Quest January 2025
January 2025
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” —Charles Dickens
Articles
Authentic Leadership
I have always had a strong personality and for much of my professional life, I took that to mean that I can be a “good leader.” Read more »
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Quest December 2024
December 2024
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” —W.B. Yeats
Articles
Winter Magic
Around the world and for many thousands of years, humans of different cultures have created rituals of sympathetic magic intended to invoke unknown powers to act in our world. This kind of spiritual work asks us to make connections between objects and actions and the ways in which we want to affect the world. Read more »
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Quest November 2024
November 2024
“We must take care of our families, wherever we find them.” —Elizabeth Gilbert
Articles
Post-Election Message
The results of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election have been devastating for many of us. The election of Donald Trump to a second term as President is more than worrying for all of us grounded in a commitment to love and liberation — we know that his fascist and authoritarian agenda threatens the lives and ...Read more »
The Promises of Family
Family is one of those topics that can be both celebrated and filled with tension. Sometimes at the same time! Read more »
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Quest October 2024
October 2024
“The land is the real teacher. All we need as students is mindfulness.” —Robin Wall Kimmerer
Articles
In an Ancient Forest
One of the most impactful trips I have ever been on in my life was with a friend to Olympic National Park in Washington State, specifically the Ancient Forest, an area that dates back to pre-contact, when only the indigenous people lived and thrived on this land, before the arrival of European settlers. Read more »
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Quest September 2024
September 2024
“We are collectively responsible for the covenant of our faith.” —Rev. Dr. Michael Tino
Articles
On Covenant and Accountability
Recently, I’ve heard more and more people wondering what is the place of covenant and accountability in Unitarian Universalism. Read more »
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Quest July/August 2024
July/August 2024
“Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.” —Cornel West
Articles
Solidarity as Resistance
On November 15, 2015, the Minneapolis Police Department killed a black man named Jamar Clark. That night, community members, organizers, and activists formed an encampment outside the Fourth Precinct to demand the release of the body camera footage and justice for Jamar Clark. Read more »
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Quest June 2024
June 2024
“That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.” —Simone de Beauvoir
Articles
Leaning Into a Generosity of Spirit
My childhood consisted of navigating what it meant to grow up Egyptian in America. My mother spoke only in Arabic, and she very much passed on the traditions of our culture to my sister and me. Read more »
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Quest May 2024
May 2024
“Treating different things the same can generate as much inequality as treating the same things
differently.” —Kimberlé Crenshaw
Articles
Fully Accessible and Inclusive
Perhaps you have seen the widespread cartoon image that illustrates the difference between “equality” and “equity.” Read more »
An Artist’s Prayer
Seamus Vonn-Jernigan CLF member, incarcerated in OR Oh Great Creator, We are humbled to have been created by you and to witness your creativity flow through us daily. We understand that we are your instruments of peace, play and innovation, and intend to funnel your imagination through our very existence. We are your hands, that sculpt the clay and ...Read more »
Quest April 2024
April 2024
“When you become the image of your own imagination, it’s the most powerful thing you could ever do.” —RuPaul
Articles
Changing Together
When I think about transformation, I often think of when people say they had a “transformational experience,” or when, as religious professionals, we look for the ways in which ministry can be transformational for our congregants. Read more »
Your Transformations
Our transformations are our own, paths we choose but are never forced to take. Read more »
Transitioning
When I read that April’s theme was Transformation, I decided that it was time to share my story with the world for the first time. 2024 is a big year for me, as I have begun the Male to Female (MtF) transition process. Read more »
Transformation
Without darkness, nothing is born; Out of the midst of despair, a flame is kindled — hope. Read more »
Notice of the CLF Annual Meeting
Per Article VII, Sections 1 and 2, of the Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF) Bylaws, the 51st Annual Meeting will be held via video/telephone conference call and screen sharing on Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 6:45PM EDT/3:45PM PDT. RSVP to attend the meeting at www.clfuu.org/joinannualmeeting. Read more »
Quest March 2024
March 2024
“Pluralism accepts the moral reality of different kinds of truth, but rejects the idea that they can all be placed on a single scale, measured by a single value.” —Timothy Snyder
Articles
Embracing Pluralism
When my daughter was nine years old, she asked me which religion was the “right one.” Read more »
Chaos and Concord
Chaos and Concord battle in the collective mind. Chaos whispers to every tribe, religion, and race Read more »
Love Demands A Permanent Ceasefire Now
Recently, several people have taken the time to write to us about the ways in which we talk about Israel and Gaza, especially on our weekly talk show, Voices of Unitarian Universalism (aka The VUU). I thought that our wider community would be interested in my response. Read more »
Notice of the CLF Annual Meeting
Per Article VII, Sections 1 and 2, of the Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF) Bylaws, the 51st Annual Meeting will be held via video/telephone conference call and screen sharing on Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 6:45PM EDT/3:45PM PDT. Read more »
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