If you’ve spent any time with me in the past week, you may have heard that I just began a membership at a community pottery studio in my neighborhood. I’m … Continue reading In Praise of Creative Practice

March 3, 2022 UPDATES!Please note these changes/updates that differ from my February 24 blog: On March 13, there will be ONE in-person service in our Sanctuary at 11 AM. Family … Continue reading Re-Gathering, One More Time

Did you know that we have lay ministers in our church? Earlier this month our Alliance invited some lay ministers to talk about the program and how it tries to … Continue reading We All Need a Little Help Sometimes

This past weekend, I had the privilege of attending a meditation retreat at Great Vow Zen Monastery with a guest teacher in the Tibetan lineage known as Lama Lekshe. I … Continue reading For Others, for Others

It is Groundhog Day when I write, which is usually not a day that I pay a lot of attention to. The ritual of watching the groundhog and figuring out … Continue reading Groundhog Day in time of Covid

I am finding my own relationship with Covid shifting. Perhaps you are, too. The first year or so felt like a time to hunker down and wait for Covid to … Continue reading Is It Endemic Yet?

Sometimes, in group meetings, we have a check-in where we ask each other “What are you carrying with you? Is there anything you are setting aside to be present with … Continue reading All That We Carry

This week we are beginning work on the calendar for next church year—from fall of 2022 to summer of 2023. You may or may not know that the planning for … Continue reading Lost in Time

I know that most of you are tracking the impact of the new Omicron Variant of the Covid Virus and the dramatically increased rates of infections that now are present … Continue reading “Virtual Only…Again…For a Time”

Dear Beloveds, As we approach the end of 2021, and look to a new year, I’m noting the range of emotions in me: relief (that we made it through); some … Continue reading At the End of the Year