Growing Our Commitment
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At the CLF we have steadily grown our commitment to being a public voice for justice and living out our UU values in the world. Read more →
Did You Know
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…that the CLF has welcomed three new learning fellows? Kevin Jagoe, Lauren Way and Amanda Weatherspoon will be joining us for the next two years. Read more →
The Blessed Gift of Joy
Siri Allison is a storyteller with Story Circle at Proctors, the resident storytelling company at this performing arts center in Schenectady, NY. This story is from the Kanglanek people, who live near the source of the Colville River, a major river on the Arctic Coast of Alaska. (Story begins at 1:20 after some introduction.)
Thanks to Congregations
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The CLF would like to thank the following congregations who, between March 2015 and March 2016 have taken up collections to support our ministries. Read more →
Simple Joy
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Shortly after I watched the full moon slide behind the trees on the ridge outside my cell window, Dusty, a young orange mackerel tabby tomcat, made his morning round meowing to everyone he met what sounded to me a lot like “Good Morning.” Read more →
Joy
July-August 2016
A flower blossoms for its own joy. —Oscar Wilde
Articles
We Need Joy
After college, my best friend and I drove from her home in Texas through the Southwest. Read more »
A Bright Golden Thread
When a weaver starts a new piece, she first must tie the warp strings on her loom to form an underlying base of the fabric she will create. Read more »
Thanks to Congregations
The CLF would like to thank the following congregations who, between March 2015 and March 2016 have taken up collections to support our ministries. Read more »
Joy in Ordinary Time
My Mama was a second grade teacher at the Gladwyne Elementary School in the rich suburbs of Philadelphia. Read more »
Simple Joy
Shortly after I watched the full moon slide behind the trees on the ridge outside my cell window, Dusty, a young orange mackerel tabby tomcat, made his morning round… Read more »
River of Joy
“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” ―Rumi Read more »
From Your Minister
I was blessed with an optimistic, joyful disposition, which I inherited from my mother. Read more »
REsources for Living
Unitarian Universalist minister Bill Clark tells a story about being at the beach after a long, hard day. Read more »
Did You Know?
that CLF has a web page just for kids, parents and religious educators, tied to our monthly theme? Read more »
At the Heart of All Creation
At the heart of all creation lies a good intent, a purposeful goodness, from which we come, by which we live our fullest, and to which we shall at last return… Read more »
150: Live from General Assembly in Columbus!
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The VUU Crew stalks the hallways of GA. Who knows who we’ll corral? Tune in and find out! The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Tom Schade, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, and Bob LaVallee. This is the final episode of the season; The VUU will return in September. This episode first aired June 23, 2016.
149: Cultivating Empathy with Nate Walker
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Nate Walker returns to The VUU to talk about his new book “Cultivating Empathy” and moral imagination. The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Tom Schade, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, and Bob LaVallee. The VUU airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired June 16, 2016.
148: Pipeline Protests in Boston
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John Gibbons meets with the VUU panel to talk about resistance against a planned natural gas pipeline in Boston. The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Tom Schade, Aisha Hauser, Hank Peirce, and Bob LaVallee. The VUU airs Thursdays at 11 am ET. This episode first aired June 9, 2016.
