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Summertime Reading Selections 2019

We have explored Sue Monk Kidd‘s groundbreaking memoir: The Dance of the Dissident Daughterdescribing Kidd’s journey into feminist theology. As well as the soulful tale of The Mermaid Chair.This Autumn we delve into two more of Sue’s inspirational manuscripts:

July:

Firstlight: The Early Inspiration Writings, the spiritual essays, meditations, and inspirational stories Sue wrote in her thirties – all collected into a single volume.

August:

When the Heart Waits, an autobiographical account of Sue’s personal pain, spiritual awakening, and divine grace that has become a touchstone on contemplative spirituality teaching the discipline of “active waiting.”

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Collegial Joy!

One of the greatest gifts in answering one’s call is that of finding your place of belonging among those who are also answering their calls. 

Yesterday I was blessed to be on our Church of the Larger Fellowship (Unitarian Universalist) Affiliated Ministers Zoom video call. We joined together from the Philippines to Philly, the United Kingdom, Germany, Maine, Minnesota, and Washington. 

May we continue to be blessed, and to be a blessing to all those we share our creative and unique ministries with. 

Redefining Church

https://www.wcvb.com/article/technological-advances-that-bring-church-to-you/27116693?fbclid=IwAR194idY_ObLv2ucYV_l68jlGhUM-asypCPgkd-iZem84OiZk5hzwdIqS8s

This video features a glimpse at nuanced ways of worshipping from unique congregations in a variety of religious denominations including the Church of the Larger Fellowship Unitarian Universalist congregation that began in WWII as a correspondence church providing spiritual support to those stationed overseas. In our modern day, CLF continues its correspondence ministries with larger audiences including more than 1,000 incarcerated church members, and the CLF meets primarily in online spaces serving more than 3,000 congregants. The video also features Historic Old West Church, a Methodist church that is prophetically choosing to go against their denomination’s creed against gay clergy and same sex marriage, and is instead choosing to remain a place where ALL people are welcome.