I recently had the opportunity to learn first hand of the excitement that some outside the U. S. have for President Obama. As we complete the "First 100 Days" of new Presidential leadership (what a reporter suggested feels like a ("100 years") this morning I'll share with you how my time with the UU Church of the Philippines has shaped and given.

Striving for independence of space, spirit, & emotion feels inherent to life; some, it appears, spend a lifetime seeking the distance of independence. There are those that go about it very consciously, while there are those who have no idea how they sound & look. On this Mother's Day, it feels right to lok at the shaping influences on our lives....

Hard Times by Rev. Bryant Brown, Intern Minister

The music & literature from The Great Depression of the 1930s is full of instances of people coming together & helping each other. What was a time of scarcity and fear was also a time of sharing and caring . There are lessons we learn about real worth when the illusions of materialism are taken away...

"New Words for Old" by Rev. Russ Savage - Assoc. Minister-

Over the past 100 years our faith tradition has produced four hymnals. In each one of them, we've added some new hymns & readings, dropped some old ones, & kept some of the old ones but changed the words. A look at the trajectory of these hymnals provides a fascinating view over the years.

This Easter Sunday we'll observe our annual Flower Communion in an intergenerational service. So remember to bring a flower or a favorite sprig of nature to share with others.

"Starstuff" by Bryant Brown - Intern Minister: Looking at the night sky can take us far beyond our usual thoughts. The billions and billions of specks of light bring awe and lofty ideas and wild imaginings, some wonderful, some dangerous. We humans can learn and speculate about time and space and matter; gazing at the sky.