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Resilience: When Life Hands You Lemons

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Christiana McQuain

This morning in the worship service, I shared a presentation about Lemonade, and one perspective on how to think about the lemons that life hands you.  I’d like to share another take on this adage.  A (lemon) twist, if you … Continue reading →

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Woyaya: The Long Way ‘Round

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Christiana McQuain

“I’ve got my ticket for the long way ’round, The one with the prettiest view. It’s got mountains, it’s got rivers, It’s got woods that’ll give you shivers But it sure would be prettier with you.” ~ When I’m Gone, … Continue reading →

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We Are: One

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Christiana McQuain

“For each child that’s born the morning star rises and sings to the universe who we are.”* Yesterday was my birthday.  Those of you who know me personally already know this because, well, Facebook.  Because it was my birthday, and … Continue reading →

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Love Makes a Bridge: Where is the Love? part 2

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Christiana McQuain

I have always been a relatively optimistic person.  I see the silver linings in situations, I see hope on even the farthest horizon, and I believe that people are inherently good, at the core.  I abhor injustice, and I break … Continue reading →

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Love Makes a Bridge: Where is the Love–part 1

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Bob Patrick

This. Slays me. Breaks me. Opens me. Please listen. Again and again. The group, The Black Eyed Peas, has done and re-done this amazing, devastating, healing song.  It is a bridge.  It is a bridge in so many ways.  It … Continue reading →

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June 27 – Listening: Do You Hear What I Hear?

Posted on June 27, 2016 by admin

Anyone here who has had a conversation with me over the last year or so  knows that I have been grieving and processing the death of my mother in November of 2104.  As the executrix of the estate my parents … Continue reading →

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Listening: Whose Headphones?

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Christiana McQuain

For quite a few years, something called a “Silent Disco” has been gaining popularity.  It’s a party at which there are several DJs playing different music, and all of the guests wear headphones, each with the ability to individually control … Continue reading →

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Belonging: Someplace We Belong

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Jan Taddeo

Outwitted: He drew a circle that shut me out – heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: we drew a circle that took him in!        — Edwin Markham When … Continue reading →

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Harbor: Would You Harbor Me?

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Jan Taddeo

Would you harbor me? Would I harbor you? Would you harbor a Christian, a Muslim, a Jew, a heretic, convict, or spy? Would you harbor a runaway woman or child, a poet, a prophet, a king? Would you harbor an … Continue reading →

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Harbor: Welcome Home!

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Jan Taddeo

Welcome Home! I love to travel, and I love to come home. When I leave my house for an extended time, I actually say out loud, “Bye house!” And when I return, I say, “Welcome home!” How often have you … Continue reading →

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