Nature’s Tonic for a Noisy World Isn’t Silence

Nature’s Tonic for a Noisy World Isn’t Silence

In the wild, peace and quiet come wrapped in water, thunder, birdsong, and snake rattles. What a relief! I’m an introvert. Too much conversation, ringing phones, the constant pinging of message notifications on my mobile, pile up in my brain like fall leaves in a...
On Radical Noticing

On Radical Noticing

On Radical Noticing by David Breedon Rev. Dr. David Breeden is a Unitarian Universalist minister and author. He has served as the Senior Minister at the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis (FUS) since 2013. The First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis is a historic...
Agency Matters

Agency Matters

Agency matters, because it is unique to each of us. Agency matters because it is a fluid expression from all of Life through us, and therefore reflects the whole. Agency matters because in all our individual spaces and places we thread to make one.   Today we see...
Talking to a Tree in Mourning

Talking to a Tree in Mourning

What if you were the very last tree? The only one left to keep our secrets, hear our laments or grieve our sorrows? Your own? Would we stop the madness? See wonder through new eyes? Hold sacred vigils? Could a child reach out and touch? Feel the rivulet roughness of...