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Last year I made friends with my Holy No. I like people to like me so saying No has always been difficult. Good friends help each other out no matter what. Being a good friend has been part of my identity for as long as I can remember.…

The World We Live In   First thing: nobody knows anything, for certain, but that doesn’t mean there cannot be a high degree of confidence. Second thing: there are no Guarantees. This applies to the future. Humans are always trying to make…

Featured Reading:  "Be a Center of Love" This month’s featured article, by the late Rev. Eric Butterworth (1916-2003), focuses on how we can each be a center of love. The entire article is available for free download at the link below.   Be a Center…

  On Your Own But Not Alone By Martha Smock   When we feel isolated, you can rely on the Spirit within Most young people can hardly wait to be on their own. They instinctively feel great powers and possibilities within themselves, they have high…

Greeting our return when the old is gone and the new is here   by Nathan Kirkpatrickby  As we resume in-person ways, churches are uniquely equipped to welcome people back, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. TUESDAY…

Unity and Race: A Truthful History Mistakes, Apologies, and Actions Through the Years   This article was edited by Rev. Ellen Debenport with contributions from CEO Jim Blake, UWH board members Revs. Sandra Campbell and Charline Manuel,…

On Your Own But Not Alone By Martha Smock   When we feel isolated, you can rely on the Spirit within Most young people can hardly wait to be on their own. They instinctively feel great powers and possibilities within themselves, they have high hopes…

How to Accept Yourself   By Rev. Robert Brumet     Radical self-acceptance goes beyond mere self-esteem and opens us up to divine love At the beginning of each year, we put great effort into making resolutions and trying to change ourselves in order…

“I came that they might have life and have it abundantly.” – Jesus   Easter is the celebration of Life. “Its inner meaning and spiritual significance is the awakening and raising to spiritual consciousness of the I AM in mankind, which has been…

What makes someone famous, while someone else doing the same thing, perhaps even better, lives in Obscurity. According to google, fame is the state of being known for something by many people, usually for some great achievement. Infamous would be…