Earlier this summer I attended a meeting in an unfamiliar church. As I was walking outside, I noticed a little plaque nailed to the main doors. It was about the … Continue reading The View From Here – September 2018

Dear Friends, In honor of the summer, I wanted to share a reading from my UU ministerial colleague, the Rev Kathleen McTigue: Summer Sabbath by Rev. Kathleen McTigue Go someplace … Continue reading The View From Here – August 2018

I love maps. Having spent the first twenty years of life utterly confused and confounded by them, I find them comforting now. I like knowing, for example, that if you were standing … Continue reading The View From Here – July 2018

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb A friend sent this quote to me this morning and it … Continue reading The View From Here – June 2018

It occurs to me that many of you reading this newsletter are relatively new to our merry band of spiritual seekers and social justice makers. Here is the beginning of … Continue reading The View From Here – May 2018

UUSR member, Jane Sherburne, received this poem from a friend in Oregon. Many UUs participated in the March for Our Lives in various cities on March 24th and the Social Justice … Continue reading The View From Here – April 2018

There is so much going on in the news that disturbs us. Our President is a narcissist of the highest order, with a side helping of impulsivity, an endless desire to … Continue reading The View From Here – March 2018

I don’t know about you but I was done with February by the beginning of January – the bitter cold snap, the rain, the black ice. The weather is miserable; which … Continue reading The View From Here – February 2018

It occurs to me that after asking everyone to write a sentence or two about what they were grateful for in the weeks leading to Thanksgiving, we never talked about … Continue reading The View From Here – January 2018

We are so lucky this month! December is jam packed with holidays, and the holidays offer the accumulated wisdom of 1000s of years. Hanukah reinforces an eternal truth: Every single person can … Continue reading The View From Here – December 2017