Category: Personal & Spiritual Development
Dena’s Digressions – Simplicity
We have a joke around the office, “It’s First Church: it’s complicated!” I used to marvel at how many layers,… Read More >
Words on the Wind – Simplicity
The Shaker song tells us “Tis a gift to be simple, ‘tis a gift to be free,” and liberty-loving complexity-filled… Read More >
2019 MidAmerica Regional Assembly
What a joy to spend time with our minister, Rev. Jennnifer Nordstrom, plus Rollie Hansen, Bruce and Terry Wiggins, Omega… Read More >
Dena’s Digressions – Curiosity
When I was in school, I had a reputation for being a walking encyclopedia of questions. When I encountered traditional… Read More >
Words on the Wind – Curiosity
Curiosity can be a powerful tool for learning and transformation. In our Unitarian Universalist congregations, we often use critique as… Read More >
Dena’s Digressions
Grieving sucks. I’m just sayin’. It’s hard. We don’t get over a deep loss. We go through it, each in… Read More >
Words on the Wind
What does it mean to be a people of wholeness in the midst of all this grief, and spring also… Read More >
Watch Sunday Services Online and Share with Your Friends!
We know you all want to be in church on Sundays, to connect with and support your community, to feel… Read More >
Dena’s Digressions: People of Trust
When I was a child, I loved watching the movie Sound of Music. My parents bought the album and we… Read More >
Words on the Wind: Fractals and Possibilities
Fractals are self-similar patterns repeating at different scales. They pattern our lungs, tree branches and leaves, snowflakes and river routes…. Read More >
Dena’s Digressions: Possibilities
Simply by calling something new, we invite possibilities. The New Year, whenever we observe it, marks a beginning, a fresh… Read More >
The Dark Can Be Luminous, and It Can Be Lonely
When the earth turns away from the sun and the land grows colder and darker, people huddle around fires and… Read More >
The Winter Holidays and “Awe-robics”
The winter holidays are a mixed bag: stressful, sad, lonely, yet also magical with moments of love and forgiveness that… Read More >
Words on the Wind – Being in the Here and Now
Being in the Here and Now is one of meditation’s techniques for calming the mind, centering it in the present… Read More >
Coming this Fall – Theme Circles!
Many of you participated in Chalice Circles over the last 20-plus years. However, with participation in decline, we have decided… Read More >
Finally, Summer!
Finally, summer! Summer is such an easy time to bask in the beauty of the natural world, a season when… Read More >