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Common Reads aren’t just for Colleges anymore

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A Common Read invites participants to read and discuss the same book in a given period of time. A Common Read can build community in our congregations and our movement by giving diverse people a shared experience, shared language, and a basis for deep, meaningful conversations. The Unitarian Universalist Association has a special committee to help chose the common read for the year: This year’s book.

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I personally am looking forward to reading this book. What do you think?

~Namaste

Cricket

Gratitude

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Gratitude  by Max Kapp

Often I have felt that I must praise my world
For what my eyes and ears have seen these many years,
And what my heart has loved.
And often I have tried to start my lines:
“Dear earth,” I say,
And then I pause
To look once more.
Soon I am bemused
And far away in wonder.
So I never get beyond “Dear Earth.”

Source: Kathleen Montgomery, ed. Day of Promise: Collected Meditations, Vol. 1 (Skinner House Books, 2001).

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Coloring Meditation

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Earlier this week, we posted about the importance of play. Coloring is an important part of play. I just colored this mandala with the colorfy app. It was very soothing.

So I found an article by Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum titled Chalices, Doodling, and Meditation about her spiritual practice of coloring and drawing.  Here is a quote: ” Spiritual practice is still not an everyday thing for me, but during the last year I’ve made one hundred Zentangle chalices. I find it remarkable that restricting the format—always a chalice, and always in a box or in a mandala—doesn’t make me feel that my creativity is restricted.”

Hope you enjoy.

~Namaste
Cricket

MLK Day for the 21st century

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This is a podcast from Sky Island UU Church. “Rev. Miller is visiting us from the San Diego area and will give the sermon today. MLK led a deeply meaningful movement firmly rooted in his faith in the era of his life. The question is, what are we doing, grounded in our faith, for the needs of the 21st century?”

[Sky Island UU Church] MLK Day for the 21st Century => http://skyislanduu.org/sermons/2015/jan_18_2015.mp3 via @Podcast_Addict

This may seem late, but with all of the turmoil going on in our country I thought this was important.

~Namaste
Cricket