Silence
December 2020
The songs of the guardians of silence are the most powerful. —Joy Harjo
Articles
Use Your Inside Voice
In a congregation I once served was a man who’d been there many years—not a noisy person, but one who was pretty loud in his dislike of silence in the Sunday service. Read more »
Silence as a Spiritual Tool
Silence is the tool that brings us back from fragmentation into wholeness. Read more »
Sanctuaries of Silence
Three sanctuaries of silence come to mind as I think about creating more space for silence in my life. Read more »
Profound Silence
The day Gerry and I moved to Neenah from Milwaukee was a long, exhausting one. Read more »
Silence
When I was a child I used to fear the silence. One of the tortures I endured was being thrown into a small closet with no light, and being left there for days at a time. Read more »
Dark of Winter
Where I live, December marks the beginning of winter. And in the Hudson Valley of New York, those winters are often cold, silent, and dark. Read more »
Moments of Silence
During my first year living in Seattle, I heard a news report of a woman being arrested for throwing a frozen chicken out her apartment in the middle of a crowd of runners in a 5K race. Read more »
Universal Truths
As we head into the depths of winter I am always reminded of that in other parts of the world, people are experiencing the height of summer. Read more »
REsources for Living
Let all mortal flesh keep silence…begins an ancient hymn that is still a popular Christmas carol. Read more »
A Fond Goodbye
Close to 20 years ago Rev. Jane Rzepka invited me to join the CLF team as the editor of Quest. Read more »
Audio Resources
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) at questformeaning.org Read more »
Ode to Silence
You, silence, are the ground on which we build the fragile sandcastles of our every spoken word. Read more »
Human Possibilities
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Working at Greensboro Health Care Center, a nursing home, was a rewarding experience for me in many ways. Read more →
The Realm of Possibility
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In Lewis Carrol’s Alice Through the Looking Glass, Alice is talking with the White Queen, who lives in a backwards world where effects happen before their cause. Read more →
Living As If
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Back when I was still new to Texas I met up with black eyed peas for the first time. I was not impressed. Read more →
Possibility in an Age of Ecological Despair
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In February of 2015 I went to the Unitarian Universalist Minister’s Association Institute for Excellence in Ministry, and I had the opportunity to spend a week in a workshop with activist, eco‐philosopher, writer, and spiritual elder Joanna Macy. Read more →
Facing the Impossible
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What could a convict have to say about possibilities? At a time before prison, I would have thought Not very much. Read more →
Possibilities
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The November issue of Quest will be completed and mailed long before we know the outcome of the most important election of our lifetimes. Read more →
Autumn Leaves for Shannon
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My friend Shannon was one of a kind. She had a huge heart, full of love and loyalty to those of us in her chosen family. Read more →
Nominating Committee Seeks Leaders
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The CLF’s Nominating Committee seeks members to run for positions beginning June 2021: Read more →
REsources for Living
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I like to think of our theme of Possibilities in terms of walking on a winding path through the woods. Read more →
