Believe it or not, winter is half over. Well, it will be, come February 1. Folk traditions often mark the astronomical moments of the year. Solstices and equinoxes we all know but halfway between each is also a place many ancient cultures inserted rituals. Groundhog Day Day is a vestige of something older, hence “the…
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Join the VUU community for our semi-annual Congregational Meeting. We will require a quorum of members to attend and will vote in a seven-member Settled Ministerial Search Committee. The meeting will start just after church service on Sunday, January 24 (about 11:30). Additional information and updates from the Board will be provided. IMPORTANT: Two-member households…
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Did these past weeks remind you of “Waiting to Exhale?” While I never saw the 1995 movie, I understood the phrase. It means holding your breath until you feel it is safe to let go; with that “whew” sound no doubt. After so many uncertain weeks it seems we can let go of political worries and…
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History is a lot more fun to read than make. This past week has been the most troubling in America since September 11, and ultimately is even more momentous. A comic strip from long ago, written during another turbulent era, parodied the words of Commodore Perry in the Era of 1812, saying, “We have met…
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