Category: Personal & Spiritual Development
Choosing Hope
December 2025 is HERE! It is sometime said, time goes by so fast. However, for me, and in this political,… More >
Choosing Hope
Dear First Church Members and Friends, Every day, the skies are getting darker, earlier. Our human bodies respond to the… More >
The Power of Silence Together
In our Sunday service September 27, James Crews read us his poem “How to Listen,” which included these lines: “Even… More >
A Little about UU Wellspring
As part of Adult Faith Formation, we have offered UU Wellspring programs since the 2021-2022 church year. The first level… More >
Complicated Gratitude
As I sit on my comfortable sofa, literally wrapped in a blanket to meet the morning’s fall chill, I start… More >
Gratitude as Spiritual Practice
Sometimes gratitude can sound like a platitude, a polite reflex rather than a felt response. We hear or read “thank… More >
Nurturing Gratitude
Dear First Church, Nurturing Gratitude strengthens our connection to what we love in this world. It builds the pathway between… More >
Pastoral Care Providers, Part of Something Larger
Sometimes a little rain falls in our lives—and sometimes, it’s a downpour. During the storms that hit Milwaukee on August… More >
Attention Readers!
Our First Church Book Discussion Group is one of the longest-running, continuous activities at First Church and it has changed… More >
Cultivating Compassion: Balancing Presence and Action
This year’s Ingathering has come and gone. Wow!! Does this church know how to do Ingathering or what? Did you… More >
A Legacy of Compassion
Looking at a piece of newspaper I was employing for utility rather than edification, I saw a familiar face from… More >
Cultivating Compassion for Transformation
Cultivating compassion is one of our most powerful tools for transformation. It can change our lives, relationships, communities, and our… More >
Unlocking the Heart, with Poet James Crews
In his poem, “When Fear Takes Over,” poet James Crews writes, “Let kind words wrap around you like a blanket… More >
Belonging Is Built with Intention
Welcome to the thrill of September, a time that holds summer’s end and plunges us headlong into autumn. For many,… More >
Building Belonging: Take Me to the Alley
Curiosities & Musings A good day to you, all! I must start this month’s curiosities and musings with a deep… More >
Building Belonging Builds Resilience
Dear First Church, We want to build belonging at First Church this year: for you, for all our members and… More >