Gratitude
May 2011
“Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”—G. K. Chesterton
Articles
That Would Suffice
In the early 1980s when I was serving the Unitarian Universalist Church in Rockland, Maine I would have occasion to go over to Augusta, the state capital, from time to time. Read more »
Gratitude
In India recently someone asked my spiritual teacher a question: “What is the worst karma a person can undergo here on earth? What is the greatest difficulty? The harshest circumstances?” Read more »
Humanizing Mom
On Mother’s Day, one expects to read about the wonder and glory of motherhood. Read more »
Rev. Meg to be Installed as CLF Senior Minister
The CLF Board of Directors invites those who attend the General Assembly (GA) in Charlotte, North Carolina in June 2011 to attend the annual CLF worship service. Read more »
From Your Minister
The more I sit with it, the more I think gratitude is the very epicenter of the life of the spirit. Pretty much every religious tradition tells us this, even if they put their own spin on it. Read more »
REsources for Living
When Rev. Meg first suggested that our theme for May be “Gratitude” I have to confess I was just a bit confused. Don’t we do gratitude in November, with Thanksgiving? Read more »
O Women of America!
Into your hands God has pressed one of the sublimest opportunities that ever came into the hands of the women of any race or people. Read more »
That Would Suffice
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In the early 1980s when I was serving the Unitarian Universalist Church in Rockland, Maine I would have occasion to go over to Augusta, the state capital, from time to time. This is about a 40 mile trip inland from coastal Rockland, and on one of those journeys I stopped by the Augusta UU Church to visit with a friend and colleague who was the minister there at the time.
Gratitude
Humanizing Mom
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On Mother’s Day, one expects to read about the wonder and glory of motherhood. While I can tell you from personal experience that we mothers like to be appreciated, I can also tell you that a rosy and sentimental Mother’s Day column always refers to mothers in some other family—the picture painted there is not me, not my mom, not my grandmothers.
Rev. Meg to be Installed as CLF Senior Minister
The CLF Board of Directors invites those who attend the General Assembly (GA) in Charlotte, North Carolina in June 2011 to attend the annual CLF worship service. This year, we will install the Rev. Meg Riley as the CLF’s senior minister.
From Your Minister
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The more I sit with it, the more I think gratitude is the very epicenter of the life of the spirit. Pretty much every religious tradition tells us this, even if they put their own spin on it. Every person I respect as a spiritual teacher embodies it. And my own life has taught me that gratitude can open windows where I thought I saw walls.
REsources for Living
O Women of America!
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Into your hands God has pressed one of the sublimest opportunities that ever came into the hands of the women of any race or people. It is yours to create a healthy public sentiment; to demand justice, simple justice, as the right of every race; to brand with everlasting infamy the lawless and brutal cowardice that lynches, burns, and tortures your own countrymen.