REsources for Living
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For babies, threshold moments come thick and fast. A first smile moves us into the world of reciprocal relationship. Read more →
Threshold Moments
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There are threshold moments in each of our lives. Moments when the past that lies behind us seems present and real. Read more →
Audio Resources
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You can listen to audio recordings of Quest Monthly, read back issues or get electronic versions to share with friends (and much more) at questformeaning.org Read more →
The Year as a House
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Think of the year
as a house:
door flung wide
in welcome,
threshold swept
and waiting,
a graced spaciousness
opening and offering itself
to you. Read more →
Thresholds
January 2020
The threshold is the place of expectation. ―Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Articles
Crossing The Threshold
Perhaps you are familiar with the concept of The Hero’s Journey, made famous by Joseph Campbell. Read more »
On the Threshold
Thresholds are sacred. Religions of all kinds, cultures of all times and places, have ways to mark the moments when we are on a threshold between one state of being and another. Read more »
Threshold
Threshold is an interesting word. As a maintenance clerk I immediately thought of the thing at the bottom of a doorway. Read more »
In Between
In between, liminal, that space where we wait. Between moments; events, results, action, no action. Read more »
Only in the Dual Realm
There is a passage from the Sonnets to Orpheus, by Rainer Maria Rilke, that has given me inspiration when confronted by the need to change. Read more »
From Your Minister
There are predictable thresholds in our lives, when we move from one life-stage to another—when beloved children begin school, when we downsize from a house to an apartment, when we begin a new career or class. Read more »
REsources for Living
For babies, threshold moments come thick and fast. A first smile moves us into the world of reciprocal relationship. Read more »
Threshold Moments
There are threshold moments in each of our lives. Moments when the past that lies behind us seems present and real. Read more »
Audio Resources
You can listen to audio recordings of Quest Monthly, read back issues or get electronic versions to share with friends (and much more) at questformeaning.org Read more »
The Year as a House
Think of the year as a house: door flung wide in welcome, threshold swept and waiting, a graced spaciousness opening and offering itself to you. Read more »
A Wholehearted Sabbath
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It was August 21st of last year when something out of the ordinary happened. Schools closed. People took off from work early, or even the whole day if they could. Read more →
Space of Renewal
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Sabbath opens up a space of renewal and spiritual sustenance. We hope that the CLF provides that for you through Quest Monthly, our online worship, daily reflections from the Daily Compass and more. Read more →
The Ritual of Sabbath
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I fell in love with the Sabbath many years ago when my work took me to Israel. Until then, I’d never thought much about the Sabbath, except to be annoyed when stores were closed on Sunday and I needed to buy something. Read more →
Vacation as Spiritual Discipline
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A series in the Cathy comic strip about vacationing caught my eye, perhaps because it was really about the opposite. Read more →
From Your Minister
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Years ago, I directed the UUA’s Washington Office. It was a challenging time in U.S. history, marked by the passage of the civil-rights-denying Patriot Act, pompous patriotic righteousness about the need to attack Iraq, support for fundamentalist Christian-style “family values,” and endless attacks on vulnerable communities. Read more →
