I was recently in an organizing meeting where the facilitator opened with an unexpected icebreaker question: “What does solidarity smell like?” When talking about concepts like justice, equity, or solidarity, … Continue reading What Does Solidarity Smell Like?
Deciding how to give of our time, talents, and gifts requires us to remain open to the needs around us and imaginative about how those needs can be met. How … Continue reading Open-Minded, Open-Hearted, Open-Handed
Madeleine L’Engle once wrote that winter, with its bare branches, “reveals the structure of things.” As we look towards a new year, what can we learn from this season where … Continue reading Winter’s Revelations
“Find a Stillness” On the longest night of the year, we welcome an opportunity to resist the business of the holiday season and let ourselves be still.
So many of our holiday gatherings and traditions take place around the table, an object that carries much symbolic meaning. The table represents a place to share food and find … Continue reading The Welcome Table
As a people who covenant together so that we may “grow in spirit by deepening our connections with each other,” we affirm our identity as spiritual and religious people. But … Continue reading Why Not Both? Being Spiritual AND Religious
Sometimes we find that following a well-trodden path no longer serves us or the world. It might even lead us further away from what we hold most sacred. In these … Continue reading Home by Another Way
