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Where in your life have you felt most at home?
We posed the above question in the most recent issue of the Worthy Now newsletter (a biannual newsletter sent to all incarcerated CLF members), and received the responses on the next two pages in response. Read more →
Widening the Leadership Table
Over the last year, the CLF Board, Nominating Committee, and Lead Ministry Team have been examining how to best serve and be accountable to our membership, nearly 50% of whom are currently incarcerated. Read more →
For Your Reflection
In this section, we offer questions for reflection based on ideas explored in this issue. You may wish to explore it individually or as part of a group discussion.
Quest July/August 2021
July/August 2021
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. –Maya Angelou
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Quest July/August 2021
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. –Maya Angelou Read more »
Love the Limits
Creativity isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Neither is freedom—at least absolute freedom. Read more »
Updates from UUA General Assembly 2021
We were honored to send over 20 CLF member delegates and 16 religious professional delegates to Virtual General Assembly 2021. Now that it’s over, we want to let you know some of what happened. Read more »
Creativity in Cakes
I have been locked up for four years now and I have seen all things created in the penitentiary. Read more »
Reshaping the Soul
To create or to reshape. My understanding is that these are two different things. Read more »
Art as Creative Practice
For many years, you all have sent us your incredible works of visual art along with your poems and essays. Read more »
If You Want to View Paradise (Don’t Ask Me For A Picture)
Yeah, I know you want something a little more up-beat… Read more »
Flowers
Just like a flower, we bloom into ourselves, Taking our precious time as we open up to the world… Read more »
Reshaping the Soul
To create or to reshape. My understanding is that these are two different things. Read more →
Art as Creative Practice
For many years, you all have sent us your incredible works of visual art along with your poems and essays. Read more →
If You Want to View Paradise (Don’t Ask Me For A Picture)
Yeah, I know you want something a little more up-beat Read more →
Flowers
Just like a flower, we bloom into ourselves,
Taking our precious time as we open up to the world. Read more →
Loss as a Gateway to Compassion
This might sound strange, but I have felt the most present, the most interconnected mentally, spiritually, and physically when I have experienced loss. Read more →
Quest June 2021
June 2021
When we heal our own trauma, individually and collectively, we don’t just heal our bodies. By refusing to pass on the trauma we inherited, we help heal the world. –Resmaa Menakem
Articles
The Slowest Part of Ourselves
The body is the slowest part of ourselves. Our thoughts, emotions, spirits — these can move at lightning speed, switching from one state to another in an instant. Read more »
Loss as a Gateway to Compassion
This might sound strange, but I have felt the most present, the most interconnected mentally, spiritually, and physically when I have experienced loss. Read more »
On Grief and Embodiment
Thank you to Rachel for your above piece, “Loss as a Gateway to Compassion” — this reflection is prompted by and written in response to your words. Read more »
Updates from the CLF’s 2021 Annual Meeting
The CLF held its Annual Congregational Meeting on Sunday June 6, 2021. Read more »
A Farewell Note from Rev. Jennifer
This is my last column for CLF in my capacity as Learning Fellow for the Worthy Now Prison Ministry. Read more »
Quest June 2021
When we heal our own trauma, individually and collectively, we don’t just heal our bodies. By refusing to pass on the trauma we inherited, we help heal the world. –Resmaa Menakem Read more »
