A Heads-up for UU Leaders: The CLF Needs You
The beloved Senior Minister of the Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF), Rev. Meg Riley, has announced her retirement, effective August 2020. The CLF’s approaches to worship, pastoral care, providing spiritual resources and otherwise interacting with its congregation have been a blessing to members without easy access to a brick and mortar congregation. Read more →
Threshold Moments
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There are threshold moments in each of our lives. Moments when the past that lies behind us seems present and real. Read more →
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Thresholds
January 2020
The threshold is the place of expectation. ―Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Articles
Crossing The Threshold
Perhaps you are familiar with the concept of The Hero’s Journey, made famous by Joseph Campbell. Read more »
On the Threshold
Thresholds are sacred. Religions of all kinds, cultures of all times and places, have ways to mark the moments when we are on a threshold between one state of being and another. Read more »
Threshold
Threshold is an interesting word. As a maintenance clerk I immediately thought of the thing at the bottom of a doorway. Read more »
In Between
In between, liminal, that space where we wait. Between moments; events, results, action, no action. Read more »
Only in the Dual Realm
There is a passage from the Sonnets to Orpheus, by Rainer Maria Rilke, that has given me inspiration when confronted by the need to change. Read more »
From Your Minister
There are predictable thresholds in our lives, when we move from one life-stage to another—when beloved children begin school, when we downsize from a house to an apartment, when we begin a new career or class. Read more »
REsources for Living
For babies, threshold moments come thick and fast. A first smile moves us into the world of reciprocal relationship. Read more »
Threshold Moments
There are threshold moments in each of our lives. Moments when the past that lies behind us seems present and real. Read more »
Audio Resources
You can listen to audio recordings of Quest Monthly, read back issues or get electronic versions to share with friends (and much more) at questformeaning.org Read more »
The Year as a House
Think of the year as a house: door flung wide in welcome, threshold swept and waiting, a graced spaciousness opening and offering itself to you. Read more »
Spilling The Light – The VUU #280
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This week we sit down with Rev Theresa Ines Soto, author of the new book “Spilling the Light” available from the UUA Bookstore.
Rev. Meg Riley, Aisha Hauser, Christina Rivera, and Rev Michael Tino host this live Unitarian Universalist talk show discussing today’s topics from an anti-racist, anti-oppressive and multicultural perspective. The VUU streams live on Facebook (or sometimes on YouTube) every Thursday at 11 am ET.
Production support for this episode is provided by Antonia Bell-Delgado.
The VUU is brought to you by the Church of the Larger Fellowship.
Crucial Conversations in Covenanted Community – The VUU #279
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This week we are talking about how to hold crucial conversations in covenanted community. This week, we are joined by Rev Jessica Star Rockers, Rev Julica Hermann de la Fuente, and Rev Matthew Johnson.
Rev. Meg Riley, Aisha Hauser, Christina Rivera, and Rev Michael Tino host this live Unitarian Universalist talk show discussing today’s topics from an anti-racist, anti-oppressive and multicultural perspective. The VUU streams live on Facebook (or sometimes on YouTube) every Thursday at 11 am ET.
Production support for this episode is provided by Antonia Bell-Delgado.
The VUU is brought to you by the Church of the Larger Fellowship.
Encountering Unexpected Success…
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As the CLF, like all of us, encounters unexpected successes and setbacks, it helps so much to be able to count on recurring monthly donations. Read more →
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Unexpected
December 2019
Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. ―Samuel Johnson
Articles
Answering the Angels
I want to acknowledge right up front that the story of the Annunciation, the visitation of Mary from the angel Gabriel as described in the Gospels presents us Unitarian Universalists, with all sorts of challenges. Read more »
Expect the Unexpected
Two months ago, Sky was having one of his recurring nocturnal fights against a bad thing, a monster of some sort. Read more »
Unexpected
I have five daughters. I wasn’t always in touch with them all—and one day out of the blue my youngest wrote to me. Read more »
Expecting the Unexpected
Joy and woe are woven fine, Clothing for the soul divine: Under every grief and pine Runs a joy with silken twine. Read more »
When I Wake Up
When I wake up I find myself in an environment that’s so different from the one I once knew. Read more »
Encountering Unexpected Success…
As the CLF, like all of us, encounters unexpected successes and setbacks, it helps so much to be able to count on recurring monthly donations. Read more »
From Your Minister
A few years ago, a group from CLF decided to take a trip to the Gulf Coast to help with some reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina. Read more »
REsources for Living
During a preaching class in seminary we were each assigned to read aloud to the class a brief passage from the Christmas story in the second chapter of Luke. Read more »
Audio Resources
You can listen to audio recordings of Quest Monthly, read back issues, or get electronic versions of the text to share with friends (and much more) at questformeaning.org Read more »
The Call
The call comes on a stunningly ordinary telephone: the doctor telling you the test is positive, the agency saying that you have a child, the lover who left so long ago wanting to make amends. Read more »
Unexpected
Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. ―Samuel Johnson Read more »
