Note from Pastor Isa
On May 5, 1819, two hundred years ago, William Ellery Channing delivered an hour and a half long sermon on the Biblical text, “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” The sermon did more than focus on the role of reason in religion, … read more.
In February, our theme was trust. Have you noticed how the themes move into one another? We went from trust, to journey in March and to wholeness for this month. We need trust to make the journey. We need to journey to reach wholeness. As … read more.
In the last year, UUFM has had a sudden uptick in membership. Currently, more than a quarter of our membership is new in the last year. That’s a tremendous amount of change for everyone.
This congregation does well with change. When we’ve experimented with how we … read more.
As we approach Valentines Day in this era of #metoo, trust may be a good thing to think about in our personal lives. We’ve witnessed tremendous violations of trust in the public sphere, and the reports just keep on coming.
For most us, though, trust doesn’t … read more.
Why would we think about doing things differently?
That’s the basic question whenever we begin looking at possibilities in our personal or congregational lives. You’ll see elsewhere in this newsletter that the Board has set January 20 as a congregational meeting to talk about exploring a … read more.
As I write, we still don’t know how many people were killed in the California wildfires, though more than a thousand are unaccounted for. Nor are the Camp Fire and Woolsey Fire yet fully contained. Environmental devastation on this scale is hard to … read more.
As we move into the holiday season, many of us will be visiting with family who we don’t see routinely. And sometimes, there are tensions and even clashes. How do we get through them?
I came across a column by a colleague and friend, The Rev. … read more.
We are Unitarian Universalists. We are brave, curious, and compassionate thinkers and doers. We are believers in what is good, what is right, and what is just … We are a house without walls, a congregation without spiritual boundaries, and a movement towards … read more.
How do we care about one another?
As a congregation, it’s one of our central concerns. We strive to make UUFM a safe haven for ideas, yes, but for people, too. So we need to take care of one another.
On September 22, fourteen of us gathered … read more.
“When To Call The Minister” is a piece that has circulated among UU’s — and before that Universalists — since 1957. Originally written by Universalist minister Peter Lee Scott for the Elm City Universalist Church in New Haven, CT, people have copied and recopied it. … read more.
