This past Tuesday I worked with the family of Jamila and Damian Pulliam to create a memorial and celebration of life service for Jamila’s sister. Samira, who died last week after a short but fierce fight with cancer. Together with VUU volunteers and paid assistants we hosted an amazing, inspiring ritual and community gathering that…
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Desert Notes will return next week.
Earth Day
Spirituality of Conflict Last week your Board of Trustees, Committee on Shared Ministry and I met with Rev. Dr. Samantha Wilson to begin our work on the Spirituality of Conflict. The small group ministry capped out at 34 participants, and we had a very engaging and deep set of conversations that explored our own responses…
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Quick Desert Notes: One of the books that influenced my reflection last weekend was a book called “How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community” by Mia Birdsong. I hope some of you have a chance to read it! In addition, my colleague Kimberly Debus has a blog and a couple of the recent posts…
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Developing our Capacity to Manage Differences This month a lot has been going behind the scenes! Rev. Sam Wilson has been in 1:1 conversation with many member leaders and staff. Members of the Committee on Shared Ministry, the VUU Board and the Leadership Development Committee will also be meeting with Rev. Sam during our kick off weekend…
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