Nature as Our Path to Inner Wisdom

Nature as Our Path to Inner Wisdom

Image by Robert Lukeman on Unsplash Within us is an infinite source of wisdom. By immersing ourselves mindfully in nature, we can unlock our inner source of knowledge that can’t be acquired through intellect alone.   There is within each and  every one of us a hidden...
Yule is for Renewal

Yule is for Renewal

  Image by Hernan Sanchez on Unsplash by Elle Harrigan Oh, how we love this time of year! The decorations. The food. The gift giving (and receiving)! We set up evergreen trees laden with lights, put wreaths on the door, and hang mistletoe, rarely with any sense...
What’s Up With Free Will?

What’s Up With Free Will?

Alison Wohler, July 28, 2019 Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus What’s up with free will?  Did I choose this topic of my own free will?  It’s been a subject on my mind for a few years now and I’d been part of several exciting discussions on our Chautauqua...
What I Learned in Science Class

What I Learned in Science Class

Alison Wohler, December 11, 2016 Unitarian Universalist Society of Florence and Northampton I’m really happy to be here with all of you this morning.  I miss Sunday morning services.  I retired from my wonderful congregation in Amherst for health reasons, and I am now...
Wendell Berry’s Questionnaire

Wendell Berry’s Questionnaire

Alison Wohler, July 13, 2014 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Chautauqua This, hot off the press (at the Washington Post) just six weeks ago:   In Norfolk (Virginia), evidence of climate change is in the streets at high tide …And the congregation of the...