As a little girl I ran away from home at least twice every summer, hurling myself out of the house with outrage at childhood oppressions like being left out by my brother and his friends or facing bad sportsmanship during a T-ball game.

The Church of the Larger Fellowship’s Nominating Committee seeks CLF members to run for positions on the Board of Directors beginning June 2016.

Matsuo Bashō, the late 17th century Japanese poet, speaks of a strong desire to wander, as if it’s the essence of who he is.

Almost October, and there it was, draped over the fence, ripe as July, and as seductive—a stranger’s bit of paradise...

...that CLF offers religious education curricula to use at home or for congregations with mixed-aged groups of children?

What gives you a sense of abundance—a feeling that you have plenty, that you are satisfied, that there is enough to go around?

The story is told of Mulla Nasrudin, the Sufi wise fool. A rich man came to see him and said, “Nasrudin, if only you would learn to flatter the emperor and be subservient as I do, you would not have to live on chickpeas and bread.”

I invite myself to grow my sense of abundance in these ways...

The CLF exists through the abundance and generosity of its community. Some give with their time, some with their presence, and some with money—and we are thankful for every gift!

I haven’t always been abundance-minded or able to see or believe in life’s silver lining.