Painting is a spiritual practice and a life coach
What delights me in watercolor is ‘the moment of magic,’ when water touches pigment and flows with a transparent life of its own.
Moving mountains one stone at a time
As Unitarian Universalists, our journey is to transform the big and the small, to transform ourselves, and to transform the world.
The black oak is a bodhisattva
Simply by existing, it serves many others. For human beings, the work of the bodhisattva is a path of kindness, the choice to serve others as a way of life.
On the days I eat
Music is a spiritual discipline for me. And I only need to practice on the days I eat.
Diverse baptisms
The first time, I emerged merely breathless, wet, and cold.
Greta Gerwig, a ‘fly on the wall for my adolescence’
Three young ministers discuss Lady Bird, powerful storytelling, and hopes and possibilities for Unitarian Universalist ritual.
Three commandments: stay, learn, go
A Gary Snyder poem helps me find my way in our messed-up world.
Creations: UU trees
Creating art as a form of meditation.
A guide to ACTS prayer
Questions to help you find your own way to pray.
The call to prayer
I truly do not care if a god ever hears me when I pray, but praying together with others is among the most transformative work that I do.
Online help for worship leaders
The UUA’s WorshipWeb offers more than 1,700 resources (and counting) to help you plan and lead worship services.
A gym for the soul
A covenant group is like a gym for the soul, an oasis in the desert.