an homage to Mary Oliver, one year after her death. You do not have to prove yourself worthy You need not toil and endure hardship to...

Have you ever questioned the history you were taught—or the parts that were left out? Angela Davis, the lifelong advocate for justice,...

from the Wisdom of Solomon 2:23   by Kimi Floyd Reisch, 2021, adapted 2023 Queer People : We are a gathering of diverse people, woven...

An Inclusive Reading of 2nd Corinthians, Chapter 8   by Kimi Floyd Reisch, written in 2021, adapted in 2023 for Easter 2024. Giggling is...

I wrote this after Pulse, early on the morning of June 13, 2016. I was at an Annual Meeting of the MN Conference of the United Church of...

UU Santa Fe, November 27, 2022 “A Blessing for Risk-Takers and Failures” written by Robin Tanner. Today we share in a blessing for...

How many of us grew up in homes where Christmas didn’t feel like Christmas without cozy nights under blankets, watching holiday cartoons...

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. - Nelson Mandela There are 26,727 high schools in the...

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different...

for Prince, in the style of Diane Wakoski Peace Doves art installation seen in the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool in July 2021. The...

12,351 Sunrises 12,351 Sunsets 34 Years 12,351 Days 296,424 Hours 17,785,440 Minutes 1,067,126,400 Seconds 106,712,640,000 Moments Loss...

One of the myths in American history is that Abraham Lincoln, a poor man from Illinois, was an underdog who changed the world by sheer...

When I was in the 7th grade, I briefly tried to get my friends to change my name to Michael. Growing up in a conservative religious...

A recent New York Times  article posed an intriguing question: “Why Are So Many People Going ‘No Contact’ with Their Parents? A growing...

Note: this week’s offering is related to an earlier Christmas Unwrapped that focused on the nativity. This moves on to how Christmas...

Each day, the litany of voices and self-recriminations and guilty what-ifs. You see the poster that was hanging in the bedroom walking...

“Never has America lost a war...But name, if you can, the last peace the United States won. Victory yes, but this country has never made...

As people in the United States gather to celebrate and eat with family members, they are likely putting out a traditional menu to honor...

The worst is what happens when you’re blithely going about the dogged routine of your life, those moments when you’ve forgotten to have a...

Once, in a quiet valley nestled at the base of a mountain next to a trickling stream, there lived a weaver named Maren. Her home was...