Quest Audio Resources
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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 →
I Hear America Singing
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I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Read more →
Work & Play
September 2019
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. ―Jerome K. Jerome
Articles
Working, Not Working, and Not Working Any More
One fine day in San Francisco, nearly 35 years ago now, I found myself down on Mission Street, standing in line at the unemployment office. Read more »
Tending the Spirit
Deep play is a form of tending to the spirit. We hope that through Quest, along with online worship, Facebook groups, questformeaning.org and our various other offerings, that the CLF provides a field where we can come together, play and explore. Read more »
Deep Play
Brian La Doone is a musher—a sled dog racer—in far northern Canada, which is polar bear country. Read more »
The Path of Play
Psychologist David Elkind, in his book The Power of Play, identifies several characteristics of play, including… Read more »
Full-Hearted Parenting
Last year my therapist started asking me at every visit, “You having any fun?” Read more »
Play, People. Just Play
The innocent mistake that keeps us caught in our own particular style of ignorance, unkindness, and shut-downness is that we are never encouraged to see clearly what is, with gentleness. Read more »
REsources for Living
“Do what you love,” the saying goes, “and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Read more »
Quest 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 »
Work & Play
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. ―Jerome K. Jerome Read more »
Earth’s Crammed With Heaven
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And truly, I reiterate, . .
nothing’s small! Read more →
Thank You, Janet!
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Janet Lane, who has done the layout and design work for Quest for the last 32 years, is retiring from the position following this issue. Read more →
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O Wonder!
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A garden amidst the flames.
My heart embraces every form. Read more →
Wonder
July-August 2019
Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge. ―Abraham Joshua Heschel
Articles
Remembering the Mystery and Wonder
My first memory of what the first of our UU Sources calls “transcending mystery and wonder” is an experience I had when I was quite little, maybe five or six years old. Read more »
Witness to Wonder (Excerpt)
I believe this firmly—that we are sacred beings in a sacred world. Read more »
My BFF, Jack
Jack and I met accidentally: He flew into the open hand at the end of my out-stretched left arm. Read more »
Sequence
O Love, here I am, at this moment, on this planet, in this place, utterly in awe that I am alive and that everything is. Read more »
Thank You, Janet!
Janet Lane, who has done the layout and design work for Quest for the last 32 years, is retiring from the position following this issue. Read more »
REsources for Living
I love science. I think of science as a pathway to wonder, with that path of discovery and learning leading us to a deeper understanding of who we are and how we relate to the rest of our universe. Read more »
Audio Resources
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Ever-Deepening Identity
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Unitarian Universalists understand religious and spiritual identity to be something that unfolds over time as we learn and grow. Read more →
