For the month which includes Father’s Day and the Summer Solstice   Here’s a little story about a father for your meditation, on the strength of community: A father wanted to leave his estate to his children, but he wanted to be sure that they would stick together and look after each other when he … Continue reading Words of Joy – June 2016

Ministry based on an equal relationship is like a dance; sometimes I lead and you follow, sometimes you lead and I follow. As we get to be better partners, its gets difficult to tell exactly who is leading and who is following. But by then it doesn’t matter—after all, it’s the dance that’s important.     … Continue reading Words of Joy – May 2016

Near the beginning of April, the hard-working Ministerial Search Committee will ask one of the “pre-candidates” they have been interviewing to be the candidate for the settled ministry of this congregation And then, in May, comes the moment you have been waiting for—the presentation of the ministerial candidate during what we call “candidating week”—a very … Continue reading Words of Joy – April 2016

Interim Minister’s Column The late UU minister John Wolf expressed some of the reasons why we would want to support a Unitarian Universalist congregation: You want to support it because it has a free pulpit. Because you can hear ideas expressed there which could cost any other minister his or her job. You want to … Continue reading Words of Joy – March 2016

Interim Minister’s Blog           There is no remedy for love but to love more.  — Henry David Thoreau Valentine’s Day is certainly a commercial boon, with billions spent on cards, chocolate. Jewelry and flowers, But behind this day stands the basic human desire to express love. Our current Valentine’s Day seems to be descended from … Continue reading Words of Joy – Valentine’s Day and Love – February 2016