Weekly Message
Each week, a member of our staff or congregational leadership writes about a topic touching our community. Topics can range from upcoming events to issues facing our local community.
Trust, and Keep Planting
This month our Soul Matters Theme is “living love through the practice of trust.” When reality and the news headlines seem surreal it is often difficult to trust that all will be well. And yet history reminds us that perseverance and hope (hope that fuels collective...
You May Be Too Crispy If…
These are the days when the news is JUST TOO MUCH. I know, I know - I can’t count how many times someone has told me they can’t follow the news because….it’s too much. We also need to know and love ourselves and each other enough to know when the storm signals are...
Finding Connection in the Midst of Chaos
Dazed, devastated, demoralized…and that’s before my morning coffee. It’s going to be a long four years. As Rev. Audette noted in a recent sermon, UU Asheville can be our sanctuary, a place that reminds us we are not alone in our turmoil. For me, a sense of connection...
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Weekly Message
Each week, a member of our staff or congregational leadership writes about a topic touching our community. Topics can range from upcoming events to issues facing our local community.
Hope Springs Eternal
How is it with your spirit? As the incredible beauty of a Western North Carolina spring blooms around us and Easter approaches, it is a powerful spiritual tonic to look to the re-awakening world, bursting in beauty around us, and remember that there are hopeful signs...
Broadening Our Base of Support
Vibrant Sunday services, lots of visitors and new members, a wealth of small groups to choose from, a bustling Faith Formation program. The positive energy around UU Asheville is palpable. Yet our congregation finds itself at a critical turning point in our...
The Work Continues
The theme among the Soul Matters groups, the Faith Formation classes, and our congregation this month is Trust, which I am having a hard time with these days. I’m having a hard time trusting elected representatives when they host town halls full of angry people and...