A picture of Reverend Christine at the pulpit during her installation ceremony

Notes From Your Dance Partner

This past Sunday was the first week of our Spiritual Nourishment Series. In our first week, we did a UU version of Lectio Divina with Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem Kindness. I had a number of people who said they really enjoyed that and wanted to learn more. I’m really glad because it is also one

A picture of Reverend Christine at the pulpit during her installation ceremony

Notes From Your Dance Partner

Benjie is back!!! Our Music Director, Benjie Messer, has returned from his 7-month sabbatical. I got the wonderful opportunity to drive in a car with him for 14 hours total to Albuquerque (7 hours each way) as we traveled to the Association of UU Music Ministries gathering, which was full of music, joy, worship and

A picture of Reverend Christine at the pulpit during her installation ceremony

Notes From Your Dance Partner

Over the last couple of days, I did one of my favorite things–hiding away in a comfy chair and reading as much as I could. Many have an idea that ministers just sit in their study and read books all day; the truth is that I really have to intentionally make time and space to

A picture of Reverend Christine at the pulpit during her installation ceremony

Notes From Your Dance Partner

I am back from some wonderful time with family in Indiana and celebrating my wife Karen’s 60th birthday with friends–what a lovely and rejuvenating time off.   I also just came back from a week as the Minister of the UU Senior High camp at Camp deBenneville Pines. How lucky I am that this congregation sees

A picture of Reverend Christine at the pulpit during her installation ceremony

Notes From Your Dance Partner

There is no Notes From Your Dance Partner this week as Rev. Christine is serving as the Minister/Chaplain at Senior High Camp at Camp deBenneville Pines, our Unitarian Universalist camp for the Southwest Region.