We write this month’s Board update together as a reflection on the merging of past and future. One of us is closing their term as Board chair, and the other is preparing to step into the role. In this moment, we are standing in a threshold that offers a meaningful invitation to reflect and anticipate. … Continue reading May Board Update
Of all our themes this year, Embracing Possibility is arguably most central to our faith. It has distinguished Unitarian Universalists from our beginning. Historically, when others saw depravity and sin at the core of human identity, we saw potential. When many were preaching that this world is fallen, we fell in love with the possibility … Continue reading Embracing Possibility (April 2026)
As we close the month of March, I am encouraged by the ways our congregation has practiced paying attention over the last several weeks. We have come together and worked individually to notice what is emerging in the here and now and to respond to what calls for our care. In this spirit, the Board … Continue reading April Board Update
Alice Walker famously wrote, “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.” Walker’s words are a beautiful reminder that attention and gratitude go hand in hand. Indeed they are a perfect embodiment of the dominant understanding of attention: that it’s here to … Continue reading Paying Attention (March 2026)
To My Beloved UUFM Community, So many of us are not just aware of injustices occurring at the state, national and global level right now, but feel them very deeply, know or are people that are directly affected, and are struggling with overwhelmed nervous systems and burn out. Balancing activism, self-care and regulation, functioning in … Continue reading What’s Happening in RE – March 2026
This month, our shared theme has been embodying resilience. Resilience is often misunderstood as stoic endurance or quiet survival. However, within our tradition as Unitarian Universalists, resilience is far more alive. It is relational. It is creative. It is grounded in love. It is what allows us not only to withstand adversity, but to continue … Continue reading March Board Update
To My Beloved UUFM Community, January’s focus on the RE front was to wrap up the “creating safe and welcoming spaces” phase – inventorying, evaluating and establishing the physical resources and safety infrastructure that will provide foundational support to our RE rebuilding efforts. We made significant progress on the Nursery renovation, and had a productive … Continue reading What’s Happening in RE February 2026
When did we decide that resilience was a solo project? It’s not that we consciously chose to define it that way. It’s just what we were taught, from the time we were little right up to today: “Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps”; “You’re stronger than you think.”; “If at first you don’t succeed, … Continue reading Embodying Resilience (February 2026)
Over the past month, we have come together to build our capacity for the spiritual practice of resistance; not resistance simply for the sake of opposition but rather as a faithful refusal to accept injustice, erasure, and harm as inevitable facts of life. January was marked by profound unrest locally and globally. We saw state-sanctioned … Continue reading February Board Update
I have been practicing the art of reframing toward gratitude in the last two months of 2025. While the frost on my windshield in the morning means I need more time to get the car ready to go, I am grateful for the few extra minutes of time to connect with Ruddy, Rio, and Ellie … Continue reading December/January Board Update
