Quest October 2022
October 2022
“When you go in search of honey, you must expect to be stung by bees.” —Joseph Joubert
Articles
At the Water’s Edge
Down the cliffs to the black sand of the Pa’iloa beach, and right on the shore, was an opening. Read more »
tikkun olam
Most Sunday evenings, members of the Church of the Larger Fellowship with internet access gather for an online worship service. Read more »
At the Water’s Edge
Down the cliffs to the black sand of the Pa’iloa beach, and right on the shore, was an opening. Read more →
Sacrifice
What is the value of sacrifice? What are its downsides? Read more →
tikkun olam
Most Sunday evenings, members of the Church of the Larger Fellowship with internet access gather for an online worship service. Read more →
Awe
How do you cultivate awe and wonder in your life?
Called and Installed, Your Lead Ministry Team
One of the spiritual joys a religious professional receives is their installation to the congregation to which they’ve been called. Read more →
Quest September 2022
September 2022
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” —W.B. Yeats
Articles
A Theological Mandate of Liberation
The following sermon was originally given at the service to formally install our Lead Ministry Team in their role as ministers of the Church of the Larger Fellowship, which took place on June 25, 2022, during UUA General Assembly in Portland, OR. Read more »
Called and Installed, Your Lead Ministry Team
One of the spiritual joys a religious professional receives is their installation to the congregation to which they’ve been called. Read more »
The Rainbow
I was walking in the yard.. He looked like a mob enforcer — probably because he was.. Read more »
Would you like your creative expression to appear in Quest?
All CLF members (incarcerated and free world members) are welcome to submit reflections on upcoming Quest themes, original poetry and artwork. Read more →
Quest July/August 2022
July/August 2022
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” —Mother Teresa
Articles
No Saviors
One of the many reasons I choose Unitarian Universalism as my faith is that I don’t believe in saviors. Read more »
Compassion & Healing
For me, growing up in the nightmare of my childhood and the abuses I suffered, compassion was an unknown word and concept. Read more »
Voices of Compassion
In October of 2020, I suffered a week of torment within which I was repeatedly beaten, extorted of property and medication, and sexually abused by a cellmate. Read more »
A Compassionate Life
Religious scholar Karen Armstrong has studied the teachings of religions large and small all around the world. And she has, as we all have, witnessed the strife in our world: the pain, the isolation, the injustice, the inequality. Read more »
Updates from the CLF’s 2022 Annual Meeting
The CLF held its Annual Congregational Meeting on Sunday June 5, 2022. Anyone who could not attend the meeting was invited to vote by mail ahead of the meeting. Read more »
Would you like your creative expression to appear in Quest?
All CLF members (incarcerated and free world members) are welcome to submit reflections on upcoming Quest themes, original poetry and artwork. Read more »
Quest June 2022
June 2022
Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. —Andre Gide
Articles
Thoughts About Integrity and Our National Character
Integrity is not a trait that can exist on its own. Read more »
The Unknown
They wouldn’t show me the path in which to walk… Only the roads sidelined, with bodies in chalk… Read more »
From Membership to Stewardship
When Aisha, Michael, and I were called as your Lead Ministry Team in 2020 we were excited to learn all the behind-the-scenes workings of CLF. Read more »
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