“Thank you beloved UUCM Community 1897!” That’s what I had written on my birthday cake this year when I celebrated with UUCM friends on a Saturday film evening. It is fulfilling to serve this congregation for over 30 years, and I was happy to honor UUCM’s (and my) longevity with this community. I’ve known Jerry...
Greetings Everyone! Happy May! 2024 -2025 is proving to be a very complex journey that is producing a gamut of emotions for us all. The continuous evolution of the multiplicity of events transpiring in the fabric of our daily lives can create feelings of unease and pressure to “do something” on many levels. The urge...
By Cil Knutsen, Board of Trustees Member-at-Large Reflecting on my previous experience as UU Board Member and President at another congregation, my visceral reaction was one of dread and trepidation. There was STRICT adherence to the overly ambitious Agenda. Our Co-Minister time-keeper ended discussion right at the appointed time. Okay, there were times we got...
We do not have to be particularly focused on negative news to think that we live in a perilous time. On the contrary, it takes a particularly intense form of delusion to deny the realities of climate change, racism, authoritarianism, environmental degradation, transphobia, disinformation, and… I could keep going, but you get the idea. Like...
Everyone seems to have days when time flies by. It seems like endless tasks are just not getting done. Even we Pagans have days like this. And no, unlike on television, we cannot stop time or wiggle our noses and have everything done. Boy, that would come in handy. It would sure have helped me...
“It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.” ― Angela Y. Davis Every congregational year we cycle through a series of 10 themes. From September through June, we engage the themes in worship, during small group sessions, and in Religious Education. This coming congregational year the theme for January is Resistance...
