“The goodness of life is ours if we look deeply for it and give thanks for what we have and who we have it with.” Daniel C. Kanter, “The Birds Will Sing’” in Shelter in This Place: Meditations on 2020 With heavy hearts, we once again took the Thanksgiving Potluck off the OUUC calendar. This […]
Thinking Generations Ahead
Last Saturday the youth group went out to help with a tree planting for the Nisqually Land Trust. We spent a morning (miraculously without much rain) all working together planting over a hundred native trees and shrubs in what had been an agricultural field. Afterward, the Land Trust staff took us all to the river […]
Correction: The Audubon Legacy
In last Sunday’s service, I spoke about the legacy of John James Audubon. Thanks to Ellizabeth Roderick for letting me know that I had confused two organizations with similar names. Although this confusion doesn’t change my basic message, there is enough confusion and misinformation in the world that I want to clarify and correct what […]
What Is ‘Just’?
This Fall we are exploring words from the new OUUC vision: a world that is loving, just and healthy. In October we delved into “Loving” from many perspectives. Next month, we’ll dive into “Healthy.” This month we’ll inquire about “Just, which we’ll begin In this Sunday’s service. You can catch it here. The definition of […]
October’s Spiritual Theme Was ‘Loving’
by Sara Lewis This year our monthly themes are taken from the new OUUC Vision and Mission, giving us an opportunity to deeply engage with the ideas that come together to form our understanding of purpose. The OUUC Vision and Mission is: Vision: A loving, just, and healthy world Mission: Our spiritual principles affirm the […]
