Articles

Brave Love
Rev. Peggy Clarke
Adorning almost every Protestant church is a cross—inside, outside, over the altar, in the vestibule, in the minister’s office, and sometimes many stories high on top of the building. Read more »
Try to Praise the Mutilated World
Rev. Anita Farber-Robertson
What must it have been like for folks living through World War I, 1914–1918? The horror of that war is still something I struggle to understand. Read more »
An Apology
Rev. Douglas Taylor
In the January 2015 “Transformation” edition of Quest, I had a sermon titled “Transformation vs. Acceptance.” In that sermon I gave passing mention to Jane Rzepka for the concepts I was writing about. Read more »
Human Feelings of Brokenness
Lena K. Gardner
We often feel so alone and isolated in our very human feelings of brokenness. Read more »
Broken
Rev. Leisa Huyck
Have you ever come to a place in your life where everything is broken? Not only that, but broken by you? Read more »
Midori and the E Strings
Theresa I. Soto
When Midori Goto was three years old her grandmother gave her a 1/16 violin for her birthday. Her mother and grandmother sensed that music was one of her gifts, and they were right. Read more »
From Your Minister
Rev. Meg Riley
According to some folks, everything wrong in this world is because of one disobedient woman who listened to a snake. She just had to eat that apple, and then everything that was whole became broken. We were all doomed. Read more »
REsources for Living
Rev. Dr. Lynn Ungar
One of the most important lesson we learn—and try to teach our kids—is that when something goes wrong or breaks, we need to take a deep breath and figure out how to fix it. Read more »
Did You Know?
Quest for Meaning
You can keep up with the many online events that the CLF offers through our website calendar. Read more »
The Unbroken
Quest for Meaning
There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken, a shatteredness out of which blooms the unshatterable. Read more »
Brokenness
Quest for Meaning
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” —Ernest Hemingway Read more »