Articles

Abundance
Quest for Meaning
“My barn having burned down I can now see the moon.”—Mizuta Masahide Read more »
Not What We Have, But What We Enjoy
Rev. Kelly Weisman Asprooth-Jackson
I’d like to tell you a story, a true story, that a friend of mine witnessed firsthand. It’s about a congregation in the midst of a holiday food drive for a local food bank. Read more »
Finding Abundance
Rev. Hilary Landau Krivchenia
The earth is our horn of plenty. She sends forth all manner of delicious food. She flowers and sends forth fruits and vegetables. Read more »
The Answer is “Everything”
Rev. Robin Landeman Zucker
I haven’t always been abundance-minded or able to see or believe in life’s silver lining. Read more »
Abundance
Quest for Meaning
The CLF exists through the abundance and generosity of its community. Some give with their time, some with their presence, and some with money—and we are thankful for every gift! Read more »
Be a Stream, Not a Swamp
Rev. Meg Barnhouse
I invite myself to grow my sense of abundance in these ways… Read more »
From Your Minister
Rev. Meg Riley
The story is told of Mulla Nasrudin, the Sufi wise fool. A rich man came to see him and said, “Nasrudin, if only you would learn to flatter the emperor and be subservient as I do, you would not have to live on chickpeas and bread.” Read more »
REsources for Living
Rev. Dr. Lynn Ungar
What gives you a sense of abundance—a feeling that you have plenty, that you are satisfied, that there is enough to go around? Read more »
Did You Know?
Quest for Meaning
…that CLF offers religious education curricula to use at home or for congregations with mixed-aged groups of children? Read more »
Raspberry
Rev. Dr. Lynn Ungar
Almost October, and there it was, draped over the fence, ripe as July, and as seductive—a stranger’s bit of paradise… Read more »