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  • Friday News – Oct 16, 2026

    October 16, 2026

    Happy Friday First UU! I recently read a blogpost from Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg reflecting on wisdom gained from participating in an organizer’s collective. She boils down the lessons learned to: We don’t need a handful of perfect leaders – we need many more people willing to take responsibility for the work. Strong movements are built through relationships, trust, and consistent practice, not moments of individual heroism. Sustainable organizing requires community care, curiosity, humility, and a willingness to keep learning and growing. None of us can do everything, but each of us has a role to play. Solidarity is the only way home. It strikes me that these are excellent words of advice ...
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  • Friday 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 ...
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  • Friday 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 ...
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  • Friday 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. ...
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  • Friday 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 ...
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  • Friday 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 ...
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  • Friday 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 ...
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  • Friday 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 ...
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  • Friday News – Jan 23, 2026

    January 23, 2026
    Last week a call went out to religious leaders from around the country to gather in Minneapolis this weekend to protest the ICE violence and occupation. Thousands are heeding the ...
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  • Friday News – Jan 16, 2026

    January 16, 2026
    This Sunday we’ll be hearing from Paisha Thomas, our Justice and Equity Student Minister, as she reflects upon Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” While there have ...
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  • Friday News – January 9, 2026

    January 9, 2026
    Happy Friday! I was talking to my therapist about all of the ways I’m hoping to work on myself in 2026, and she offered a suggestion: instead of focusing on the ...
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