I LOVE Phoenix in March. Every year, I am in awe of the desert sprouting the most beautiful flowers I have ever seen. Each January as it rains, I get excited for how much floral beauty that will create. It is so appropriate that our theme for this stewardship campaign is “Growing Your UUCP Garden.”

“Just Click The Damn Button.” This is the line from last Sunday’s service that people recited back to me over and over. It was about clicking the button on our website to submit your pledge so we will know how to budget for the upcoming fiscal year. I think some people found it funny that

Happy Leap Day! What a fabulous day to leap into a favorite season of mine–Stewardship. I know not everyone agrees, but I love the Stewardship season. It is an amazing time to think about our community and what it means to us. It is a time to recommit ourselves to the community. It is a

“I don’t know if there is evil, but there is awful.” This is a quote from one of my ministerial colleagues and it does a great job of describing how I feel about what is happening in the world. From the continued travesties we are hearing about in Gaza to the murder of Alexei Navalny,

This Sunday is the last Sunday for our Ministerial Intern–Brigitta Vieyra–with us. What a year it has been having Brigitta with us, ministering to us, and learning from us. I’ll be sharing some of my thoughts on Sunday with you as well, but I wanted to tell you what an absolute privilege it has been

In our Caring Ministry Team this week, I was reminded of one of my favorite stories. As someone who has always wanted to save the world, but has always been frustrated that I am only one person, this story really resonated with me. I’ve heard from several of you this week that you are overwhelmed