Articles

When Hope and History Rhyme
Rev. Rachel Lonberg
Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders were rather demoralized that spring of 1963. They had started a campaign to end segregation in Birmingham, Alabama and it wasn’t going well. Read more »
The Good News of Hopelessness
Rev. Joanna Fontaine Crawford
Hope is tightly woven into Unitarian Universalism. The doctrine of universal salvation was referred to as “The Larger Hope.” Read more »
The Reason Why
Brandon
For the longest time I found myself living life in despair. I felt that I had little to live for, and had not only contemplated, but also attempted, suicide several times between the ages of 14 and 26. Read more »
An Airplane That Never Lands
John C.
Being in prison is like being dead. Nothing matters. People fall out of your life; the world passes you by and forgets about you. Read more »
When Hope is Hard to Find
Rev. Monica Dobbins
How can we find hope in circumstances such as these we live in today? Would it help to ask what it is we are even looking for?  Read more »
From Your Minister
Rev. Meg Riley
I believe that the CLF mission statement is a recipe for hope: We seek to cultivate wonder, imagination, and the courage to act. Read more »
REsources for Living
Rev. Dr. Lynn Ungar
In what is surely the most famous English-language description of hope,  Emily Dickinson declares that… Read more »
Audio Resources
Quest for Meaning
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 »
Freedom Ridge
John
Outside my window, past the razor wire and fence, lies a ridge. A quartet of blue jays and a woodpecker live in the scrub oaks on the left. Read more »
Thank You
Quest for Meaning
Enormous thanks to the following congregations and organizations, which generously contributed to the CLF between April and August 2018. We are so grateful!   Read more »