Courage
March 2015
“Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. ” —Maya Angelou
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Courage
“Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. ” —Maya Angelou Read more »
The Cadence of Courage
Arianna Huffington, the noted author and popular pundit, wrote a book entitled On Becoming Fearless. In it, she observed that too many women and girls today are afraid to be themselves. Read more »
Living with a Courageous Heart
Anyone can slay a dragon, she told me, But try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again. That’s what takes a real hero. Read more »
Standing Like a Tree
Perhaps you remember the story about Antoinette Tuff. She’s the woman in Atlanta, Georgia, who was working in the main office of an elementary school when a man burst in with an automatic rifle and 500 rounds of ammunition. Everyone got out, thanks to her. Read more »
The Courage to Endure
One of the things I miss most about home is having a comfortable place to sit. It isn’t something most people think about, but over time, it becomes more and more important. Read more »
From Your Minister
The older I get, the crankier I am about fear. My own fear, other people’s fear. I can see back across decades to all of the times when I have stood moving my lips soundlessly like the cowardly lion in The Wizard of Oz while some disembodied voice thundered, “QUIET!” Read more »
REsources for Living
A few months back 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Read more »
To Risk Going Too Far
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” —T. S. Eliot Read more »
When Things Fall Apart
When things fall apart and we can’t get the pieces back together, when we lose something dear to us, when the whole thing is just not working… Read more »
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To Risk Going Too Far
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When Things Fall Apart
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Love
February 2015
“Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.” —Zora Neale Hurston
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Living by Love
You don’t have to be Christian to admire this ancient and beautiful religion and wish to learn from its wisdom. Read more »
Sharing the Love
Love is a way of life. It should be how we make our way in the world. And truth be told, we should be preaching love every Sunday. Read more »
Love Is…and Isn’t
Love is patient—as opposed to people who rush to judgment; as opposed to those who insist that everybody should agree immediately on the obviously right answer, whether or not they have had time to think it through. Read more »
CLF Invites GA Delegates
Would you like to represent the CLF at the UUA’s General Assembly (GA) this summer? Read more »
Tucked In
On a quiet suburban street on a Sunday evening, just as it was getting dark, I saw a car pull into a driveway, and then the silhouette of a man walking from the car to the front door of the house, carrying a sleeping child. Read more »
Because of Your Dollars
“Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is such a struggle since coming back home from deployment. Thank you for being there for me, as it is hard to be with people right now.” —Tim Read more »
From Your Minister
Before I had the good fortune to serve the Church of the Larger Fellowship as senior minister, I was part of a team that designed and launched the Standing on the Side of Love Campaign at the Unitarian Universalist Association. Read more »
REsources for Living
A few years ago, Unitarian Universalists got a new nickname. In 2010 lots of UUs went to Arizona to protest the way immigrants were being treated. Read more »
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That you can buy many fun items with the CLF “I Carry the Flame” logo? Check them out at CLFUU.org Shop. Read more »
CLF Invites GA Delegates
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Because of Your Dollars
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Transformation
January 2015
“You cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.” —C.S. Lewis
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Transformation
“You cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.” —C.S. Lewis Read more »
The Necessity of Discomfort
Recently, in preparation for my daily practice of mindfulness and prayer, I came across a stunning piece of information. Read more »
Transformation vs. Acceptance
Transformation is part and parcel of most religious groups. The work of a faith community is to build a better world and to help each other become better people… Read more »
The Stream: A Sufi Story
A stream, from its course in the far-off mountains, passing through every kind and description of countryside, at last reached the sands of the desert. Read more »
These are the Times that Grow Our Souls (Excerpt)
The America that is best known and most resented around the world pursues unlimited economic growth, technological revolutions, and consumption, with little or no regard for their destructive impact on communities… Read more »
From Your Minister
For the past several years, I’ve been part of a group called Transforming Families, in which families that include trans* kids come together for support, information sharing, and fun. Read more »
REsources for Living
I can well remember from my childhood that most adults had a very strange habit. Pretty much any time you saw one of your parents’ friends, or an out-of-town relative, they would greet you in exactly the same way… Read more »
Life’s Transformations
To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story… —Barbara Kingsolver Read more »
Nighttime, January
When breath catches in the crisp night air, and sight turns to stars, mind to moon, silence asserts itself, breathing the beauty of night into being… Read more »
The Stream: A Sufi Story
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