Pruning, tending, watering and fertilizing… How will we grow the tree that is our beloved community.

In this time of pre-emergence from pandemic isolation, let us undertake the work of restoration and renewal.

We may look the way we did when we closed our doors to the pandemic in March 2020, but we are deeply changed by our individual journeys and our shared experiences.

This year the Buffalo Pride week activities will once again be virtual, due to Covid. As we celebrate yet another Pride Sunday in isolation and restriction, I wonder how that reality can make us even more compassionate and proactive allies in the LGBTQIA+ community.

East meets West as we seek insights from the 8-fold path of Buddhism and the expanded 8 principles of Unitarian Universalism. What are the
connections? How do we engage head, heart, and hands?

May Day, Beltane, whatever the celebration, we affirm that spring is
finally upon us with all Her glory. We celebrate the turning of the Wheel!

I have been deeply inspired by the writings of shame and vulnerabilityresearcher, Brené Brown. Immersing ourselves in these practices canhelp us become more resilient, leading to more compassion forourselves and others.

According to Wikipedia, “negative space,” in art, is the space around and between the subject of an image. What can we see in the “negative space” of an empty tomb?

What if the real message of Christianity has been suppressed
for over 2,000 years?

A year of indescribable loss. Let’s make space for the grief we carry due to the pandemic. May we find hope and healing in one another and the Love that binds us.