Join in the 6th annual Louisville Earth Walk, a community celebration and fundraiser for local environmental organizations, on Saturday, October 22, at 9am at Hogan’s Fountain, Cherokee Park. Walk either on a 3.7-kilometer (~2 mile) walk or online, or anywhere, all in the spirit of … read more.
The Church’s Center for Transformative Action is participating in Louisville’s “Give for Good” campaign. This fundraising event encourages community members to donate to their favorite charities. We need your help in spreading the word. We want to know “how YOU make our world better … read more.
Dear Ones –
Usually our Love Notes are messages of love intended to enrich your spirit. Today’s note is different… an opportunity for you to give love. As we all know, our neighbors to the east suffered a devastating flood, and the losses and grief are … read more.
Dear Ones,
This poem by our own Patti Lister are what accountably addressing systemic oppression looks like… acknowledging our nation’s past history and present.
The message here is not meant to be a killjoy, nor to trivialize the history of a nation which has done, and continues to do, … read more.
Dear Ones-
Again today we are fortunate to receive the blessings that others in our midst have bestowed upon themselves (and in their willingness to share, have bestowed upon us as well). As with the preceding days this week, our listing today contains beauty and … read more.
Dear First U-
Here is our second sending of blessings-to-self. Once again we have the opportunity to gain insights into our fellow community members (and maybe ourselves as well) by learning about their inner aspirations.
Glints of light in today’s blessings include:
unapologetically be your beautiful self
contentment … read more.
Dear Ones-
In case you were not able to attend yesterday’s service, we did an exercise in which we wrote blessings to ourselves, bestowing graceful invitations toward our own aspired ways of being.
I promised that I would share these self-blessings with you this coming week, … read more.
Dear First U Community,
It seems almost trite at this point to say that our hearts are broken yet again, this time at the news of 21 murdered people (19 of whom were children) in Uvalde, TX. Of course our hearts are broken and our minds blown, and … read more.
Dear Ones,
In response to our worship service this past Sunday, Kathie Johnson sent me some of her poems that address the issue that we explored at that service….mental health challenges. There was one that particularly sparked my attention because it seemed at first glance … read more.
Dear ones,
During our Mother’s Day Celebration of Life we explored various elements of the meaning of mothering. In a poem written by our own Kathie Johnson entitled File Me we have additional perspective, not only of motherhood, but of the complex spectrum of womanhood.
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FILE ME
If you were to file … read more.
