Personal Stories

Spirit

Yes, I've read the bill. It stinks.

We must respond with love to the fear that drives the debate about immigration.

James Ishmael Ford 6/1/2010
Spirit

Finding spirit in the sundown

The only way to prepare for facing Alzheimer's is to remain attentive to the present moment.

Laura Randall 3/22/2010
Spirit

Mary Daly changed my life

I am not sorry that I used to be ‘one of those angry women.’

Meg Barnhouse 2/15/2010
Editorial

What moves you?

We only find ourselves when we lose ourselves in service to something that transcends us.

Peter Morales 12/28/2009
Spirit

Holy family

A family holy enough to merit the highest forms of reverence.

Nancy McDonald Ladd 12/14/2009
Ideas

Who says Unitarian Universalism's Principles are easy?

The UU Principles are demanding enough to make me whine.

Meg Barnhouse 11/23/2009
Life

The DIY spiritual practice

A spiritual practice my wife and I cobbled together, the Unitarian Universalist way.

Doug Muder 11/16/2009
Spirit

Peasant revolutionary

A paradoxical power is revealed in people the world despises, in people the world deems weak.

Wendy Fitting 11/9/2009
Life

Rough magic

Maybe I went too far mixing V8 and Pop Rocks, but life isn't always sweet.

Meg Barnhouse 10/26/2009
Spirit

The last aria

There is a cricket playing the violin in my bathroom.

Elizabeth Lerner Maclay 10/19/2009
Spirit

A spark of understanding

My first encounter with Unitarianism.

Bernadette Siegel 9/14/2009
Life

From mother to gypsy

Saying goodbye to the home where I raised my children.

Meg Barnhouse 8/10/2009