Minister's Blog

NJ Commission – Same-Sex Couples Should be Allowed to Marry in New Jersey

Dec 10th, 2008 • Category: Minister's Blog

The NJ Commission on Civil Unions has concluded that New Jersey legislators should allow gay couples to marry rather than only having civil unions. This is something our congregation has fully supported for years, as has our national Unitarian Universalist Association.
The report states that, “This commission finds that the separate categorization established by [...]



Economic Breakdown

Sep 22nd, 2008 • Category: Minister's Blog

 
Last week’s economic news was a bit overwhelming.  I had gotten used to the low grade slide on the stock market, the lack of loan possibility, the bad business reports from companies, the increase of foreclosures and the increasing rates of unemployment. But last week was something else. First it was Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, then Lehman [...]



Why Not Hate

Sep 19th, 2008 • Category: Minister's Blog

If anyone has reason to harbor hate and revenge in her heart it could be said that Ester Golan has that reason. Last spring along with twenty of my Compassionate Listening colleagues, I sat in her apartment in Jerusalem listening to her tell her life story, which included growing up in Nazi-controlled Germany. [...]



Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder

Sep 10th, 2008 • Category: Minister's Blog

Let the light shine on our beautiful solar panels. I passionately disagree with those who may refer to solar panels in terms such as “huge” and “ugly.” Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I love sitting in my backyard looking admiringly at the array of solar panels up on my roof. Our normal [...]



Shared Ministry Within Our Faith Community

Sep 1st, 2008 • Category: Minister's Blog

As another September approaches and summer winds to an end, our congregation gains the energy of autumn. There always seems to be a renewed level of vitality and a rededication to deepening our relationships within the UUCWC community.  So it is that we celebrate with our Water Communion Ceremony on the Sunday after Labor Day.  [...]