This short sermon was offered to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick on Sunday, April 23rd. When I’m in emotional pain, I seek the outdoors. I grew up here in Frederick, which means that throughout the region I have special places I go to find solace – certain boulders at Cunningham Falls, the far edge…
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Join me for the next workshop in my monthly series: Rebooting a Dormant Spiritual Practice! This workshop is being offered on Zoom Friday, March 31st, from 7 – 9 PM Eastern. Spring is on the horizon and many of us begin to feel a need to move, spiral outward, and connect. Getting started after a…
Samhain has passed and for those of us on the Pagan path, it is time to spiral inward. Within our Wheel of the Year, this time of longer nights, cooler temperatures, and weather that sends us indoors is associated with a restful, contemplative portion of the year. We’re encouraged to do less, rest more, and…
Hello, lovely one. The Cottage is going to be a little quiet for a few weeks. My spouse, Ash, and I were married back in November. For our honeymoon, we wanted to visit Iceland. However, Iceland in winter is…well, a bit chilly. lol. So, we planned a summer honeymoon, and now it’s here. I’ll be…
When I turned 40, my social media feed changed. I’ve always gotten some advertisements for yoga and other fitness products and programs. I’m a yoga teacher, so I’m a good target for those kinds of ads. Likewise, I’ve always seen at least a handful of ads for makeup and hair products. But it seemed…
I was recently at dinner at my mother’s house and we were talking about how different her childhood was from my sister’s and mine. My grandfather was in the Navy, which meant Mom went to a lot of different schools over the course of growing up. Contrasting to that, my sister and I lived in…
I recently accepted an invitation to become part of the writing rotation for the The Frederick News-Post ‘s ‘Words of Faith’ section – a column written by local leaders of various spiritual paths in the Frederick area. This is my first contribution to the column. Bright summer is upon us, and the change of seasons…
I’ve written before about the way patterns emerge in my life – the repetition of themes, needs, and issues people are going through. For better or worse, it seems like a lot of us ride similar waves at the same time. It was a hard winter, a very challenging early spring, and then the month…
This spoken meditation was offered for the October 4th, 2020, streaming service at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick. Full text below. There is a comforting rhythm to the cycle of seasons: the increase and decrease of daylight and darkness, the pattern of seed to leaf to harvest to sleep, the phases of the…
For the last five years, September has had one specific focus for me – the Pagan Pride Day festival. Like many CUUPS chapters, my own chapter hosts an annual Pagan Pride Day in Frederick, MD. I have had the honor being the lead organizer since our inception. We have been fortunate – our festival has…