Our ancestors are the people gone before us—blood relations or family of mind and spirit—who guide and instruct and inspire us.

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In our June issue we thanked congregations that had supported the CLF in the past year. Unfortunately, we missed a couple of generous congregations in that thank you.

Luxury itself, thick as a Persian carpet, honey fills the jar...

My son learned a song at Village Green preschool that he made me sing with him all the next day. Maybe you know it.

Until my stroke four years ago, at a very healthy 61 years of age, I did not know what perseverance was.

Across the decades, through changes in technology and staff, through world crises and institutional crises, the CLF has been there, offering people around the world comfort and challenge in the form of our liberal faith.

My first sermon at the first church I ever served (which is also the only church I have served) was called “Swimming Lessons.”

While I explored central Idaho’s Snake River Plain, I camped at Craters of the Moon National Monument.

A poem for these times.