Throughout this pandemic, the lesson that keeps showing up in my life and maybe yours too, is to pause. There is wisdom in pausing during a traumatic ...

When we are young we think we have to figure out what we want to become, but becoming is something we do from the moment we are born until our last da...

What is July 4? For many, it is a chance to see family, fireworks, and celebrate our independence from the British crown, or more generally to revel i...

There’s a good reason this topic just won’t go away and can’t get solved: it involves a clash of two fundamental human rights. That makes discussion, ...

American physicist Alvin Weinberg was Director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as well as a thoughtful amateur philosopher on the implications o...

In Paulo Coelho’s novel, Brida, the main character says, “I’m afraid of committing myself.” Coelho writes, "She wanted to follow all possible paths an...

News reports, social media and communications with family, friends and even strangers have been rife with malicious, harsh, judgmental, and unkind exc...

I like The Lion King, The Monkey King, and Horton the elephant. These stories tell me about humans. When I compare the stories with the real animals, ...

We close another church year with scenes from our annual Flower Ceremony (see Rev. John's column in this issue of the VOICE for information about our ...

This week, Rev. John closes out our series on STORY with a new story about who we might be.