The end of the calendar year brings not only the multi-holiday season, but also the tax year’s end. Charitable giving, as well as ethical shopping for all of those gifts for our beloveds, are on many people’s minds. How do we practice our values when it comes to our finances?
Think about a time when making a new friend meant that something changed in your outlook, or your schedule, or a habit or two, simply because of this one person’s presence. When we widen our circle at church, as in our lives, we are open to all the scary new changes, and the unexpected joys.
The Food Bank team has been handing out gently used jackets and winter coats at our monthly Food Bank days. Our next Food Bank day is on Saturday, Dec. 17th. If you have a jacket, coat or winter gloves at home that you are not using any more, please consider donating them to the Food Bank. … Continue reading Food Bank Coat Drive
Being a wordsmith, I think about those subtleties of word choice often. Thismonth’s theme is “wonder,” and so I have been, well, wondering about it. Wonder, like, I wonder what will happen or I wonder what is in there…..Certainly,wonder is about curiosity or thinking about the unknown. But it seems to holdpositivity for expectation of … Continue reading In the Interim: Wondering about Wonder
If you’re having a hard time tapping into your wonder place this month, try singing to yourself this tune, turning to something ordinary nearby and ask a question about it. The melody is a Transylvanian folk tune, the lyrics are by Carl Seaburg, long time UU minister, scholar, writer, and long-serving staff member at the … Continue reading An Opener for Wonder
