This is Your Song
“This is your chance! I believe everyone has at least one good song in them. There is spirit waiting to break through in all of us, if we are open to it.”
Author: Elizabeth Bromley
Exploring and Imagining at General Assembly
This past week at General Assembly, thousands of UU’s from across the globe and many ages gathered to worship, to wonder, and to explore what we as Unitarian Universalists believe. One way we did this was to vote on the process of updating what’s in Article two of the UUA’s bylaws to continue. Article two is the section that holds what have been called our principles and sources, although, they’ve had a few different names through the years since the Unitarians and Universalists merged into one faith in 1961.
Hymn Highlight: #1022 Open The Window
Delight, our theme for the month, and delicious share etymological root. This feels right, delight can feed the soul in a joyful way. We have to open up and let delight in for it to do so. This framework makes me think of Elise Witt’s song in our teal hymnal #1022 “Open The Window.” Her … Continue reading Hymn Highlight: #1022 Open The Window
A Practice In Creativity
Creativity happens when we ask ourselves – what if? It’s our ability to dream things up, hold them in our minds and then make them real in the world.
Hymn Highlight for the month of Resistence
Here’s a song in our hymnal that grew out of the Carlsbad Decrees in Germany, around the 1840s. It made it’s way into our hymnal, published close to 30 years ago in 1993 under the section ‘The Life Of Integrity’ as #291 Die Gedanken Sind Frei. It became popular just eight years after it’s first … Continue reading Hymn Highlight for the month of Resistence
Choosing Vulnerability
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability and authenticity.” Brené Brown Taking in Brown’s quote on vulnerability this month my mind turned to a story. Do you remember hearing the story of The Mish Mashed Heart? In the story, a young child, Milly, … Continue reading Choosing Vulnerability
A playlist that love built …
Have you ever been gifted or have you ever gifted to someone a playlist? Was it to give to a new love? Was it to share with an old friend? Was it to help you mark a season of life? Whether it was through 8-track, tape, cd, or digital link – I bet in whatever … Continue reading A playlist that love built …
Hide And Seek
Finding our Center can be a bit like hide and seek. We need to seek out who we are. Do we look around the corner or further down the hallway for the person hiding? What do we love? What makes us feel ecstatic? What puts a smile on our faces? What feels like the … Continue reading Hide And Seek
An Opener for 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
Seasons Change
In this month of change, I think about the awesome change very humble ingredients go through when we put them together. All you need is some flour, a bit of water, some salt. Then you add in some time and heat. Voilà! You’ve got warm bread on your hands!