Articles

Hungry Hearts
Rev. Darcey Laine
What do you want? If I had a magic wand and could give you your heart’s desire, right now, what would it be? Read more »
The CLF is There for You
Quest for Meaning
Whether what you long for is compassionate community, resources for spiritual growth or challenge and support to build a more just world, the CLF is there for you, and for thousands of others who share those deep desires. Read more »
The Theology of Desire
Rev. Molly Housh Gordon
How fair and pleasant you are,O loved one, delectable maiden! You are stately as a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters… Read more »
The Cage of Desire (excerpt)
Rev. Jason Seymour
The flood of marketed desire that we experience daily began in the US at the turn of the 20th century. Read more »
From Your Minister
Rev. Meg Riley
I was on a Vipassana meditation retreat in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley one spring, looking out over rolling hills. Read more »
REsources for Living
Rev. Dr. Lynn Ungar
Desire seems to fall into two categories. There is good desire, the kind of desire that makes you come alive and orient toward what your body and/or soul most deeply wants. Read more »
Ananda’s Eyes
Quest for Meaning
One day, while the Buddha was staying in Sravasti, his disciple Ananda was walking back from alms lunch under the hot sun and felt thirsty. Read more »
Desire
Quest for Meaning
I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life. ―Virginia Woolf Read more »