Some resistance is futileSome resistance is fertile September through June, our Chalice Circles, Sunday Services, and Religious Education classes draw from monthly themes we get from Soul Matters, a UU community of collaborators. This month’s theme, resistance, lends itself to two interpretations. First is political resistance — organized resistance to injustice and oppression. Many of … Continue reading A note from Pastor Isa — April 2023
From our friends at Soul Matters: …it starts when you say We and know who you mean, and each day you mean one more.–Marge Piercy, from The Low Road Out of all our themes this year, resistance is among the most complex. But it also may be the most simple. Let’s start with the complexity. Sometimes resistance … Continue reading The Path of Resistance (April 2023)
It makes sense to me that our collaborators at Soul Matters chose Vulnerability to follow February’s theme of Love. To love deeply and truly is to make ourselves vulnerable. Since love is the center of our theology, there’s really no way around it. Whether it is a private conversation we have with someone who shares … Continue reading Note From Pastor Isa — March 2023
It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings. … Continue reading The Path of Vulnerability (March 2023)
Love at the Center The theme this month for our congregation — and for many across the country — is Love. Although it coincides with Valentine’s Day and our young kids are taking a deep dive into our sexual education curriculum OWL (see Sandy’s post), we’re not just talking about romantic love. Love is at … Continue reading Note From Pastor Isa – February 2023
It began from the beginning, for most of us. Came in the form of family. A bloodline that brought us into being, and at its best, allowed us to bloom. Then sent us on our way with courage, and a reminder tucked into the pocket of our heart which read, “You can always return, … Continue reading Path of Love (February 2023)
FINDING OUR CENTER! Stay tuned. This page will be updated soon. See you soon, –Sandy Nelson, dre@uufm.net Office Hours – Tuesday & Thursday 3:30-4:30 p.m. Call or text me at 785.341.0135 to set up a visit any time.
Finding Our Center, Starting with Vision We are starting the year on Sunday, January 1, with personal visioning. (You can see the service information here.) We’ll spend some time on the following questions: What do you want more of in your life, and what do you want less of? What is your ultimate goal, how … Continue reading Note From Pastor Isa – January 2023
When we talk of finding our center, it’s natural for calm and rest to be the first things that come to mind. Who would expect anything different? After all, the need for calm is everywhere we look. So, so many of us are tired. We’re overworked, over-busy, over-committed, overly scared. We are often so weighed … Continue reading Path of Finding Our Center (January 2023)
This month’s Soul Matters theme welcomes us to The Path of Wonder … This seems to me the main problem … How can we contrive to be at once astonished at the world and yet at home in it? … How can this world give us at once the fascination of a strange town and … Continue reading Path of Wonder (Dec 2022)
