On this Labor Day 2022, I hope you take a moment to reflect on the balance of rest and work in your life. Our society would have it that we work ourselves to death producing all the time. However, as Tricia Hersey of The Nap Ministry says, “You are not a machine. Stop grinding.” Hersey’s […]
Upcoming Peace Vigils Allow Space to Hold Our Grief
The fires of the world are raging again. Threats of violence and war pervade our hearts and minds. Visions of refugees leaving their homelands and begging for safe entry elsewhere haunt us. We may struggle to maintain our faith in the UU principle of inherent worth and dignity of every person when such evil seems […]
Living With Intention Into a Spacious 2022
The day this blog is published is the anniversary of my first Sunday at UUCF as your Assistant Minister for Congregational Life! I preached that morning to a camcorder and a TV screen from the pulpit in the Sanctuary for the very first time. I think … Didn’t I? Gosh, I can hardly remember. I […]