Guest speaker: Maggie Fronk, Executive Director of Wellspring About Wellspring: For over 40 years Wellspring has been supporting survivors of relationship and sexual abuse in upstate NY. We answer more than 1,700 calls on our 24/7 hotline each year – calls from your friends, neighbors, and family members. We believe everyone deserves to feel safe. … Continue reading Wellspring of Stories
In celebration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we look to cultivate his audacious faith in our own hearts. I must confess, my friends, the road ahead will not always be smooth. There will be still rocky places of frustration and meandering points of bewilderment. There will be inevitable setbacks here and there. There … Continue reading An Audacious Faith in the Future
Rather than asking “Is that true or is it a story?” let us ask: How is what is true a story? How do stories lead us to truth? OOS Jan 12 2025.docx Attend in person at 624 N Broadway or via Zoom at <http://bit.ly/uusaratoga-worship>. True Story Rev. Joe Cleveland January 12, 2025 Imagine that you … Continue reading True Story
We explore beginnings, famous and not-so-famous first sentences and paragraphs, as a way of beginning to explore story and story-telling as a spiritual practice. Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest. The blessing is in the seed. –from “Elegy in Joy” by Muriel … Continue reading Beginning a Story