James Luther Adams, a Unitarian parish minister and powerful theologian, wrote an essay on the five smooth stones of liberal religion. The essay was called, “Guiding Principles for a Free Faith,” and you can find a pdf if you wish…
Category: UU Lent 2020
March 4-silence
At the conference I attended over the past summer, we would be silent for what felt like ten or twenty minutes. I could sit silently and think about everything and nothing. I don’t think I had ever meditated like that-with…
March 2-creativity
For Christmas, my best friend gave me one of those wish bracelets. One of the ones that, when they break off, your wish comes true. Normally, I wouldn’t tell anyone, much less the internet, my wish, but it fell off…
March 1-sanctuary
Hello! We are in a new month-one of my favorite months! With March comes spring, flowers, more time outside, a break from school, and the halfway mark of this semester. As someone who thrives in warm weather, I cannot wait…
February 28-risk
Taking big risks can be hard, because, while we have so much to gain, we also have so much to lose. I once read that the butterflies everyone gets before something big-a test, a date, an interview-are good, because they…
February 27-Commitment
It’s the second day of Lent! Today I am analyzing a hymn from our teal hymnal (#1028). The Fire of Commitment (words by Mary Katherine Morn and music by Jason Shelton) is a wonderful song about what feeds our, as…
February 26-Prayer
I never used to pray. As someone who doesn’t believe in a capital G God, I didn’t see the point in talking to something that couldn’t talk back, or that I even knew was there. But a few years ago,…