Personal Stories

  • Spirit
    I wanted things to go back to normal. I wanted none of this to be happening.
    Meg Barnhouse
  • Life
    They will spring your traps with impunity and lie in wait just to show you who's in charge.
    Meg Barnhouse
  • Spirit

    Optimism often lies, but hope never fails.

    Doug Muder
  • Spirit
    I couldn't help but connect the plight of these migrants to my own family history.
    Margaret Regan
  • Ideas
    If someone on an elevator asked you what Unitarian Universalism is, could you answer before one of you reached your destination?
    Doug Muder
  • Editorial
    She stomped up and down the aisles until she saw her Christmas tree.
    Meg Barnhouse
  • Spirit
    In a flash, memories of joy and sorrow mingle in thanksgiving.
    James Ishmael Ford
  • Life
    The real sting of death is the thought that all life’s possibilities were supposed to wait until I got around to paying attention.
    Doug Muder
  • Ideas
    Where should we assign the burden of proof for ideas about the afterlife?
    Doug Muder
  • Life
    I haven't played chess in decades, yet somehow I've ended up with a chess player's worldview.
    Doug Muder

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