by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Oct 18, 2018 | Weekly Message
Wouldn’t it be great if we glimpsed the same sort of view of the world that George Bailey got in It’s a Wonderful Life? It’s really impossible to know what effects you leave in your wake (where is Clarence when you need him?), and it’s just as hard to know how UUCA...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Oct 11, 2018 | Weekly Message
I found myself in the Sunday worship service two weeks ago unable to sing the introductory hymn because I was in tears, a surefire sign that I need to work on something deep within my soul. We moved on to the part where people face each other, often married couples or...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Oct 4, 2018 | Weekly Message
In light of the story of sexual abuse unearthed at the US Senate Judiciary hearings on Brett Kavanaugh, it’s no surprise that a new hashtag has appeared on Twitter for men who managed to go through their high school or college years without having sexually assaulted...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Sep 27, 2018 | Weekly Message
One of the highlights of my seminary experience was an eight-month hospice chaplaincy internship as part of clinical pastoral education. Although I began my internship with the same fear everyone has about not knowing what to say or how to pray with the...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Sep 20, 2018 | Weekly Message
Photo by Sebastian Voortman on Pexels.comOnce upon a time not so very long ago, a UU congregation in, well, somewhere near here, did not quite have a culture of generosity when it came to taking care of itself. The idea that all members need to be, no, ARE stewards...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Sep 12, 2018 | Weekly Message
I notice a tendency in myself to “just finish a few more things from my to-do list,” to keep grinding, and “once everything is done“ it will be easy to relax and have fun. While I believe delayed gratification is an honorable and productive strategy, it can be...
