director of religious education

It is never easy to say goodbye. It is never easy to face the unknown and the what ifs. The best way we can do this is with a spirit of curiosity and wonder.

Our understanding of “whole” comes through the old Germanic and Norse languages: hal, haila, which give the sense of entire, unhurt, uninjured, safe; healthy, sound; genuine, straightforward, undamaged, complete. 

“Sing out praises for the journey, pilgrims, we, who carry on, searchers in the soul’s deep yearnings, like our forebears in their time. We seek out the spirit’s wholeness in the endless human quest.” -Singing The Living Tradition, #295

 “Trust comes from the Norse traust, Proto-Germanic traustam, and Old English treowian. All these roots point to confidence, reliance, protection, solace, and support. They ask, where do you find your

From the DRE January 2019 A popular song by Joe Darion & Mitchell Leigh begins: “To dream the impossible dream, to fight the unbeatable foe, to bear with unbearable sorrow,

From Kathleen Hogue UUSM DRE While the Seven Principles of Unitarianism may be considered our creed, they do not stand alone as the substance of our faith.  We are seekers

African Proverb: “Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi,” which translates as: “It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten.”  For my credentialing program

noun: sanctuary: a place of refuge or safety. From this simple definition one could infer that a sanctuary is a place to hide…in isolation. We, like our Christian cousins, call

“…what came to me in the night was the realization that I don’t “do” religious education because I’ve mastered a lot of theory about it, although I have mastered some.