A Departing Touchstones Message from Rev. Jaye Brooks Bittersweet. It’s one of those words we can’t really understand until we experience it. When sorrow mingles with appreciation and...
I Brought My Spirit to the Sea I am delighted, these days, to take a walk around the Town Dock in Port Washington, to be just-a-little-jealous of people walking their...
Welcoming Creative Spirits, by Rev. Dr. Natalie M. Fenimore In this season of Membership Renewal, we acknowledge and celebrate the unique creative energy which each person brings to the life of this...
Creative Conversation, by Rev. Jaye Brooks May is just around the corner—and with it the month’s learning and worship theme, Creativity. At Shelter Rock, creativity is present in...
Touchstones: Delight, by Rev. David Carl Olson I was recently reminded that an early proponent of Unitarianism in our country thought that we should practice “charity, forbearance, and...
Resilience, by Rev. Dr. Natalie M. Fenimore Forsythia, crocus, daffodils… spring is here. True, it may snow again but spring will not retreat. And we must not retreat either—we...
Open Heartedness, by Rev. Jaye Brooks “Connection is why we’re here,” says author, researcher, and storyteller Brene Brown. Human beings are hard-wired to connect with one...
Almost Spring, by Rev. David Carl Olson Have we had the worst of the cold for this winter? I’m used to there being a mid-winter thaw around the time of my birthday (last week),...
All You Need Is Love!, by Rev. Dr. Natalie M. Fenimore While the Beatles song is lovely and catchy and optimistic, it is not really true. People do need love—but also—food and water and...