With the election just days away, with infections spreading here in Oregon and in almost every state, with the US Senate moving a problematic new appointment to the Supreme Court … Continue reading Truth and Meaning and Mouthwash
Our ballots arrived at the house yesterday. I’ve been looking for them, anxious to actually have them in hand. I have needed this election, which is somehow different, more dangerous … Continue reading Vote
Pledges and gifts to the Our Path Forward campaign continued to come in after Celebration Sunday. But only a few now and it is time to report on how we … Continue reading More Than You May Want to Know
The warm weather and blue skies of this week have colluded to obscure the turning of the season. The smoke of the fires, by obscuring the sun, made the late summer temperatures feel more like … Continue reading Turning
The mainstream press (alias The Fake News) is abuzz this morning over the US President’s latest promise to dismantle the last of our democratic institutions and his refusal to guarantee … Continue reading In Danger
The financial settlement for the family of Breonna Taylor, $12 million in cash and promises of police reform, was announced this week. Time will tell whether the reforms become real. … Continue reading Bill’s Blog: Respair
I am thinking back to Homecoming Sundays in other years, remembering the excitement of anticipation and then the rightness of seeing so many members of the community gathering once again … Continue reading Homecoming Sunday: Begin Again in Love
Dear Members and Friends, It is not news that much is changing…for us and for the world. We are living through such losses. At the same time, we are discovering … Continue reading Our Path Forward
The Bradford UU Church survived the fires of Monday night, some of which burned adjacent to their building. More important, their sense of mission and the priorities in their ministry … Continue reading “…we would rather lose 100 buildings than one more life to police violence.” -Rev. Erik David Carlson on behalf of the Bradford UU Church of Kenosha
Out of long experience, I have come to expect the increase in energy in the church as the inevitable end of summer approaches and we look toward the beginning of … Continue reading Turning Toward Church
