Quest March 2023
March 2023
The best way out is always through. —Robert Frost
Articles
Persistence is a Group Activity
When Rev. Michael Tino reached out to me and asked me to reflect on persistence, I laughed and laughed. Read more »
Persistence
What is the value of persistence? When have you struggled with it, or felt its benefits? Read more »
A Class on Fear
The purpose of this class is to give the tools necessary to confront deeper issues based in fear. Read more »
Notice of the CLF Annual Meeting
To all members of the Church of the Larger Fellowship, Unitarian Universalist… Read more »
Quest February 2023
February 2023
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. —Anaïs Nin
Articles
A Space Where There Is No Other
“Where do we find that space of connecting, of belonging. Really, that space where there is no other.” — bell hooks Read more »
Friendship
How do you cultivate and sustain friendship? What role does friendship play in your life? Read more »
Embracing the Living Tradition
“We are writing this in pencil, not etching it in stone.” — from the Article II Study Commission Report 1/17/23 Read more »
untitled flowing thoughts
A little girl said to her make-believe best of friends: “Today, I shall light a white candle. Read more »
General Assembly
Would you like to represent the Church of the Larger Fellowship at General Assembly (GA) this summer? Read more »
Quest November 2022
November 2022
We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community. —Dorothy Day
Articles
Breaking Our Hearts Open // Romper y Abrir Nuaestros Corazones
Our hearts break open for the pain of the world. Read more »
Community / Comunidad
Who makes up your community? What role does community play in your life? Read more »
The Strength of Community // La Fuerza de la Comunidad
In a recent conversation with other religious professionals at Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREDA) Fall Con—the annual conference for religious educators—Aisha Hauser, one of our CLF lead ministers, invited us to name what gives us joy and what sustains us in these difficult times that feel like a slow-moving apocalypse. Read more »
Remembering // Recordando
One of the annual events we recognize every November is the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). Read more »
If You Want to See Paradise (Don’t Ask me for a Picture) – Poem by incarcerated member Vylet
“Come with me, and you will be, in a land full of imagination…”
If You Want to See Paradise (Don’t Ask me for a Picture)
Poem by incarcerated member Vylet
Yeah, I know you want something a little more upbeat.
And all my poems are sad.
I’d write about being happy more often,
If I were happy more often. eee, Gad!
But for you, let me try this.
It’s no big deal.
For you, I will write
What I do not feel.
With imagination it’s easy.
Word play I create.
A mind set to set minds.
In a World. Realist. State.
Happy happy joy joy.
Ahhh, forget this.
What do you want from me?
My heart is dark as midnight
And only death holds the key.
I hate people. I hate life.
I wish death, I stir strife.
I talk proper and fool people.
Sophisticated learned evil.
I wasn’t always full of resentment.
Bitterness and sorrow
Pain and depression.
But that story will not be told,
This morning or after lunch.
Use your imagination
And make one the hell up.
Ah yes, I imagine and daydream it’s true
That one day I won’t have to imagine
What it’s like to be happy
And happily write a poem for you
1-25-2020
Thus Do We Covenant…
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A number of years ago, I was the guest preacher at one of our small congregations in northern New England. Read more →
The Covenants We Keep
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My seminary classmate was 30 years older than me. I sat in his small apartment, hoping for the kind of wisdom and guidance I had already come to know he might provide. Read more →
For All Those Who Seek Help
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Our liberal religious covenant
is to trust one another enough
to seek help when we’re down and to offer assistance when we’re able.
–Tom Owen-Towle (Unitarian Universalist, minister, author) Read more →
Bound in Covenant (Excerpt)
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A covenant is not a contract. It is not made and signed and sealed once and for all, sent to the attorneys for safekeeping or guarded under glass in a museum. Read more →
In the Presence of God and One Another (Excerpt)
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We are being invited into a place where we move from an idea to an experience. Read more →
From Your Guest Minister
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While Rev. Meg Riley is on sabbatical her column is being written by invited guests.
I often wonder if there is much more going on with free will than meets the eye, especially when it comes to finding and joining a spiritual community. Read more →
