We are using the UUA’s Soul Matters resources this year. January’s theme is Practicing Resistance. The following excerpt from an article in the UU World magazine was shared by Alison Page. The author of the quote, Takiyah Amin, was responding to the question: “Do you have to be an activist to be a Unitarian …
Gratitude #2 On Sunday, November 30, attendees helped write two poems following a template suggested by the Soul Matters resources that we are using this year. A UUSRF Poem of People in the Style of Mary Oliver’s “Gratitude” What did you notice? The open and kind spirits of people around me; The willingness to help …
On Sunday, November 30, 2025 attendees helped write two poems following a template suggested by the Soul Matters resources that we are using this year. Mary Oliver’s original poem, the template, is here: Gratitude by Mary OliverWhat did you notice?The dew-snail;the low-flying sparrow;the bat, on the wind, in the dark;big-chested geese, in the V of …
Let us take a moment to honor the ancestors of this church- the people who first came together to create a home for liberal religion here in the St. Croix Valley. Who worked to raise money for this building. Who sat in committee meetings and created bylaws, Who chopped and marinated and baked for potlucks, …
Petrona Melgarejo shared this video and this message on Sunday, June 22, 2025. It’s worth a watch. Submissions for the UU Musings section are welcome. Send essays, poems, songs or other writings to annleake001@gmail.com. These can be original works or pieces by other authors that you enjoy and want to share with our community.
What is a Third Place? Adapted from https://courier.unesco.org/en/articles/third-places-true-citizen-spaces The third place is not home and not work, but instead one of the physical settings that have throughout history encouraged a sense of warmth, conviviality, and that special kind of human sustenance we call community. These settings include cafés, taverns, libraries and hair salons, where people from …
The Soul Matters theme for June is Freedom “I try to understand why trans folx are so terrifying to people, why we are seen as such a threat. And ultimately, I think the scariest thing we represent is possibility and freedom.We have resisted the imposition of overly-determined stories of our …
The Soul Matters theme for June is Freedom.Here is a reflection exercise on that topic. Read through the list of questions 2-3 times until one question sticks out for you and captures your attention or until one of the questions “shimmers.”Then reflect on that question using one or all of …
Submissions for the UU Musings section are welcome. Send essays, poems, songs or other writings to annleake001@gmail.com. These can be original works or pieces by other authors that you enjoy and want to share with our community.
