With this offering, appearing every month, the Board tries to convey to the whole Fellowship what issues the Board is thinking about and what all that thinking and discussing adds up to so far. • blip • blip blip • blip • blip! • Unlike the radar in an airport control tower, the Board’s radar … Continue reading Blips On the Board’s Radar, Volume 1, Number 4, November, 2022
One thing I love about many Pagan and indigenous spiritualities is the way they honor the past through veneration of the ancestors. For them, this is a way of remembering that none of us exist in a vacuum, that we depend on a long, unbroken line of beings which we had no control over to … Continue reading Minister’s Musings: The Past as Teacher, Not Destiny
Our November Touchstones theme is “Remembrance.” What comes to your mind unbidden? What involuntary, autobiographical memories emerge because of cues encountered in everyday life that evoke recollections of the past without conscious effort? Cues that are triggered by sensory experiences such as sights, sounds, and smells; cues that you may notice, or not? And what … Continue reading November 2022 Touchstones: Remembrance
Submitted by Peter Livant With this offering, appearing every month, the Board tries to convey to the whole Fellowship what issues the Board is thinking about and what all that thinking and discussing adds up to so far. blip • blip blip • blip • blip! • The Board’s radar is unlike the radar in … Continue reading Blips On the Board’s Radar, Volume 1, Number 3, October, 2022
Awe: it’s one of those feelings that’s difficult to describe. Part of it is because awe is a purely emotional response, and language often fails in putting words to our experience of it. Some people recognize it when they see it, but others may not even understand what is happening to them. As we think … Continue reading Minister’s Musings: Open Yourself to Awe
Our October Touchstones theme is “Awe.” Consider walking the Trail of 100 Giants in the Giant Sequoia National Monument, standing at Mather Point on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, looking up from the Maid of the Mist at Niagara Falls as 600,000 gallons of water crash down every second, or just gazing at … Continue reading October 2022 Touchstones: Awe
Submitted by Peter Livant With this offering, appearing every month, the Board tries to convey to the whole Fellowship what issues the Board is thinking about and what all that thinking and discussing adds up to so far. • • • • The Board’s radar is unlike the radar in an airport control tower. It’s … Continue reading Blips On the Board’s Radar, Volume 1, Number 2, September, 2022
Our Religious Exploration class REstarts this week and we begin by recognizing the International Day of Peace with our tradition of creating Pinwheels for Peace. After the service, everyone is invited to join our RE classes near the greeters’ table and craft your own pinwheel, which we will then place out front.
This Sunday, September 11, is the return of Sundae Sunday (or “Sorbet” Sunday) and our Religious Exploration registration drive. You can find a registration form under the “Learning” menu or you can grab one in person on Sunday. We will also be recruiting volunteers for 2022-2023. R.E. will meet on first and third Sundays through … Continue reading Welcome back to R.E.!
Awakening: the word conjures up images of Eastern mysticism and thoughts of the liminal space between wakefulness and slumber. To awaken is to realize something that had already been but we are just becoming aware of. In African-American communities, the term woke indicates that the person has awoken to the state of the world and the … Continue reading Minister’s Musings: Awakening to the Possibilities Within
