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

This past weekend, we had some anti-abortion protestors who had targeted us because we are a collection site for petitions to put a woman’s choice to choose on the ballot in November. Boy, have we come so far in knowing how to deal with people who want to intimidate us! For those of you who

I love this time of year at UUCP! So many of our beloved snowbirds are back, bringing a vitality and warmth to the congregation that we don’t even realize we miss until they return. People come to us with energy, ideas, opportunities and step in for leadership in ways that continue to amaze me, plus