Honey
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Luxury itself, thick as a Persian carpet,
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Ancestors
November 2018
You are the fairy tale told by your ancestors. —Toba Beta
Articles
A Way Out of No Way
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s last speech is now called “The Mountaintop Speech.” Read more »
Spiritual Ancestors
Like many Unitarian Universalists of color (and many white allies), I get tired of white male dominance within our society and yearn for more diverse representation. Read more »
Nominating Committee Seeks Leaders
The CLF’s Nominating Committee seeks members to run for positions beginning June 2019. Read more »
Always
On the morning my grandmother died, I squeezed the juice out of citrus fruits and strained out the seeds with a fork so I wouldn’t drink them. Read more »
And When Ancestors Are Dishonorable?
Many people think of their ancestors as dead and gone, and therefore to be thought about only occasionally and with no real attachment, as if they have no claim on us who live. Read more »
From Your Minister
One sentence launched me into discovery about my ancestors. It’s the first line of a book, Tearin’ through the Wilderness, which my great-Aunt Marie researched, wrote and self-published in 1956, long before self-publishing was a thing. Read more »
REsources for Living
Our ancestors are the people gone before us—blood relations or family of mind and spirit—who guide and instruct and inspire us. Read more »
Audio Recordings
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 »
Oops!
In our June issue we thanked congregations that had supported the CLF in the past year. Unfortunately, we missed a couple of generous congregations in that thank you. Read more »
And Not Grow Weary
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My son learned a song at Village Green preschool that he made me sing with him all the next day. Maybe you know it. Read more →
Perseverance
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Until my stroke four years ago, at a very healthy 61 years of age, I did not know what perseverance was. Read more →
Offering Comfort and Support
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Across the decades, through changes in technology and staff, through world crises and institutional crises, the CLF has been there, offering people around the world comfort and challenge in the form of our liberal faith. Read more →
Swimming Lessons
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My first sermon at the first church I ever served (which is also the only church I have served) was called “Swimming Lessons.” Read more →
Cinders as Far as the Eye Can See
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While I explored central Idaho’s Snake River Plain, I camped at Craters of the Moon National Monument. Read more →
Blessing for the Brokenhearted
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There is no remedy for love but to love more. —Henry David Thoreau Read more →
From Your Minister
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As another gardening season begins to come to a close, I offer gratitude for all of the lessons that I learn from my garden. Read more →
REsources for Living
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I have a fairly big front lawn—or what passes for a large lawn in my suburban California location. If, that is, it passes for a lawn at all. Read more →
