With our pledge campaign coming right up, now’s a great time to get back into Breeze to see where you’re at with your last year’s pledge and update your contact information. Head on over to Breeze. If you can’t remember your login, please use the handy “reset password” feature now located below the sign in … Continue reading Your Breeze Password can now be Reset by You!
By Reverend Barbara Prose It makes a big difference if a person believes there is only one truth or there are many truths. If there are many truths, then what does truth even mean? Can something be true to one person, or in one place, or in one time, and then be untrue to someone … Continue reading May’s Theme: Truth
Excerpt from A House for Hope by Rebecca Ann Parker and John A. Buehrens …Some people imagine salvation as personal escape from divine punishment in hell. Rescued by belief in Christ’s sacrificial death, the saved look forward to eternal life in heaven–separated by death and by God’s gracious rewards from the sin and evil of this … Continue reading On our Theme of Salvation
Kudos to all who contributed to the plate in March! We were able to add $609 to the Water for Warm Springs Project fund! For the month of April, our share-the-plate recipient will be The Youth Empowerment Shelter (Y.E.S.) in The Dalles. From their website, (yeshelter.org), their mission: Youth Empowerment Shelter (YES) provides youth in … Continue reading Share the Plate News for April
۞ THE CREATIVE TEMPLE Explore the Sacred Art of Poetry ۞ Why does it feel so revivifying and liberating to write poetry? Why does sharing poetry in a safe, encouraging space feel so nourishing and cultivate deep belonging? It’s because poetry is a language of the soul. And the light of the soul needs to be … Continue reading The Creative Temple – Sacred Art of Poetry with Chelan Harkin
An End-Of-Life Educational Series, sponsored by Mid-Columbia Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and co-led by Rev. Barbara Prose and Tamara Thiel, Columbia Gorge End-of-Life Doula. This series is an opportunity to befriend mortality, gather information and resources, learn about options available, and offer deep contemplation on death. All gatherings are open to the public so please invite … Continue reading Speaking of Death
I remember the moment, when a widow who still had her husband’s clothes in her bedroom closet, realized she was ready to let go. With tears in her eyes she told me about the moment when things shifted. I could feel that she had fully grieved her loss and knew she would still be able … Continue reading March’s Theme – Letting Go
You don’t have to be religious to grow your soul or nurture your spirit. But many people do not understand the difference between spirituality and belief in God. Most Buddhists, for example, do not believe in God (they are Humanist); and yet, Buddhist teachers are world renowned for their teachings about spirituality and spiritual practices, … Continue reading February’s Theme: Spiritual Practices
Ramakrishna said, “The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.” This is the essence of grace. Like the winds, grace is always present and available, if only we are awake enough to notice, skilled enough to adapt, and humble enough to accept the winds that blow where they will. Reflecting … Continue reading January’s Theme: Grace
