For the past month each Wednesday night at choir we’ve been ending our gatherings with a chalice lighting and check in. It’s a verbal threshold that we create together. This moment to light a chalice marks our transition from singing and listening and breathing together to being apart for the week. We use a song … Continue reading In the Threshold
In April I highlighted the #chalicechallenge I hope you had fun making your own chalice or you look forward to making one soon. This month of May we’re exploring how we can become “a People of Thresholds.” And a threshold is just a place between two things. When we pass through a threshold, a doorway … Continue reading #ChaliceOfTheDay
Try Mindfulness by listening to the world around you – take 2 min or even 30 seconds to disengage from what you’re doing and notice what’s around you. Try Mindfulness by listening to yourself – What is the ear worm in your head connecting you to and telling you about the moment? Try Mindfulness by … Continue reading Practices for Liberation through Song
Many of us might feel stuck right now. We might feel stuck at home. It could be that you feel stuck with different schedules than you’re used to. It could be that you’re stuck with different ways to hang out with friends. One way to free ourselves from feeling stuck is to make a game … Continue reading #ChaliceChallenge
“Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. ” – Martin H. Fischer In rehearsal we focus on the balance between piling up of skills and then in performance we strive to let all of the details go and focus on the moment at hand. In rehearsal we’re focused … Continue reading Balancing Knowledge and Wisdom
A Wise Old Owl
A wise old owl lived in an oak.
The more they saw the less they spoke.
The less they spoke the more they heard.
Why can’t we all be like that wise old bird?
The word resilience is made from the Latin word re meaning “back” and saliens “the beginning, the starting point, the heart of the thing”. So to be resilient is to return to the heart of ourselves. That returning? It’s a journey, a motion. So how do we stay moving and come back to the heart … Continue reading How we hang in there
To have integrity is to watch how your actions affect you and those around you – is your jenga tower wobbling or is it solid? When do you need to put a piece back? When do you need to pull a piece out and go out on a limb?
I wonder what your song is that calls you to yourself? For me there are some great ones. There’s one that has a history of finding and refinding that deepest part of Unitarian Universalism for many…
