There are many ways to welcome animals into our life. We can enjoy animals outdoors in nature, eat vegetarian food, and choose to not poison ants or swat mosquitoes. Up…

What might the “secret” and non-authoritative Gospel of Thomas say about a message found in some movies and TV series?  Maybe this: “It’s not a secret – it’s just hiding…

Bridges Copper Country is a community initiative that addresses challenges faced by individuals and families living in poverty and to help them build a path towards self-sufficiency and stability. It…

The Book of Jonah is featured prominently in the Jewish High Holy Days, which are fast approaching! I have been studying this deceptively complex story for use in a science-fiction…

Can I walk in my own shoes and someone else’s shoes too? What do the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and most religions have in common? And what does a cup of cool water…

The Keweenaw Community Alliance for Progressive Education (CAPE) got its start in 2012 when a group of local parents and educators recognized the need for a different model of education…

Mary Oliver has been called the unofficial poet laureate of Unitarian Universalism. Her poems are so powerful in engaging the religious questions that many consider her work canon, or the sacred text…

Buddhism talks about “non-self.” What is that?  It’s a tricky question, and really hard to answer, especially in a language so full of words like I, me and mine. So…

Pastor Bucky Beach will share a Haudenosaunee [ho-den-uh-shoh-nee] or Iroquois Confederacy teaching on the 7th Generation, and the Ojibwe word “Indaanikoobijigan.”

Most of us only interact with the energy system when our monthly electric bill shows up in the mail or when the power goes out, and often that's painful. But…