For Your Reflection
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Quest March 2021
March 2021
We are already—each and every one of us—siblings to one another and to all that exists at the level of spirit. —Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti
Articles
Cultivating Relationality in a Time of Division
Is it any wonder that we have a crisis of relationality in our nation? Read more »
How does the CLF feed your spirit?
In the Fall 2020 issue of the Worthy Now newsletter, we asked for responses on a simple question: How does the CLF feed your spirit? Read more »
The Five Jagged Rocks of Unitarian Universalism
The five jagged rocks were created by Rev. Nancy Bowen, Rev. Mike Morran, and others within the Mountain Desert District of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Read more »
Honoring a Year of Pandemic: Grief and Gifts
Though the COVID-19 pandemic truly started months earlier, March 2020 was the month when its life-changing realities hit many of us in the US and other Western countries. Read more »
Remembering John
In November of 2020, Quest lost a frequent contributor, and the Church of the Larger Fellowship lost a longtime member and beloved friend. Read more »
For Your Reflection
Each month or so, we will offer a question or two for reflection based on the idea explored in this issue. Read more »
Quest March 2021
We are already—each and every one of us—siblings to one another and to all that exists at the level of spirit. —Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti Read more »
Quest February 2021
February 2021
Each day we are invited to risk holy surrender to the call of life and love and liberation —Rev. Deanna Vandiver
Articles
Our Call Against Denialism
“Every disaster movie starts with the government ignoring a scientist” — social media meme, unknown origin Read more »
Our Work to Do
The proposed 8th principle of Unitarian Universalism states: “We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountability dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.” Read more »
Spirit Draw Near
About eight years ago I started a meditation practice of drawing or doodling that I call “inklings” —as it gives glimpses both inward into one’s self and outward into connection with others, the earth, or the great unknown. Read more »
Risk love, beloveds
Once upon a time I rejected the concept of surrender without hesitation or investigation Would not even risk thinking it (surrender, indeed!) and yet… Read more »
Looking for a Way to Get Involved in Our Ministry?
The Church of the Larger Fellowship is comprised of over 2500 individuals serving Unitarian Universalism—half of whom are currently incarcerated. Read more »
Quest February 2021
Each day we are invited to risk holy surrender to the call of life and love and liberation —Rev. Deanna Vandiver Read more »
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For Your Reflection
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Quest January 2021
January 2021
Articles
Black Lives Matter vs. All Lives Matter
Since the bricks-and mortar congregation I serve first affirmed that Black Lives Matter and hung a banner with those words, we have had a steady stream of push-back to that phrase. Read more »
Unitarian Universalism Out Loud
I believe that our job as Unitarian Universalists is to love loudly. Louder than the hate in the world. Read more »
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In the Labyrinth
I do not espouse the theology that “everything happens for a reason.” I simply just don’t believe that. Read more »
On Balance
On the subject of balance: many would imagine it as peace and harmony pervading throughout the sphere of life. Read more »
What’s in VUU?
Since 2013 the VUU has been the weekly online talk show hosted by the CLF. It is recorded and broadcast live on Thursdays at noon EST. Read more »
The Power of Words on Paper
I’ve spent the first few months of my service with the Worthy Now prison ministry amidst large stacks of paper. Read more »
For Your Reflection
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Universal Truths
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As we head into the depths of winter I am always reminded of that in other parts of the world, people are experiencing the height of summer. Read more →
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Silence
December 2020
The songs of the guardians of silence are the most powerful. —Joy Harjo
Articles
Use Your Inside Voice
In a congregation I once served was a man who’d been there many years—not a noisy person, but one who was pretty loud in his dislike of silence in the Sunday service. Read more »
Silence as a Spiritual Tool
Silence is the tool that brings us back from fragmentation into wholeness. Read more »
Sanctuaries of Silence
Three sanctuaries of silence come to mind as I think about creating more space for silence in my life. Read more »
Profound Silence
The day Gerry and I moved to Neenah from Milwaukee was a long, exhausting one. Read more »
Silence
When I was a child I used to fear the silence. One of the tortures I endured was being thrown into a small closet with no light, and being left there for days at a time. Read more »
Dark of Winter
Where I live, December marks the beginning of winter. And in the Hudson Valley of New York, those winters are often cold, silent, and dark. Read more »
Moments of Silence
During my first year living in Seattle, I heard a news report of a woman being arrested for throwing a frozen chicken out her apartment in the middle of a crowd of runners in a 5K race. Read more »
Universal Truths
As we head into the depths of winter I am always reminded of that in other parts of the world, people are experiencing the height of summer. Read more »
REsources for Living
Let all mortal flesh keep silence…begins an ancient hymn that is still a popular Christmas carol. Read more »
A Fond Goodbye
Close to 20 years ago Rev. Jane Rzepka invited me to join the CLF team as the editor of Quest. Read more »
Audio Resources
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Ode to Silence
You, silence, are the ground on which we build the fragile sandcastles of our every spoken word. Read more »
Facing the Impossible
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What could a convict have to say about possibilities? At a time before prison, I would have thought Not very much. Read more →
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