CFD Director’s Weekly Articles
“You hardly knew how hungry you were to be gathered in, to receive the welcome that invited you to enter entirely… You began to breathe again… You learned to sing. But the deal with this blessing is that it will not leave you alone, will not let you linger… this blessing will ask you to … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 9.14.22
Happy September (the month of Belonging)! I am now easing back into my responsibilities at UUFM, while parenting my new little one, Aedan. I feel grateful to be back and to be in a position that feels like a good balance with the new role of being a first-time mother. I am looking forward to welcoming … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 9.7.22
Macey Forsyth, our Director of Children’s Faith Development, is on maternity leave and will return sometime in August. Rev. Rita is coordinating programming. During this time, parents of all ages and other volunteers are offering children’s activities throughout the summer. June 12: Cathi and Deb offer activities. June 19: Jerianne & Diane L will run … Continue reading CFD and Youth News Summer 2022
We are wrapping up the month of Nurturing Beauty and onto June – the month of Celebrating Blessings. The theme feels appropriate to me, because in the next week or two, our baby Aedan is expected to emerge from me. It truly is bittersweet that it is my last week at UUFM before my maternity leave! How fortunate … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 5.24.22
“What if we tuned in to the detail of a leaf or the mood of the forest after a rain as closely as we notice our own shortcomings?” -Chelan Harkin Following worship this past week, I finally returned to my yoga mat and found myself reflecting on the week’s theme: the beauty found in the diversity of bodies. Pregnancy has … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 5.18.22
“At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough. No record of it needs to be kept and you don’t need someone to share it with or tell it to.” Toni Morrison I am wishing you much presence and awe as … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 5.11.22
“This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.” – Maya Angelou May is the month of Nurturing Beauty and may or may not be the month in which a baby emerges from me! While we opted out of gathering for a baby shower this past Saturday, a lot of people came through and dropped … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 5.4.22
Today, I leave you with these words as a short conclusion to the month of Awakening: “Moments of hearing for the first time; you never know what may cause them. The sight of the Atlantic Ocean can do it, or a piece of music, or a face you’ve never seen before. A pair of somebody’s old … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 4.27.22
Here is my update for this week. It may not feel like spring, and many of us experience some disappointment with how cold, cloudy, and windy of an April we have been experiencing here in southern Minnesota, with just another week and a half to go until May! I just returned from a trip up … Continue reading CFD Director’s Message 4.20.22
“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
