Note from Pastor Isa
While in divinity school I coined the phrase ” The Theology of the Awkward.” It opened a way for me to live more creatively with our noble Unitarian and Universalist ancestors. I needed a theological perspective that understood and held up how mistakes often … read more.
TAKE
YOUR
SEAT
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
-Saul Bellow
Blessed are those
who break off from separateness
theirs is wild
heaven.
-Jean Valentine
This morning’s contemplation brings these lines forward. … read more.
Albert Einstein called the inability to discern the ways in which we depend on one another an optical illusion. He wrote “A human being experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, … read more.
Yesterday evening Poppy and I walked up into the prairie. The golden rod begins its autumn beckoning. The grasses lack vigor. They’re less than half of last year’s height. I sat on a stone to watch the clouds figure and reconfigure. As I move … read more.
