by uuasheville | Jan 13, 2022 | Weekly Message
Thing 1 – Our New Board President If you’ve read Ryan Williams’ blog from November, you already know that he has left the Board of Trustees and that we have a new president filling his vacancy; and you would also know that that new guy is…er…gulp…,...
by uuasheville | Jan 6, 2022 | Weekly Message
Intentionality is our Soul Matters theme for January. As we move into the second phase of our interim work together, I am struggling with the reality of our situation. It feels slower than usual because I came to you in the middle of an unprecedented lockdown due to...
by uuasheville | Dec 23, 2021 | Weekly Message
This year again we approach the holidays with caution as the pandemic persists and COVID variants arise. Many have been vaccinated and boosted; some have not, for a variety of reasons. They too, have worth and dignity. We are still masking at UUAvl and figuring out...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 16, 2021 | Weekly Message
The November report by the Reopening Task Force is available on our website. Consequently, we have a few questions that have come to us regarding that report. Since others may be interested in the same things, here’s a follow-up for all. Who is making our re-opening...
by uuasheville | Dec 9, 2021 | Weekly Message
Some reflections on the Ware Lecture Delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly, Hollywood, Florida, May 18, 1966. I recently had the occasion to re-read the Ware Lecture by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Nov 24, 2021 | Weekly Message
Thanksgiving is a complicated holiday. Historically we have been fed a narrative of Pilgrims and Native Peoples sharing a meal of thanksgiving that overlooks the theft of land, the erasure of culture, and genocide. This challenges us to explore the history we have not...
