Guest Blog by Renee Neugent Yesterday on my bike ride to work, a light drizzle was falling. It was just enough to feel refreshing on my still drowsy face and not hard enough to get in my eyes. The temperature was pleasant, and the pre-dawn streets were peaceful. Near the end of my commute, I … Continue reading Intentionally Choosing Kindness

Guest Blog by Camille Speck This week’s blog features the thoughts of QUUF member Camille Speck.  It was originally posted to her Facebook page in 2018.  I only recently noticed it, however, and asked her permission to feature it as a guest blog post for QUUF.  Lucky for all of us, she said, “yes.”  Thank … Continue reading A Scientist’s Perspective on QUUF

Guest Blog by Katy Taylor Photo by Joshua Woroniecki on Pixabay As we move into the Winter Solstice, I am feeling so grateful for the darkness. Darkness, cover me like a blanket of night, oh cover me lightly.* I feel the growing blanket of night that holds me, our home, the land, the forest in … Continue reading Winter Solstice 2021 – Grateful for the Darkness

Guest Blog by Roger Anderson “What will this day be like? I wonder,” mused Maria on the way to her new job at Von Trapps’. That line comes to mind often as I open our curtains, stretch my arms wide, and gaze at the world outside. I’ve adapted Rev. Kate’s practice for starting each day … Continue reading Wonder

Guest Blog by Rev. Sally Fritsche “Is not prayer a study of truth? A venture of the soul into the unfound infinite? No one ever prayed heartily without learning something.”           ~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Prayer isn’t for atheists like me – at least, that’s what I used to think. Until I prayed for Ernesto. … Continue reading An Atheist’s Prayer

Guest Blog by Sigrid Cummings When QUUF was designing its sanctuary expansion, a Memorial Circle and Columbarium was included in the planning.  Before construction began, the congregation realized there would be insufficient funds to include it in the project.  It was moved into what they called “Unfunded Objects of Our Desire” with the goal of … Continue reading Thoughts on a Columbarium Niche

Guest Blog by Tess Taft “Give my love to the substance and the shadow…”    ~ Roger Rosenblatt When I think of retiring, I pause, horrified at the thought, because all of the cancer centers where I’ve spent so many years are the places where each inhale and exhale is bathed in the light from my … Continue reading Giving Your Love

Guest Blog by The Right Relations Covenant Team* What, exactly, makes us UUs? How are we defined, and how do we agree to treat each other? Unlike religions, which are based on creeds (statements of spiritual belief), Unitarian Universalism is a covenant-based faith, meaning agreements on interacting respectfully with one another. A Covenant is the … Continue reading Our QUUF Covenants

Guest Blog by Katy Ottaway I want to talk about treating addiction. I am going to use opioids as my example. I think of addiction as a loss of boundaries. The person has lost their boundaries against the drug – alcohol, methamphetamines, heroin, oxycontin, gambling, sex, gossip, cocaine, kratom, whatever. The boundary is no longer … Continue reading Treating Addiction

Guest Blog by Lou Manrique Five years ago I had a near death experience. I was in bed, recovering from a respiratory ailment and tried, without success, to clear my throat. I suddenly discovered I could not breath! Try as I might, I could not inhale. While making attempts to do so, I surprisingly found … Continue reading My Near-Death Experience