This Protest is Just A Reminder

The 2018 song “A Reminder” by Trever Hall has been on repeat during my Uber driving sessions. “My love is just a reminder, find your center” begins the chorus. It’s a reminder that even the deepest love from another person is simply a call for us to connect with our...

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...

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...