From Our Minister

In rare moments of deep play, we can lay aside our sense of self, shed time’s continuum, ignore pain, and sit quietly in the absolute present, watching the world’s ordinary

Storytelling is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are because it has the power to show that the way things are is not permanent, not universal, not

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud  was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. -Anais Nin Easter, Passover, Ramazan, and Earth

Inevitably in our lives we commit ourselves to something, whether worthy or not. The direction and intensity of our loyalties give shape and meaning to our lives. Loyalties, commitments, covenants,

Beloved community is formed not by the eradication of difference but by its affirmation, by each of us claiming the identities and cultural legacies that shape who we are and

We tend to consider imagination too lightly, forgetting that the life we make, for ourselves individually and for the world as a whole, is shaped and limited only by the

Happy Holidays!  “With mounds of greenery, the brightest ornaments, we bring high summer to our rooms, as if to spite the somberness of winter come. In time of want, when

“A cheerful heart is good medicine…” — Proverbs 17:22 Dear Ones, There is much to be cheerful about in this season of giving thanks. The Lakers won their 17th NBA