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 […]
"Faith Matters" Blog
Welcome to "Faith Matters," the Monday blog written by UUCF's ministers and congregational lay leaders.
Climate and Compassion, Deepening What We Do
Climate science clearly shows an ongoing rise in global temperatures. Global warming leads to droughts, rising ocean levels, more severe storms, species loss, displacement, food shortages and other issues. As we consider how to have justice, equity and compassion in human relations (the 2nd Unitarian Universalist (UU) Principle) and respect the interdependent web of all […]
Welcome Forward: Mixing the Familiar With the New
In some ways, each new congregational year has familiar patterns: The changing of the light as summer moves to autumn. The sound of children filling the campus. The Water Communion as we reunite after summer adventures. In most any year we have come together for Ingathering, I would have been comfortable saying “welcome back,” but […]