Welcoming What We Do Not Want
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It was a sunny spring day, and I was getting into my car in a sprawling parking lot when the phone rang. Read more →
The Guest House
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This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival. Read more →
Radical Hospitality
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Read more →Be grateful for whatever comes,because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. —Rumi
From Your Minister
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One of my favorite books as a kid was The Boxcar Children, in which four siblings, whose parents were simply and completely absent, took care of themselves and each other. Read more →
REsources for Living
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I admit it. I am a total flirt when it comes to babies and toddlers. I love coaxing a smile from the baby in front of me in a grocery line. Read more →
The CLF Invites GA Delegates
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Would you like to represent the CLF at General Assembly (GA)? The CLF is entitled to 22 delegates at the UUA’s General Assembly in Columbus, Ohio, June 22-26, 2016. Read more →
Did You Know?
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…that you can find resources for UU families on the CLF Family Quest page. Read more →
Hospitality
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Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Read more →
Hospitality
February 2016
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. —Hebrews 13:2
Articles
The Fragile Art of Hospitality
Mechthild of Magdeburg, a thirteenth-century mystic, once asked, “How shall we live?” Her answer provides a mantra of hospitality: “Be welcoming to all.” Read more »
Called to Hospitality
What does it mean to a Unitarian Universalist to be called to hospitality? And what or who is calling us? Read more »
Welcoming What We Do Not Want
It was a sunny spring day, and I was getting into my car in a sprawling parking lot when the phone rang. Read more »
Radical Hospitality
It is hard to invite in all that comes, especially when it’s sickness, disability, or death. Read more »
From Your Minister
One of my favorite books as a kid was The Boxcar Children, in which four siblings, whose parents were simply and completely absent, took care of themselves and each other. Read more »
REsources for Living
I admit it. I am a total flirt when it comes to babies and toddlers. I love coaxing a smile from the baby in front of me in a grocery line. Read more »
The CLF Invites GA Delegates
Would you like to represent the CLF at General Assembly (GA)? The CLF is entitled to 22 delegates at the UUA’s General Assembly in Columbus, Ohio, June 22-26, 2016. Read more »
Did You Know?
Did you know that you can find resources for UU families on the CLF Family Quest page. Read more »
Hospitality
Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Read more »
Hospitality
“Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” —Hebrews 13:2 Read more »
A Black Lives Matter Sermon
This sermon was delivered at the Michael Servetus Unitarian Society in Fridley, Minn. on Sunday morning, the 15th of November 2015, as Jamar Clark lay in hospital fighting for his life, shot by Minneapolis police. It was written in the wake of the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, France; in Beirut, Lebanon; and Baghdad, Iraq. We share it with you the day after Lena spent most of the night at the camp at the 4th Precinct in Minneapolis dealing with the aftermath of a terrorist attack launched by white supremacists on the people participating in the occupation and calling for justice in the shooting death of Jamar Clark.
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