December 2009
2 posts
Room At The Inn
The nativity story in the book of Luke is famous, even for people who were not brought up Christian. Colette read some of it last week. Linus recites part of it in A Charlie Brown Christmas. Crèche scenes of all sizes depict the babe in the manger, attended by shepherds. Clearly, this story has a hold on the popular imagination. Part of our practice as Unitarian Universalists is to look at our...
Candle In The Window
Introduction: Hospitality for Barn Cats
When I was growing up, we would often visit my grandparents’ dairy farm. I loved watching Granddad work in the barn. He was gentle and reassuring with the animals, yet the job each animal had to do was primary. The cows lived in the barn downstairs. Upstairs, in the hayloft, were the barn cats. These weren’t pets. They didn’t have names or cat toys. ...