Think of the year

as a house:

door flung wide

in welcome,

threshold swept

and waiting,

a graced spaciousness

opening and offering itself

to you.

I want to acknowledge right up front that the story of the Annunciation, the visitation of Mary from the angel Gabriel as described in the Gospels presents us Unitarian Universalists, with all sorts of challenges.

Two months ago, Sky was having one of his recurring nocturnal fights against a bad thing, a monster of some sort.

I have five daughters. I wasn’t always in touch with them all—and one day out of the blue my youngest wrote to me.

Joy and woe are woven fine,

Clothing for the soul divine:

Under every grief and pine

Runs a joy with silken twine.

When I wake up

I find myself in an environment

that’s so different from the one

I once knew.

As the CLF, like all of us, encounters unexpected successes and setbacks, it helps so much to be able to count on recurring monthly donations.

A few years ago, a group from CLF decided to take a trip to the Gulf Coast to help with some reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina.

During a preaching class in seminary we were each assigned to read aloud to the class a brief passage from the Christmas story in the second chapter of Luke.

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