REsources for Living
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As I see it, there are three words—related but not the same—that apply to the holidays I celebrate this season. Read more →
Renewal is Re-knowing
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Renewal
April 2020
The receding wave does not despair; it knows it will rise again. ―Marty Rubin
Articles
A Renewal of Faith
I’ve known the song Spirit of Life by heart for longer than I can remember. Read more »
Thriving in Difficult Times
Recently a fellow climate change activist exclaimed in despair, “The world has never faced a crisis like this before!” Read more »
Serving Time/Served by Time
When I arrived at North Carolina’s Central Prison I wore my fear and trepidation like an aura as I, a pallid 128-pound weakling, stepped into my worst nightmare. Read more »
Renewal
We are blessed here in Texas to have nearly hundred-year-old live oaks inside our prison. Read more »
From Your Minister
I’ve been thinking about renewable sources of energy versus sources of energy that deplete. Read more »
Notice of Annual Meeting
To all members of the Church of the Larger Fellowship, Unitarian Universalist Read more »
REsources for Living
As I see it, there are three words—related but not the same—that apply to the holidays I celebrate this season. 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
Democracy is Essential
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Imagine…if you believed democracy were essential. Not just a “choice” among variations of how to govern a group of people, but an essential structure. Read more →
What Matters Most
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The Unitarian Universalist minister David O. Rankin liked to relate a story from his career. Read more →
The Heart of Democracy
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Do you trust democracy? In your bones, do you trust it? Do you trust yourself and your fellow citizens? Read more →
Politics and Religion
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One hundred years ago the state of Maine was sharply divided between Republicans and Democrats. Read more →
From Your Minister
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I grew up in a deeply political UU family. From the earliest time I can remember, we talked about politics and religion at the dinner table. Read more →
REsources for Living
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I had a proud parenting moment the other day. My young adult daughter texted me “I have officially become the kind of annoying adult that won’t shut up about politics.” Read more →
