by admin | Feb 3, 2024
February 2nd is one of my favorite holidays. Some call it Imbolc, others Groundhog Day. Some celebrate with the Feast of St. Brigid, Ireland’s patroness saint who promises the gifts of spring: new life, abundance, protection. Going to wells is one of the practices of...
by admin | Jan 4, 2024
Dear Ones, I actually bristle at that salutation—dear ones. But I can’t help myself; it is the only way I can begin this column. You see, I’m still reeling from a recent experience. After the holiday service, I had to pull over on a gravel road on the way home because...
by admin | Nov 29, 2023
December is for Reflective Practice While there was no official tally, when I was in seminary, I believe the words “energy” and “mystery” were used most often to describe the notion of the holy. It did not matter if the student believed in God or what faith they...
by admin | Nov 12, 2023
Beloveds, I invite you to stop what you are doing if you can sit with me in the depth of this tragedy. How to reconcile the cost of occupation and war? How to nuance two very real histories of oppression and violence? I am holding close the words of U.N. Middle East...
by admin | Oct 6, 2023
I hope that this article finds you with the gifts of the season: a cup of tea, a window to the changing leaves or shorter days that provide pause and reflection. When people ask me how I’m doing these days, I share (in complete honesty) that my work with CUUF is a...
