REsources for Living
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During a preaching class in seminary we were each assigned to read aloud to the class a brief passage from the Christmas story in the second chapter of Luke. Read more →
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The Call
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The call comes on a stunningly
ordinary telephone: the doctor
telling you the test is positive,
the agency saying that you have a child,
the lover who left so long ago
wanting to make amends.
Suddenly the earth tilts.
The path you thought to follow to the lake
heads sharply up the mountains.
The trail through the dense woods
comes around the bend into an open meadow.
Of course you weren’t prepared.
Who knows how to dress
for such a journey? Listen.
Inside your ear there is a high,
insistent ringing. What do you
suppose might happen
if you should answer?
Lynn’s book of poetry, Bread and Other Miracles, is available at lynnungar.com.
Unexpected
December 2019
Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. ―Samuel Johnson
Articles
Answering the Angels
I want to acknowledge right up front that the story of the Annunciation, the visitation of Mary from the angel Gabriel as described in the Gospels presents us Unitarian Universalists, with all sorts of challenges. Read more »
Expect the Unexpected
Two months ago, Sky was having one of his recurring nocturnal fights against a bad thing, a monster of some sort. Read more »
Unexpected
I have five daughters. I wasn’t always in touch with them all—and one day out of the blue my youngest wrote to me. Read more »
Expecting the Unexpected
Joy and woe are woven fine, Clothing for the soul divine: Under every grief and pine Runs a joy with silken twine. Read more »
When I Wake Up
When I wake up I find myself in an environment that’s so different from the one I once knew. Read more »
Encountering Unexpected Success…
As the CLF, like all of us, encounters unexpected successes and setbacks, it helps so much to be able to count on recurring monthly donations. Read more »
From Your Minister
A few years ago, a group from CLF decided to take a trip to the Gulf Coast to help with some reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina. Read more »
REsources for Living
During a preaching class in seminary we were each assigned to read aloud to the class a brief passage from the Christmas story in the second chapter of Luke. 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 »
The Call
The call comes on a stunningly ordinary telephone: the doctor telling you the test is positive, the agency saying that you have a child, the lover who left so long ago wanting to make amends. Read more »
Unexpected
Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. ―Samuel Johnson Read more »
Grateful
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There is a large duckling-yellow hardcover book in my mother’s house called a “baby book.” It is my baby book, in fact. Read more →
Giving Thanks
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There’s an old joke—perhaps you’ve heard it. A man and his granddaughter are walking along a beach. Read more →
In Praise of Weeds
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Pity the poor dandelion. It is, in many ways, nature’s perfect plant. Read more →
Thanks and Praise
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Thanks and Praise is is exactly what we have for all of our wonderful CLF members and supporters who contribute so that CLF can be there for religious liberals around the world. Read more →
From Your Minister
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Alice Walker has been in the media in some pretty awful ways, but I still think her book, The Color Purple, is one of the most extraordinary theological texts I’ve ever read. Read more →
REsources for Living
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At the beginning of his book of poetry, Praise, Robert Hass writes: Read more →
