Spring Religious Exploration will end on May 22, when we bid the dedicated teacher volunteers and classmates goodbye and transition to the relaxed summer RE schedule. I am not sad to put this year in the rearview mirror. The year challenged us all. We struggled with incomplete teaching teams and the frequent absences of both […]
Disrupting the Status Quo With UUCF Religious Exploration
Yesterday, Rev. David A. Miller referenced Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” in his sermon Why It Won’t Go Away. Since it has been a while since I read the letter in its entirety, I chose to spend some time reading and reflecting on Dr. King’s words. In it, Dr. King […]
Teaching UU Identity One Relationship at a Time
Yesterday I greeted parents, children, youth and teachers back to in-person Religious Exploration (RE) classes for the first time since March 2020. Smiles abounded and joy was present everywhere. Of course, for me, getting to this point was a journey fraught with anxiety. To adapt dialogue from “Shakespeare in Love,” one of my favorite movies, […]