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Courage
February 2020
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. ―J.K. Rowling
Articles
Take Heart
In her TEDTalk “What Fear Can Teach Us,” novelist Karen Thompson Walker tells us that fear can be understood as an amazing act of the imagination; as an unintentional storytelling that we are born knowing how to do. Read more »
Being Superheroes
We see them on big screens and small ones In comic books and in toy stores Wearing their fancy outfits With capes or masks or armor Read more »
A Courageous Voice
The CLF seeks to be a courageous voice for justice, for growth, for community amongst people who would probably never meet with-out our web that connects lives around the world. Read more »
The Most Courageous Act
As a first grader, Ruby Bridges was part of the first group of students to racially integrate schools in Louisiana. Read more »
Courage for the Resistance…and the Relationships
I was a fearful child. And frankly, most of those fears stayed with me into young adulthood. Read more »
From Your Minister
I have been thinking about the courage I encounter every day in our far-flung religious community. Read more »
GA Delegates Needed
Would you like to represent the Church of the Larger Fellowship at General Assembly (GA) this summer? Read more »
REsources for Living
The other day my dog started doing something odd. Just as I was about to get into bed he shoved himself into the narrow space between the two banks of drawers that hold up my captain’s bed. Read more »
Become a Penpal
The CLF is serving over 1,080 members who are currently incarcerated. Live out our Unitarian Universalist values by becoming a pen pal and sharing letters and words of encouragement with a CLF member behind bars. Read more »
Audio Recordings
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) here. Read more »
Courage
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. ―J.K. Rowling Read more »
And Not Grow Weary
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My son learned a song at Village Green preschool that he made me sing with him all the next day. Maybe you know it. Read more →
Perseverance
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Until my stroke four years ago, at a very healthy 61 years of age, I did not know what perseverance was. Read more →
Offering Comfort and Support
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Across the decades, through changes in technology and staff, through world crises and institutional crises, the CLF has been there, offering people around the world comfort and challenge in the form of our liberal faith. Read more →
Swimming Lessons
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My first sermon at the first church I ever served (which is also the only church I have served) was called “Swimming Lessons.” Read more →
Cinders as Far as the Eye Can See
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While I explored central Idaho’s Snake River Plain, I camped at Craters of the Moon National Monument. Read more →
Blessing for the Brokenhearted
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There is no remedy for love but to love more. —Henry David Thoreau Read more →
From Your Minister
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As another gardening season begins to come to a close, I offer gratitude for all of the lessons that I learn from my garden. Read more →
REsources for Living
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I have a fairly big front lawn—or what passes for a large lawn in my suburban California location. If, that is, it passes for a lawn at all. Read more →
