May we bask in the goodness of life and the worthiness of our fellow human beings. May we rejoice in labors of love which bring forth the fruits of useful living. May we seek and create an ordered and righteous church and society, furthering the desserts of all: seeding and harvesting the best hope of […]

Each time we close out our reflective time together and return to the wider world, may each of us carry with us a piece of what we gathered. Be it a smile, a piece of a song, a fractal from the warm glow we created in our mutuality, the tiniest spark grows ever greater through […]

Our religion calls us to hold truth in our hearts and proclaim it with strength. We do this best in realization, that different eyes ever view the world in different ways. It therefore follows that while truth-speaking may be the soul of virtue, humble listening is also the soul of wisdom. Neither virtue nor wisdom […]

Of any riches life may bestow, one’s own mind is the brightest gift of all. No barrier blocks it. Neither rain nor snow may sway it from its journey. Only we, ourselves, can destroy this wonderful gift, by choosing to let it lie fallow. Let us use our mind-gift with joy, for the harvesting of […]

It does not serve us to separate the spirituality of our hearts from the spirituality of our hands. Trees and flowers soothe the soul, but a garden untended soon clogs from leaves and draught, then withers and dies. To truly mean something, ultimate reverence and deepmost principle must transport us not just toward high sentiments […]