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As we celebrate the memories of loved ones who have died, we also celebrate that which allows us to continue living and experiencing joy, even amid the losses.

Wendy Lucas, vice-president of the yak tityu tityu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash Tribe of San Luis Obispo County and Region describes how her life has been shaped by Divine Guidance, Paying Attention, and Hope - the gift of her tribal roots and the ancestors' voices.

Saying hello and goodbye are such fundamental practices for humans that you might think we would be a little better at it than we are. This Sunday, we get to practice by giving an enthusiastic welcome to our new Music Director, John Knutson, and saying a deeply grateful goodbye to our previous Music Director, Alba Franco Cancel.

It's Father's Day and Juneteenth. What is an appropriate response to being responsible not just to and for our own family but to and for others who are not "in our group" YET?

It's Father's Day and Juneteenth. What is an appropriate response to being responsible not just to and for our own family but to and for others who are not "in our group" YET?

"Your gifts--whatever you discover them to be--can be used to bless or curse the world...You must answer the question: what will you do with your gifts?" - Rev. Dr. Rebecca Ann Parker

"What to do with beauty?

or joy, for that matter —

in the midst of tragedy,

of violence, of cruelty?"

Rev. Karen G. Johnston

Anais Nin wrote, "We don't see things as they are. We see them as we are." What does that mean for how we define, recognize, and nurture beauty?

Many famous stories, songs, poems through the ages have paired physical attractiveness with inner beauty. How does that show up in our culture?

One of the earliest Easter messages to the women who came to Jesus's tomb was simply this: he is not here.