One of my jobs as Director of Family Ministry is to help the congregation develop and instill in our children a Unitarian Universalist identity. This is not an easy task because most of us UU adults are not very good at offering a concise explanation of who and what we are. As said in my … Continue reading Religious Exploration Blog – April 2013
Happy April, all Starrs! I hope you were in some way enlarged by the season of Easter and Passover which just concluded. I enjoy Spring as an experience of renewal, whether in regard to the traditions of Easter, resurgence of new plant life or in new personal growth. I was raised Unitarian Universalist and I … Continue reading Andy’s Flaming Chalice – April 2013
If you are a church member, you should be receiving the UUWorld magazine. The latest cover and accompanying article focused on the search for a new UUA headquarters. The cover featured a gorgeous sparkled photograph of 25 Beacon St., Boston, its banners waving, its lights twinkling, its old red brick standing as a sign of … Continue reading Katie’s Bay View – April 2013 – What’s the Meaning in Place?
My thoughts this month, after Passover and Easter, turn to the so-called “Holy Land” and its perpetual strife. Who could have dreamed that a region, not much larger than the Bay Area, might hold such ethnic and religious tension? Jerusalem should be the interfaith capital of the world. At least in my imagination, I see … Continue reading Interning – April 2013 – A Mid-East Spring
The Flaming Chalice, March 2013 is here. We hope you enjoy this issue.
Pesach/Passover. Lent. Easter. Women’s History Month. If there is one of these “events” that makes me cringe, it’s Women’s History Month. If February is Black History and March is Women’s history, what are the other 10 months? My somewhat crass response is: “Well, the other months are clearly “White” and “men’s” history! If Passover is … Continue reading Religious Exploration Blog – March 2013
I am reminded as this month of March begins, of my dear ministerial sisterhood. Those who came before have helped make this a place that welcomes us all into religious leadership. Not only am I grateful to historical mentors like those first women ministers Antoinette Brown Blackwell and Olympia Brown, I feel kindred threads with … Continue reading Katie’s Bay View – Sisters in the Ministry
Greetings, all Starrs! I send you wishes for the very happiest of Marches. March was once the first month of the calendar year, which traditionally began when the earth emerged from cold, snow and ice around the Vernal Equinox. The retreat of winter made March a good month to resume or initiate military campaigns; the … Continue reading Andy’s Flaming Chalice – March 2013
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I’m in a small minority having been brought up Unitarian Universalist. As a child, my family attended a small growing fellowship. Later, as a young adult I was a very involved lay leader in a large congregation before attending seminary, answering my “call” to ministry. My joy in being involved in church included teaching and … Continue reading Katie’s Bay View – Why I Do Church and Other Life-Affirming Choices
