Upcoming Quest Themes
Do you have any thoughts related to these topics? All CLF members, both incarcerated and living in the free world, are welcome to submit entries for future issues of Quest. Write to us!
Due Date: November 1, 2021
Quest Monthly Theme: December 2021 – Mystery
Response Question: What role does wonder and mystery play in your life?
Due Date: December 1, 2021
Quest Monthly Theme: January 2022 – Invitation
Response Question: When have you felt invited and welcomed as your full self?
Due Date: January 1, 2022
Quest Monthly Theme: February 2022 – Joy
Response Question: How do you practice and cultivate joy, especially when times are hard?
Due Date: February 1, 2022
Quest Monthly Theme: March 2022 – Interdependence
Response Question: What does it mean to live interdependently?
Due Date: March 1, 2022
Quest Monthly Theme: April 2022 – Memory
Response Question: How do you honor memory in your life?
Due Date: April 1, 2022
Quest Monthly Theme: May 2022 – Love
Response Question: What does love look/feel/sound like to you?
Due Date: May 1, 2022
Quest Monthly Theme: June 2022 – Integrity
Response Question: What does integrity mean to you?
Quest October 2021
October 2021
Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. —Mahatma Gandhi
Articles
Praying With Our Everything
I love the phrase “praying with our feet.” It often comes to mind for me in protests at the Texas Capitol, when I wait in line to vote, and perhaps most especially every Friday, when I lead my Zumba class, where we pray with our arms, our hips, our everything. Read more »
Prayer
Little things, big things, anything; people pray for them. From the mundane, like to perhaps hit the lottery, to the serious, like for someone’s life. Read more »
Phoenix Rising
Looking at the night sky, Staring at the galaxy, Watching the Milky Way swirl… Read more »
Calling on G.R.A.C.E.
I am often asked by folks who don’t have a belief structure how they can “connect” or reflect on their own growth. Read more »
Upcoming Quest Themes
Do you have any thoughts related to these topics? All CLF members, both incarcerated and living in the free world, are welcome to submit entries for future issues of Quest. Write to us! Read more »
Quest September 2021
September 2021
The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. —Maya Angelou
Articles
Quest September 2021
The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. —Maya Angelou Read more »
May This Be My Last Time?
Last semester, in a class on global Christianity at Meadville Lombard, I was reading examples of the early Christians in the Roman Empire taking a stand and becoming martyrs. Read more »
Home
We posed the above question in the most recent issue of the Worthy Now newsletter (a biannual newsletter sent to all incarcerated CLF members), and received the responses on the next two pages in response. Read more »
Hello from the CLF Board Chair
Hello beloveds, I’m Rev. Aisha Ansano, and I am thrilled to be serving as the new Chair of the Board of The Church of the Larger Fellowship! Read more »
‘Tis Mabon
After the close of Summer, before the land lies ‘neath snow, there comes the Magic of Autumn when all nature is aglow… Read more »
Widening the Leadership Table
Over the last year, the CLF Board, Nominating Committee, and Lead Ministry Team have been examining how to best serve and be accountable to our membership, nearly 50% of whom are currently incarcerated. Read more »
For Your Reflection
In this section, we offer questions for reflection based on ideas explored in this issue. You may wish to explore it individually or as part of a group discussion. Read more »
May This Be My Last Time?
Last semester, in a class on global Christianity at Meadville Lombard, I was reading examples of the early Christians in the Roman Empire taking a stand and becoming martyrs. Read more →
Home
Where in your life have you felt most at home?
We posed the above question in the most recent issue of the Worthy Now newsletter (a biannual newsletter sent to all incarcerated CLF members), and received the responses on the next two pages in response. Read more →
Hello from the CLF Board Chair
Hello beloveds,
I’m Rev. Aisha Ansano, and I am thrilled to be serving as the new Chair of the Board of The Church of the Larger Fellowship! Read more →
‘Tis Mabon
PHOTO BY MELISSA ASKEW ON UNSPLASH
After the close of Summer,
before the land lies ‘neath snow,
there comes the Magic of Autumn,
when all nature is aglow.
Widening the Leadership Table
Over the last year, the CLF Board, Nominating Committee, and Lead Ministry Team have been examining how to best serve and be accountable to our membership, nearly 50% of whom are currently incarcerated. Read more →
For Your Reflection
In this section, we offer questions for reflection based on ideas explored in this issue. You may wish to explore it individually or as part of a group discussion.
Quest July/August 2021
July/August 2021
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. –Maya Angelou
Articles
Quest July/August 2021
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. –Maya Angelou Read more »
Love the Limits
Creativity isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Neither is freedom—at least absolute freedom. Read more »
Updates from UUA General Assembly 2021
We were honored to send over 20 CLF member delegates and 16 religious professional delegates to Virtual General Assembly 2021. Now that it’s over, we want to let you know some of what happened. Read more »
Creativity in Cakes
I have been locked up for four years now and I have seen all things created in the penitentiary. Read more »
Reshaping the Soul
To create or to reshape. My understanding is that these are two different things. Read more »
Art as Creative Practice
For many years, you all have sent us your incredible works of visual art along with your poems and essays. Read more »
If You Want to View Paradise (Don’t Ask Me For A Picture)
Yeah, I know you want something a little more up-beat… Read more »
Flowers
Just like a flower, we bloom into ourselves, Taking our precious time as we open up to the world… Read more »
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