you love will turn to dust, and will meet you there, do not raise your fist. Do … Continue reading Director of Lifespan Faith Formation 11.19.25

“Prescription for the Disillusioned” by Rebecca del Rio Come new to this day. Remove the rigid overcoat of experience, the notion of knowing, the beliefs that cloud your vision. Leave behind the stories of your life. Spit out the sour taste of unmet expectation. Let the stale scent of what-ifs waft back into the swamp … Continue reading Director of Lifespan Faith Formation 11.12.25

Please note that Macey will be available for conversation about the possibility of creating a series of speakers and workshops monthly on Wednesday evenings, today from 2-3pm in the downstairs CFD classroom. This could be a really effective way to connect new people to our space, but it will take a team effort to arrange it. … Continue reading Director of Lifespan Faith Formation 11.5.25

Upcoming Activities Postponed: Sunday, November 16th, Young Adult Luncheon 12-1:30pm We will meet later in the month than usual due to a scheduling conflict. Macey will provide soup, bread, sweets, and guided conversation among 18–35-year-old participants. If children are present, they are welcome to stick around to eat and play alongside their parents. Mondays in … Continue reading Director of Lifespan Faith Formation 10.29.25

“Those who do the most growing in this life are those who offer the most compassion to the parts of themselves that have not yet grown.” – Andrea Gibson This week, I feel inspired by a process I am moving through alongside a coach as part of my professional development called “polarity mapping.” It’s a … Continue reading Director of Lifespan Faith Formation 10.22.25

“We are being conditioned to shut down. The barrage of cruelty, confusion, spectacle, and spin… wears on our capacity to feel… That is the danger of this moment—not just political collapse or climate unraveling or the erosion of public trust—but the numbing of our souls.”  -Rev. Cameron Trimble To show up fully and well in … Continue reading Director of Lifespan Faith Formation 10.15.25

“The heart enjoys experiencing the liberating feeling of compassion; it expands and glows, as if beaming its own sun upon the world. That is the warmth our cooling emotional world so desperately needs to preserve its humanity. It is this savoring of the nature of impersonal love that lets the peacemakers of the world do … Continue reading Director of Lifespan Faith Formation 10.8.25

“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” -Jack Kornfield I recently heard this story of the Dalai Lama being interviewed in the 1990s (https://onbeing.org/blog/the-self-hatred-within-us/), and it describes the confusion he felt in response to the idea that not only could people hate themselves, but that it was sensed as a common experiences. … Continue reading Director of Lifespan Faith Formation 10.1.25