Rev. Catharine Is Currently
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Cynicism and Hope

This morning, I intended to write about core values, my Word of the Year, and how I discerned what I was after in a Word. But then my dear friend, Rev. Chris, got to talking. And over the course of our conversation, he asked me today whether there was any good or helpful place for […]

Where There’s Despair, Hope

This week in Reflections, I wrote about love. About the difficult demands of u/Universalism. I wrote about how I cannot in good conscience, given my theology, write off everyone who voted for Trump as less than human. I can’t write off any of them as “other.” Not even the  ones who would or do wish […]

Discernment for Hope

In the Soul Matters UU congregational curriculum, December’s theme is Expectation. When I think of expectation in December, I think of the phrase I heard over and over and over at every Mass I ever attended as a child:  We wait in joyful hope… Joyful hope. In the UU congregations I know, “expectation” is turning […]