Minister’s Musings

Dear Ones- Welcome to March! The Principle we’re highlighting this month is our 3rd: “Acceptance of One Another and Encouragement to Spiritual Growth”. Have you noticed that, of our Seven Principles, this is the only one that uses the word…

Dear Ones- February’s theme here at UUFS will be our 6th Unitarian Universalist Principle, “The Goal of world community, with peace, justice, and liberty for all”. If ever there was an indication of our faith’s positive attitude, it is this…

Dear Ones- HAPPY NEW YEAR! This month we will be exploring our 4th Unitarian Universalist Principle, “The free and responsible search for truth and meaning”. Honestly, I find this Principle to be one of the more challenging (although, I admit…

Dear Ones- This month we will be highlighting our second UU Principle which compels us to “Justice, Equity, and Compassion”. The Rev Emily Gage, of Unity Temple in Chicago writes: “Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations points us toward…

Dear Ones- This month we’ll be exploring the 5th of the seven Principles we, as a Unitarian Universalist congregation, affirm and promote: The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at…

Dear Ones- Welcome to October! This month our twin themes will be (1) Our seventh Unitarian Universalist Principle: Respect for the Interdependent Web of All Existence, of which we are a part, and (2) Courage. I believe firmly that these…

Dear Ones- Welcome to September and another exciting congregational year! I don’t know about you, but for me there’s a sense of “coming home” this time of year.  There is, for me, comfort in the familiar rhythms of a new…

Dear Ones- Our theme for May is “Come to the Table”. Do you remember when you were a child and your family would call out, “Come to the table!” You may have been playing, or involved in some project, but…

Dear Ones- I love Spring. There is just something so wonderful about the lengthening of days, the warming weather, the blossoming of flowers and trees. The ground is warming, the sun is shining and so much of life is emerging…

Dear Ones- Our theme for March is “Moving Out of Scare City”- a rather clever (to my mind, at least) play on “scarcity”. Interestingly, both of these ideas have to do with “fear”.  A culture of scarcity is, of course,…