For the last two weeks, I’ve been discussing the three concepts that the staff and I have chosen as our mantras for the 2023-2024 Program Year. After discussing Foundational Stability and Joy, this week I want to address JUSTICE. “I miss going to marches and protests together and seeing all...

For three weeks in my column, I am talking about the three words that the staff and I have chosen as our mantras for the 2023-2024 Program Year. Last week I discussed Foundational Stability. This week, I want to talk about JOY! Our congregation, our larger community, our country and...

For the next three weeks in my column, I want to talk about the three words that the staff and I have chosen as our mantras for the 2023-2024 Program Year. “It turns out that the only thing harder than doing ministry during the pandemic was doing it in the...

Another one of our banners has been cut down again. This time it is our “No Human Is Illegal” sign. It was taken late at night on Saturday evening before worship on Sunday. We have them on camera, but they parked around the corner so as not to be identified....

This heat is something, isn’t it? This is about the time–late August or early September–when I am just over it. I find that I’m tired of being cooped up in my house and that I’ve gotten a little bit into a “heat rut.” I don’t go out to look at...

“I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give’em yours!” – Dolly Parton. Summer at UUCP reinvigorated joyspotting as a spiritual practice for me. The creative Sunday Services led by our Worship Associates & Worship Staff reminded me that joy is not only ours to keep, it...