Listen to sermons, poetry, reflections, prayers and meditations from Quest Monthly, a highly regarded Unitarian Universalist publication of the Church of the Larger Fellowship.
Tonight I walk. I am watching the sky. I think of the people who came before me and how they knew the placement of stars in the sky, watched the moving sun long and hard enough to witness how a certain angle of light touched a stone only once a year. Read more →
A friend suggested that I read Invisible Cities, a short novel by Italo Calvino that consists of dialogues between Marco Polo and Kublai Khan, because she found the stories meaningful. Read more →
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Over the past few years, I have been a volunteer with AVP—the Alternatives to Violence Project. AVP volunteers work with prisoners who are seeking new ways of relating to themselves and others—ways that are supportive and creative rather than destructive. Read more →
Alice Walker has graciously agreed to let us publish her poem, “Women” from Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems in our printed and mailed version of Quest. Read more →
In a Peanuts comic strip, Charlie Brown is eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He looks admiringly at his hands and says… Read more →
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Recently I had the good fortune to go on retreat with some amazing ministers. These folks have been called to spend their ministries helping people in extremely difficult situations. Read more →
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What is justice? That seems like a reasonable question for a month when justice is our theme. We know that Unitarian Universalists think that justice is important. Read more →
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Forty to one. That’s the ratio of sap to maple syrup in the long, slow process of creating the amber sweetness my family used to boil and bottle every spring. It’s a ratio that tells you something about the time and determination required to make syrup, but it gives no hint of the longer arc of transformation that makes it possible. Read more →
Quest for Meaning is a program of the Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF).
As a Unitarian Universalist congregation with no geographical boundary, the CLF creates global spiritual community, rooted in profound love, which cultivates wonder, imagination, and the courage to act.