It seems like the management of anxiety is a major focus for a great many people.

I grew up with several aunts who talked frequently about feeling nervous:

“Please don’t be so loud. It makes me nervous.”
“Get down from there! You’re making me nervous!”
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We all protect our private lives from public view. We fear the negative opinions our secret lives might generate!

Ministers walk a tightrope in this respect. We want to appear genuine, to let folk know that we struggle, too. We … read more.

I will turn 57 next week. How did that happen?

Just yesterday I was a girl, and a teen, and a college student, and in seminary, and preaching in my first pulpit, and a bride, and a 30ish mom, and . . . well … read more.

I am not an enthusiastic housekeeper. As I start packing up my office at the church, this personal flaw becomes painfully obvious! There are always more interesting and urgent matters before me, but sooner or later the tidying up must be done!

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Our UU Fellowship is a voluntary organization.

All our programs, activities, projects, plans and goals are implemented and accomplished by the work of volunteers assisted by staff who all serve at 1/4 time or less, including myself.

Volunteer efforts ebb and flow. Some people dig … read more.

It’s been one of those days!

Older child Liam was supposed to drive his dad to the doctor and called to say he’s throwing up. Doctor’s appointment was postponed.

I drove to pick up nausea survival items and deliver to him. Then back to … read more.

Has this Unitarian Universalist Fellowship made your life richer and more meaningful? Have you met good people and cultivated friendships here? Have you found ways to serve the larger community and fight for justice? Do you think there are others out … read more.

My Dad, a local Birmingham leader in decades past, attended a conference and tour in Soviet Russia in the late 70s. After receiving his request to attend a church service, his guide and driver delivered Dad to an empty lot … read more.

Humans are returning to the moon.

In 1969 the United States and Russia were racing to be the first to get human footprints onto the moon’s surface. Dad dragged me out of bed at age two to watch Neil Armstrong set his boot on … read more.

There are many folk and forces all around who make their living distracting the rest of us from what really matters.

Whether it’s what team to support, what brand of deodorant to buy, where and how to vacation, what car to drive, where to live, … read more.