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Reverend Bill DeWolfe, 1927-2014
A few brief words – I had the privilege of working with Bill DeWolfe on the congregational “Leap of Faith” home team last year. I will remember him for his sense of hope, humor and the historical perspective he brought … Continue reading
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Reverend Lee Devoe, 1959 – 2014
Rev Lee was the first Unitarian Universalist minister I ever met. I’ve thought of her increasingly over the last two years as I have felt, and fought, and followed my own call to ministry. Like a painting that looks up close to be a mess of dots and splotches, the real beauty of her ministry here only became clear to me at a distance. I had so hoped to run into her again someday. Continue reading
Old roots and tender leaves
Sunday a week ago was clear and bright, a couple of inches of fresh snow on top of what the storm three days earlier had dropped. There is something special about driving through rural New England after a fresh snowfall. … Continue reading
As above, so below
I probably spend too much time thinking. I can’t help it. It’s what I do. I tumble ideas around, bang them off each other, watching for sparks of inspiration as the rough edges grind each other away. The hardest part … Continue reading
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Hands
Today is Saturday, and today I am not doing church. Or service. Or school. Not because I do not love these things – it has been a rich full week with only a little bit made of crazy – but … Continue reading
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And who am I to bear this water?
The days whip by so fast now. I keep imagining that soon, soon things will settle down into the new normal, whatever that looks like, and I will be focused – reading my assignments and showing up sharp and together … Continue reading
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I’m on my way…
I’m on my way…. and I can’t decide whether the next line I sing belongs to the gospel hymn or to the chorus of a Paul Simon tune. I’m on my way… to the [Promised] land, I’m on my way, … Continue reading
Service: Taking the Leap – August 18, 2013
Worship service, August 18, 2013 UUCC Augusta, Maine Claire Curole, service leader Kathy Shaw, Worship Associate Hannah Faulkner, pianist
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Hot Slow Summer
We are having another New England heat wave, the sort of weather that drives the classic (and classist) separation between those who can afford to bunk off to the coast or the cottage on the lake this time of year, … Continue reading
Roots
Spent this morning at the church work day doing landscaping maintenance. It was a beautiful morning, warm and clear and not too humid. There were eight or ten of us plus the Buildings and Grounds chairs doing the supervising and … Continue reading
The Sand Hill Diary 