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Friday News – April 10, 2026
April 10, 2026
I’ve just returned from a glorious trip up the river Elbe from Prague to Berlin. It was a family trip to help celebrate my mother’s 90th birthday. We visited amazing cities and went past our ancestral homeland and touched Luther’s theses on the door of his church in Wittenberg. But we also saw the still all-too apparent devastation from World War II and the Communist occupation. There are scars upon the land and emotional scars in the people who have lived through regime change and rebuilding. The costs of war are not just financial or short-term. Our current administration seems ...Read Full Article
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Friday News – April 3, 2026
April 3, 2026
Springtime and Easter can be a time of celebrating the newness that the season brings. It can also be a struggle for some. For so long, I have had a ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – March 27, 2026
March 27, 2026
This Sunday, we’re going to explore the spiritual practice of paying attention to the little, often unseen, everyday moments in our lives. Poet Devin Kelly writes, “our attention is a ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – March 20, 2026
March 20, 2026
Spring flowers are blooming, and lots of special activities are coming into season at First UU! I hope that you will plan to join me for a joyful and colorful ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – March 13, 2026
March 13, 2026
It can often feel like we are surrounded by problems that we cannot possibly fix. Problems big (like an inexplicable war or systemic oppression) or problems small(er) (like how to ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – March 6, 2026
March 6, 2026
This Sunday we will engage in a time honored clergy practice: a pulpit exchange! I’m so thrilled that Rev. Dr. Susan Ritchie will be with you to share her experiences ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – Feb. 27, 2026
February 27, 2026
Dear friends, As the growing sunlight points towards spring, our hearts begin to thaw, and the earth grows ready for the quiet stirrings and re-emergence of plants and other living things. ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – Feb. 20, 2026
February 20, 2026
I often talk about the need for us to take care of our spirits in stressful times. But I also hear you tell me you’re not quite sure how to ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – Feb 13, 2026
February 14, 2026
Last Sunday’s Gospel Service was incredibly moving and inspirational to me. One of the things that struck me was how joy is intrinsic to how the soul can sustain itself ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – Feb. 6th, 2026
February 6, 2026
Happy Friday! Soul Food originated in the American south, when enslaved West and Central Africans adapted their culinary traditions to the harsh limitations of slavery. They took ‘the worst’ foods they were ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – Jan 30, 2026
January 30, 2026
It seems rather ironic that the title of the service I was going to do last week and will now do this Sunday is “Turned to Stone.” It might as ...Read Full Article