by uuasheville | Aug 26, 2021 | Weekly Message
As I was scrolled through my digital pictures for our water service this week, I did a lot of reminiscing of the morning beach walks, expansive skies and dramatic cloudscapes that lifted my spirits when I lived in Florida. I return a few times a year to visit my...
by uuasheville | Aug 19, 2021 | Weekly Message
When the Reopening Task Force got close to concluding our work, we all agreed that what we were deciding was going to work “unless something changes.” Well, something has changed. And because Delta COVID + unvaccinated folks have changed the game, we’re changing...
by uuasheville | Aug 12, 2021 | Weekly Message
The last time I wrote the blog entry for the Board of Trustees was just before the pandemic began to rage in earnest, and not long after Rev. Mark Ward announced that he planned to retire (for the first time). Not being clairvoyant, I had nothing to say about the...
by uuasheville | Aug 5, 2021 | Weekly Message
Let your joy be in your journey – not in some distant goal. –Tim Cook It’s August, and I am excited to begin our time together as your Interim Lead Minister! As I have gotten older and wiser, my main goal in life has been to cultivate joy in my personal life...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jun 27, 2021 | Featured, Weekly Message
We are going to need you. Yes, you! As I’m writing this, it’s been two days since our Religious Education Celebration service. I’ve been reflecting on the service and thinking about how all the pieces and participants were what made it so special. It felt like the...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jun 24, 2021 | Weekly Message
I sometimes think that the people who know me well often can get frustrated and confused by my distractability and forgetfulness. Or perhaps more specifically, by the inconsistency of these traits in me. One day, I am extremely organized and on top of things and the...
