The Realm of Sovereignty and Humility
Beloved – Welcome to the most recent edition of Reflections, my little musings of the week. This week, I am considering two words that don’t often go together in people’s minds. The first word is “Sovereignty.” The second is “Humility.” Both of these qualities are essential for doing good work, whether that be ministry, education, […]
Prayer for Getting Free
Welcome, newcomers, to my weekly love letter, Reflections. Sit back, relax, and let yourself receive a spiritual boost! Dear one— When I have taught my discernment course, Making Hard Choices, I always begin with two things: prayer and interior freedom. What do these two things mean? Well, I generally disagree with the saying, “Prayer is […]
The Power of the Spirit in Groups
Dearest – I write to you from the past. I am always writing to you from the past. But this week, it feels especially poignant, especially painful, and especially to the point, this writing from the past. My friends and colleagues who are congregational ministers are having a terrible time: How does one say anything, […]
What to Do When Perseverance Fails
Dear Ones – For those of you who are new here, this missive is my weekly love letter, Reflections, that I send out to let folks know what I’m up to, what I’m thinking, what I think is important at the moment, the state of my rose garden, and various and sundry other things. Second, […]
Go Ahead and Follow Your Wyrd
First off, don’t forget! Going into the Dark is just about a month away, and there’s still time for you to arrange calendar, relationships, obligations to give yourself the gift of a day of love, a day of peace, a day of depth. Go to Going into the Dark at The Way of the River […]
How the Hell Can We Even Do Anything
Two Thursdays from now, on October 29th, we will attend to and embody the complicated web of ancestry. We will raise our glasses to those who have gone before us and, by extension, think on those who come after. Do join us for a party for our Dead, those who are wise and bright and […]
We Need both Rest and Resistance
Don’t forget our Toast to the Ancestors on October 29th. More information below! Dearests: This edition of Reflections is written in honor of Rev. Judy Clymer Welles, who joined the Wise and Bright Mighty Dead on September 28, 2020, just as she wanted. She went with love, clarity, a brilliant autumn day, family members around […]
You Have the Courage You Need
An edition of Reflections from the archives! (We’ve been at this a while, you and I, it seems…I hope you enjoy it) ***Don’t forget to look at the PS below for October 29th, 2020*** Dear ones~ Wow. What a week. I’ve been talking about authenticity, vulnerability, truth-telling, and bravery of late. And I don’t know […]
Doing No-Thing to Come to Ourselves
My dears – Today, I offer you the second half of the poem by John O’Donohue, “gone too soon,” as we say, in 2008. The whole of the poem, which you can hear me reading below, includes some description at length what it is like to be exhausted. But we know what it is to […]
White Wokeness or BIPOC Liberation
My dear ones – Much of this week’s love letter is to Unitarian Universalists, and much of it is to white people who may be UUs. I hope it is nonetheless useful to everyone, and provides some work toward the liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, as well as simply making white UUs […]