11 Jul, 2022
To start off our series on Opening to Joy , it seems appropriate to define joy. I don’t want us to get hung up on semantics, so let’s make sure we’re all on the same page. When I refer to joy, I don’t mean “happiness.” Heaven forbid that you...
28 Jun, 2022
Once a month, Julie and I go over and offer a worship service at St. Monica’s. Just this last Thursday, when the service was over, I was chatting and picking up bulletins to take them home and recycle them and I came upon a woman who was...
20 Jun, 2022
“Forgive Me” Forgive me dear father For all the trouble I caused The missed curfews The missed classes Your unfulfilled dreams for me Forgive me dear father But your dreams are not my dreams Forgive me dear father And I will forgive you For...
14 Jun, 2022
What if the intention of (what we call) the Beatitudes in Matthew 5, was to remind everyone of their role as the Beloved of God no matter what they were going through? People in ancient times operated with a belief that God only blessed you if...
06 Jun, 2022
When most of us think of someone blessings someone else we think of a pastor or priest, most likely in a formal ritual like a baptism or marriage, and possibly with hand motions or laying on of hands. John O' Donohue, in his book "To Bless the...
31 May, 2022
This is the first in a five-part series on Celebrating Blessings. It seemed appropriate to begin the journey of summer remembering to watch for the blessings that are found on every journey. This poem/blessing by Jan Richard, Beloved is Where...
24 May, 2022
May we have faith in the unfolding of our lives, and radical trust in the universe! Awaken us to the Oneness of all things, to the beauty and truth of Unity. May we become aware of the interdependence of all living things, and come to know You...
16 May, 2022
We live in a market economy. We buy whatever we want or need. If we give gifts, most of the time they are bought in the store, not made with our hands. For a large portion of human history, resources belonged to the community. But then someone...
09 May, 2022
Mother is an archetype, an energy, a pattern or model, found within each of us. Whenever we exhibit the loving, nurturing, caring, teaching, tender, giving, self-less, generous, patient characteristics, we’re channeling the mother within us...
02 May, 2022
The creation story in the first chapter of Genesis was written during the time of the Babylonian exile when the Israelites were far from home, feeling lost and grieving, wondering where God was in the midst of the despair, hopelessness, and...