The first really warm days of spring—like yesterday and today—are such gifts. And this year especially so. Winter’s grip has felt especially tenacious. That’s probably why the warmth feels so good.
Signs of rebirth are all around right now and it really is amazing to witness. … read more.
My heart is swelling with gratitude for all the people in our community who helped to make our day of the Installation so meaningful. By the way, if you had to miss it, you can watch in now on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/live/OQrxFxFAlN0?feature=share&t=552
On Sunday, … read more.
I am so excited to be with you this Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. for our Service of Installation as we covenant together and make promises to one another to ground and lift our shared ministry. This is a service about us and our future. … read more.
Staying Connected Blog
Rev. Thomas Disrud offers a reflection today.
How is it we make the journey from Good Friday to Easter? It has been said, and I think I agree, that Unitarian Universalists sometimes want to get to Easter before we fully experience Good Friday. That … read more.
Together, we co-create our spiritually alive, radically inclusive, and justice-centered community. We do this through joining our collective commitments to our collective time, talent, and treasure. Thank you for being so generous in all the ways you can be. This month we are finalizing a … read more.
On Sunday I preached on the theme of death—or perhaps more precisely how it is we live knowing the reality that we’ll all die someday.
Since Sunday I’m thinking about two deaths around me and still reflecting on what they mean. On Tuesday morning I was … read more.
Over the course of this year, I am getting the chance to meet with a number of different groups in our community, including our Social Justice Action Groups. Last week, I met with members of Committee on Hunger and Homelessness (COHHO), who are engaged in … read more.
I’m thinking a lot about change these days. Change in the world. Change at the church. Change in our lives. Change.
Of course, we know on some level that change in life is constant. Everything is impermanent. Everything is in flux. All that said, my experience … read more.
On the three-hour journey to travel four miles home yesterday amidst the chaos of the second-largest snowfall on record in Portland, on the first day of the Lenten Season, I was reminded that Lent is a journey of surrender. The three leading practices of this … read more.
In their meeting this week, our lay ministers reflected on the challenges of the last several years of our lives. Holding the “stew of anger” that surrounds us in our national and world politics, the hate directed at some of the most vulnerable among us, … read more.
