Why is my heart here? Easy. Village. Since joining the UU I have repeated this word countless times: my mantra, my purpose, my prayer. It’s the people who keep me tethered. These caring relationships, the love shared between us, the welcoming of strangers are where I find the sacred. Before the UU, I felt out … Continue reading Why My Heart is Here: Village
This is the third article in the series of ‘Why My Heart is Here’. This series showcases how individual congregants’ roles and activities at Concord UU help them find connection to and meaning in their lives at church. By spotlighting these individual stories, we hope to show how you might also find your heart’s home … Continue reading Why My Heart is Here: Service and Community
This is the second in the series of ‘Why My Heart is Here’. This series showcases how individual congregants’ roles and activities at Concord UU help them find connection to and meaning in their lives at church. By spotlighting these individual stories, we hope to show how you might also find your heart’s home here. … Continue reading Why My Heart is Here: Contemplative Practice
We are beginning a series, called Why My Heart is Here, that will showcase how individual congregants’ roles and activities at Concord UU help us find connection to, and meaning in, our lives at church. By spotlighting these individual stories, we hope to show how you might also find your heart’s home here. I’m offering … Continue reading Why My Heart is Here: Coordinating Our Memorial Receptions
by Jeanne Ann Whittington Consider this truth: We live in the world not as it is, but as we see it. As human beings with limited perceptual capability and urgent emotional needs, the moment we are born we begin to make sense of things, developing a working model of how the world is: Friendly, unfriendly … Continue reading Changing the World Begins Inside
submitted by Danielle Albano, Co-Manager of the garden I want to share with you all an exciting new garden initiative that will be starting this Spring! At Sycamore Community Gardens (SCG), Kaylin Lustig (Manager) and I (Co-Manager) are working to create a shared educational garden space. We are partnering with many great organizations to get … Continue reading Sycamore Garden Shared Educational Garden Space
The Concord Coalition to End Homelessness announced: The Emergency Winter Shelter opened on December 1! It runs out of the former First Church, where the Resource Center is also housed due to Covid. For the first 2 weeks the shelter was 100% run by CCEH employees, but since Dec.15 volunteers are welcomed once again for … Continue reading As winter shelter opens for season, housing crisis looms
Joanna Henderson, Guest Columnist I had a big birthday over the summer and went through the annual resolution setting exercise most people do at New Year’s. I do it instead in June, my birthday month. I only make one goal and because for the last few years it’s worked well, I’ve kept the same resolution: … Continue reading Staying Open-Minded
Reflections offered by Jeanne Ann Whittington during worship on Sunday, March 12, 2017 When Michael invited me to talk about how my practice has transformed my life, I was happy to oblige, though it is one of those topics that feels so big it’s hard to know where to begin. I’m reminded of an image … Continue reading Transformed by my Practice
While our minister, Rev. Michael Leuchtenberger, is on sabbatical, we will fill our Musings space with insights from our members. by Tom Herbert “God, grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change. The courage to change the things we can. And the wisdom to know the difference.” I am sure most if … Continue reading More is in You
