Let the Darkness be Soil

This past Sunday, I had the pleasure of leading the service at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick.  Below, you will find the video and text of my sermon. My name is Irene.  I teach the weekly yoga classes here, facilitate the monthly labyrinth walks, and I’m the squirrel herder in chief for the Frederick…

Devotional Practices for Living with Limits

This week I was the guest writer on the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans Patheos Blog.  I think we’ve all had the fantasy about the big, elaborate shrine in a wild-ish place somewhere.  We can see it in our mind’s eye – the natural stone, the altar, some vines creeping in a decorative-but-not-annoying way.  Maybe…