Alternative words to "Lord of the Dance"

Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraj) CC0

Above, is a picture of a statue of a Hindu god, Shiva. Shiva has many names. One of them is “Lord of the Dance.” The lesson spoken by this statue is: life is birth and then death, but do not be afraid, for it is all a dance. This message is heard also in the song “Lord of the Dance.” The original song was written in 1963 to describe Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection. Sydney Carter, the author of the original lyrics of "Lord of the Dance" said the words were partly inspired by a statue of the Hindu deity Shiva. The chorus to the song proved so compelling to Pagan songwriters that hundreds of alternative verses have been written to augment the Christian ones.

The Lord of the Dance

1
I danced in the morning when the world was begun,
And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun,
And I dance through the heavens and I danced on the earth:
I dance through death around to birth.

CHORUS: Dance, then, wherever you may be,
I am the Lord of the dance, you see,
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,
Bound by love we join in the dance so free.

2

I sleep in the kernel and I dance in the rain,
I dance in the wind, and through the
waving grain,
And when you cut me down, I care nothing for the pain -
In Spring I'll be the Dance again!

CHORUS

3

I dance in the circle of community

In fire and wind and through the dancing tree

I dance in the waves of the bright summer sea

I am the Lord of the wave’s myst’ry

CHORUS

4
The Moon in her phases and the tides of the sea,
The movement of Earth, and the
seasons that will be
Are rhythm for the dancing and a
promise through the years -
The Dance goes on through joy and tears.

CHORUS

5
They cut me down, but I leap up high!
I am life that will never, never die.
I'll live in you and you'll live in me -
We are Love in the Dance, let's be!

by Hilda Marshall, Marty Hale-Evans, and Amy Beltaine, based on the tune by Sydney Carter

Try It

Here's a link to a downloadable MP3 that has the right number of verses and choruses (and no vocals) if you'd like to sing these lyrics with accompaniment! 

Hymns Without Words – Piano & Woodwind Arrangement

A gentle, five-verse instrumental version available for free download, ideal for congregational singing or meditation. play.hymnswithoutwords.com/i-danced-in-the-morning

Margaret Mead offers:

Prayer does not use up artificial energy,

doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute.

Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.

Agnes DeMille once said:

To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.

Remember Shiva’s lesson: we are all a part of the dance of life. The creation, the destruction, but do not fear, it is all a dance.

May I have this dance with you?

Beloved, You are whole, holy, and worthy,

Rev. Amy

Sound file for "Optical Delusion" Sermon

link here

Quotes from "Optical Delusion" sermon

Renowned physicist Albert Einstein’s 1930 work, What I Believe:

He writes on on Nature and Religious Feeling --

"The human mind is not capable of grasping the Universe. We are like a little child entering a huge library. The walls are covered to the ceilings with books in many different tongues… But the child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books---a mysterious order which it does not comprehend, but only dimly suspects."

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity."

"What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of "humility."

"The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives in a state of fear is a dead man. To know that what is impenetrable for us really exists and manifests itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, whose gross forms alone are intelligible to our poor faculties - this knowledge, this feeling ... that is the core of the true religious sentiment. In this sense, and in this sense alone, I rank myself among profoundly religious men."

He writes On Widening Circles of Compassion ---

"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."

Sermon: Innanna's Journey

to explain why this blog has been stalled... and to park this sermon somewhere. Here is a link to yesterday's sermon. http://uucs.podbean.com/

Presentation on UUtopia on Second Life posted

The presentation about the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Second Life and UUtopia on Second Life has been posted. Take a look at the amazing experiment on community that is happening through the mediation of computer technology. Presentation

Mothers

MOTHERS
author unknown, adapted from an adaptation by Don Buttorf

This blessing is for all the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers saying, "It's OK honey, Mommy's here."

This blessing is for the mothers who gave birth to babies they may never see. And those who mothered those babies-- forever to be their own children.

This blessing is for all the mothers in Haiti, or Nashville, who can't find their children or can’t feed their children. And the moms who put on their uniforms and said goodbye to their children as they left for a tour of duty.

Is mothering what is in the heart?

Is it the ache she feels when she watches her child disappear down the street?

The need to flee from wherever she is and hug her child when she hears news of a school shooting, a bomb scare, a car accident, a baby dying?

Yes it is so.

So this blessing is for all the mothers who sat down with their children and explained all about making babies. And for all the mothers who wanted to but just couldn't.

This blessing is for all the mothers who have sat in the grocery store parking lot, next to their crying, screaming child, and cried or screamed too.

This blessing is for all the mothers who teach their sons to be good mothers and their daughters to follow an unconventional dream.

This blessing is for mothers who put pinwheels, teddy bears, or flowers on their children's graves.

This blessing is for mothers whose children have gone astray, who haven’t the words to reach them, and yet have never put them from their heart.

This blessing is for mothers stumbling through diaper changes and sleep deprivation. And mothers learning to let go. For working mothers and stay-at-home mothers. Single mothers and married mothers.

And this blessing is for all of us who will move beyond sentiment into actions which support mothers and mothering persons in all of their life-giving and life-nurturing roles. Amen

For Grandma

It has been two months since Grandma's 100th birthday (and the wonderful party) and it has been one month since her memorial service.

Lillie Giba Smith
In memory of Lillie Giba Smith, loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, and grandmother. She was born February 1910 to Slovak immigrant parents and grew up on a farm in Virginia and then in upstate New York. There she met and fell in love with Frederick Smith. They were devoted to one another, showing their family what a loving marriage can be. They raised their family on a strawberry farm near Trumansburg NY. For all of her 100 years she cared for everyone.

Her love was tangible: strawberry jam, ginger cookies, big hugs, beautiful flowers in the beds around the house, and unwavering dedication to those she loved. She is in each of us whenever we serve a lovingly cooked meal, or welcome someone at the door with a big smile.

To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

What I have in common with Governor Patterson

A rough couple of days. Tuesday night I stayed up almost all night. Probably the chocolate I ate on Tuesday, the anxiety I was feeling about my relationship, the sorrow I was feeling about my grandmother, and the very real need to complete some tasks in preparation for my Thursday and Sunday in the pulpit! In the end, I crawled into bed at 5AM, rubbing my overtired eyes, and zonked out.
Mom called fairly early, felt fine, though tired, and went right back to sleep. The second time I woke, about at 11AM I noticed that my eyes felt like I had allergies, especially my right one, and that I had that "baby migraine" feeling that I often work through. Nagging low level pain behind my right eye. Some eye drops and a walk outside seemed to improve things and I went about my day. That evening I attended my Compassionate Communication group. We sat out on the patio as the sun went down and the birds sang, and talked about what was "up" in our lives.
By the end of the evening I was in what I thought was nearly a full blown migrain attack. Rainbows around lights, pain, sensitive eyes. Only this time it was both eyes. I was shocked to see my eyes in the mirror. Red, swollen. Something more than a migraine was happening and as my eyes and nose turned into faucets I decided it must be a new allergy. But the pain. The pain didn't let me enter my usual migraine cure. I'm used to simply going to sleep and waking up fine. As the pain got worse I talked to my sister, my doctor, my wife, my housemate, and no-one had a good answer, except: maybe you need to go to the ER. Frustrated to be far from home, in a strange place, I was even more reluctant to go to a strange hospital.
At 3AM I finally decided that the pain of being in bright lights at the ER was outweighed by the possibility that they could stop this agony. My sweet and longsuffering housemate Robbie guided me to the car (by then I was completely unable to open my eyes, and could only see blurry shapes when I did. It was an interesting trust exercise.) Guided me to the ER, filled out forms, and stood by me when, eventually, we got past the front desk and to a doctor.
Seems like it didn't take the doctor very long to figure things out, though he was very calm and kind (while he was torturing me by prying my eyes open and shining lights in them. Lot's of practice with managing reflex and managing pain through breathing and visualization. I feel like I ran a marathon in the biofeedback race.) He quickly decided to numb my eyes, and I haven't had such relief since the time I got IV valium before a scary surgery. The agony went from a 9 to a 4. Clearly the problem was with my eyes, not my head. Two percoset and a whole lot of eye drops and poking later we had a tentative diagnosis and an emergency referral to an ophthalmologist. Acute Glaucoma Attack.
Turns out glaucoma is a structural defect in your eye that allows your dilated pupil to block the "drain" for the fluid in your eye. This creates a feedback loop that keeps the block in place and pressure builds up until you go blind. (in acute cases) Governer Patterson's eyesight is a result of an acute glaucoma attack. My stress, the tired eyes, and the time talking in the dark probably contributed to my attack.
By 6 AM I was learning about "iridotomy" surgery to poke a hole in the iris so that it has an overflow drain, and wondering if the medication had done enough or if we had to do the surgery on an emergency basis, right then and there. The good news: the medication was working. More good news, I probably don't get migraines. The surgery will probably end my horrible headaches (which were glaucoma attacks all along). The good news, I got there in time, my eyesight was probably not affected and certainly not affected much.
I'm seeing the ophthalmologist daily until I can get to Ithaca and get the surgery done with someone "at home" who I know and who can do follow up over time. Why daily? In case the emergency returns.
I'm so grateful I am not blind. I'm so grateful I decided to go to the ER. Taking care of yourself is sometimes a big balancing act, with a big fall on either side, but I stayed on the wire this time.

A Meditation on the Word "Church"

We are Unitarian Universalists.
Who are we? We are a religious community, a beloved community, a congregation.
Where do we meet? In our sanctuary, our fellowship hall, our church.
What is the larger thing we are a part of? A movement, a religion.
What do we do? Some say that, together, we “do church.”

Only we “do church” the Unitarian Universalist way!

Our theology, our principles, our values demand that we accept the whole person, not just the parts we are most comfortable with. Unitarian Universalism demands that we don’t ask anyone to check their minds at the door, or to check their story at the door, or to check their language or beliefs at the door.

Just as we would never ask a person to hide a piece of his or her heritage, to “pass” as a white person, to “pass” as a person of color, to “pass” as a straight person… We will not ask our beloved community to cut off a part of itself and “pass” as something that is not whole.

Our family tree includes the heretics, the earliest Jesus followers who did not believe in a trinity, the puritans who rejected a “top-down” religion in favor of creating a community of equals where they explored their truths together. Our family tree includes the first signers of the Humanist Manifesto and the Universalist Ministers who were inspired to redefine universalism from “universal love” to “universal religion”: transcending Christianity. Our family tree includes those who fell short of their own ideals, and ours, but all of these forefathers and foremothers are a part of who we are today.

Unitarian Universalism demands much of us. It demands that we each choose, using a free and responsible process, our story, our words, our truth and our meaning. It demands that we respect the same for others. It demands that we stay in community, even though we are all different and all bring different stories and different words and different truths to our beloved community. Unitarian Universalism asks us to “do church” our way, and to translate, tolerate, and celebrate our unity in our diversity.

Who are we? We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.

Fantastic blog post from a classmate

Christopher Stedman speaks eloquently in praise of the good in liberal religious communities where individuals can respect and support his Humanist stance and decries the closed-mindedness of atheists, agnostics, and humanists who reject anything to do with religion.
Thanks Chris!

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/eboo_patel/2009/11/respecting_religion_staying_se.html

Notes from Defying Gravity Day workshop

Youth Track at “Defying Gravity” day.

Presented by Bob Fox (Katie was ill and unable to be there, some other youth stepped up so that there was youth contribution, not all just Bob.)

What is the purpose of a youth group (YRUU group)?

• Incubate leadership skills through empowering the youth
  
• Build relationships between youth and adults
  
• Worship and Social justice and service by and for youth
  
• Explore and develop UU religious Identity
  
• Celebrate the diverse gifts of each individual
  
• Social connections and fun grounded in UU values (Make sure to include some Youth-only time)
  
• Sacred space: a refuge from shallow judgmental world
  
• To make the world a better place
  

Who is in charge?

• Youth and adults together: Collaborate to create programming that fosters empowerment (not entitlement)
  
• Youth Leaders
  
• Adult Advisors
  
• Some things are not up for vote (for instance safety concerns)
  
• With empowerment comes accountability and responsibility
  

***Send Youth and Adults to TRAINING!!!***

Recognize a tension between youth who are experiencing fantastic worship, connection, empowerment at cons and youth who aren’t (who are isolated in congregations)

Idea: Youth can co-host a con with another congregation. E.g. an experienced congregation without the facility can help an inexperienced congregation willing to provide space.

Youth techniques that are good for facilitating conversations

• ‘I agree’ as a non verbal (ASL) Yes sign, used to indicate support for an idea without interrupting the speaker or flow of conversation
  
• ‘I disagree’ as a non verbal “cut” sign
  
• ‘Silence please’ hand signal called “silent coyote”
  
• Stacking: keeping track of everyone who had their hand up to speak, in order, so that people don’t have to keep their hands up
  
• Request cut in line to speak when stacking: hand signal “piggyback” Used when your comment directly follows on to previous speakers comment.
  
• Step Back/Step Forward: a reminder for those who tend to talk a lot to hold back and for those who are shy or reluctant to speak to make the effort. This applies particularly to stepping back for members of privileged groups (Adults, Whites, etc.)
  
• 'off topic' : a hand signal called "irrelevant elephant"
  
• 'Tangent' : a hand signal similar to the "left turn signal" used by bicyclists
  
• No harshing on mellows: a reminder to respect other people's points of view and mood states. Don't push someone to change (especially don't push them to join a particular group activity.)
  
• Energy Monitor: A person or team assigned to watch the dynamics of the group. They will watch for *people feeling left out *tangents *power dynamics *low energy (and introduce an "energy break" if needed.)
  
• Touch Groups: Didn't get a clear definition but think it is something like small group ministry
  
• Energy Breaks: Remembering that human bodies need to move... songs and play activities to get out ya-yas and raise the energy of the group
  

Note:
Youth culture is good at disagreement that is kinder than adult culture. Adults tend to be harsher and more direct about criticism which often can kill a brainstorm session.
Youth have more tolerance for chaos - Adults need to learn chaos tolerance. It is a good skill to have and does not detract from the benefits of the experience.
The process is critical and is of equal value to the outcome - it isn't worth it to get an outcome if the process sucks
Adults can learn a great deal from youth.

Tapestry of Faith

Over the past couple of years the Unitarian Universalist Association has worked with several curriculum writers to create a robust, coordinated, set of courses, lesson plans, and resources for use by Unitarian Universalist congregations. This project is different from prior attempts to fulfill the Religious Education needs of congregations. For instance, the Tapestry of Faith documents are all provided online, all include standard elements, provide alternative exercises, and are linked to the principles and sources of Unitarian Universalism.

One key philosophical underpinning is that we are providing something uniquely Unitarian Universalist in these learning opportunities. As Judith Freidiani says, with Tapestry of Faith we seek to "Give them not a program about religions, but to give them a religion." For some Unitarian Universalists this is a radical break from our history, but I believe it is the right step at the right time. Our world is increasingly secular. Families come to us who do not know what religion is or can be. The mission of Unitarian Universalism is no longer just one of freeing people from provincial, lockstep religious thinking, but one of opening possibilities for a radical liberal new religion. Unitarian Universalism can be that religion, the religion that supports the creation of a loving and just world.

During my years in Seminary, starting in 2004, the central question, the perennial question in classes and in student discussions has been "Is there a THERE there?" In other words, is Unitarian Universalism a religion that is defined by what it is not or is there something positive and meaningful in our history and practice? Are we simply a refuge for escapees from religious dogmatism or are we a religious home and springboard for continued human development and healthful transformation? This question has been debated in other contexts, and I stand with those who believe that Unitarian Universalism is a religion with much to offer, much more than "not dogmatic." Further, I stand with those who believe that we are doing a disservice to our children when we don't offer them this positive transformational Unitarian Universalism in their Religious Education experiences.

If we believe that there is something good in Unitarian Universalism, then we must share that with our children. Tapestry of Faith is one way of doing so.

I mentioned earlier that Tapestry of Faith draws on the sources of Unitarian Universalism. There are six sources listed in our Association bylaws. Tapestry of Faith also draws on a seventh source: Unitarian Universalism (and Unitarianism and Universalism). We are no longer such a new religion that we don't have history and tradition and common practices, values, and aspirations to draw upon in our religious education. Alleuia!

Tapestry of Faith is designed for an 8 or 16 session Sunday School year. But there are sufficient alternative exercises and especially the "Faith in Action" component, that it can be extended for a longer year, or differently structured year. Not all of the courses lend themselves immediately to adaptation to multigenerational learning, rotating classrooms, Way Cool Sunday School, or Workshop Rotation, but since they are provided in electronic form, it should be easy to cut, copy, and paste your way to a creative year. For instance, the Faith in Action or Taking it Home elements provided with every course can be pulled and used separately. The Harvest the Power course can be adapted for leadership training. Taking it Home elements can be used for adult RE and sermon-writing. The stories are indexed and searchable for use in services and other contexts. Incorporate Spirit of Life or Spirit in Practice resources into committee meetings or other gatherings to remind us that we are "doing church" when we are doing anything with our congregations, and that matters.

Adult education is also becoming available (additional materials are still under development.) I'm particularly excited about Thandeka's Unitarian Universalist Theology course: What Moves Us which should be available this fall or winter.

Looking back to the idea of "circle Unitarian Universalism"... I believe that one characteristic of circle Unitarian Universalism is that we Circle UUs are UU-positive, religion-positive, and joyful about the goods of our chosen religion. We do not choose to keep it 'neath a basket hid. Tapestry of Faith is one way to let our light shine brightly!
http://www.uua.org/religiouseducation/curricula/tapestryfaith/index.shtml

Marriage

I'm noticing some blurriness in the conversation about equal marriage. And I think choice of words may be a part of the problem.
First, we aren't talking about gay marriage or same-sex marriage. We are talking about equal marriage rights, equal protection under the law. When someone uses the term "gay marriage" I can't help but think how awkward and misleading that phrase is. We no longer use "interracial marriage" as a term and certainly wouldn't use the term "black marriage." And both of those situations were not protected under the law within our nation's past.
We are also not talking about legalizing marriages. We are talking about legal protections under state and federal laws for families created through marriage. When you go to city hall you don't get a license to get married, you get a license to obtain the protections and privileges for married people. (Yes, I realize that some municipalities still provide for the blood test, intending it to be a license to procreate, but that is becoming obsolete.)
People have been getting married without benefit of state sanction or state benefits for centuries. Slaves jumped the broom, Pagans tied the knot, Greek Orthodox were blessed by a priest. Straight couples who lived together for more than ten years were married by "common law." Jewish and Quaker marriages were acknowledged despite the fact that they did not use a license. And gay and lesbian couples were blessed by a UU minister, or their family and friends. Every one of these couples were married. They had a wedding. They became a family. But they also were without the privileges and protections from the state that are accorded to other wedded couples. Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that "Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses."
I don't like the phrase "legal marriage." My marriage is not illegal. I was married, in a church, with my family and friends present, before all I hold sacred. It was not illegal. It was beautiful and real and my wife and I are now a happily married couple, and have been for eleven years. We do not enjoy the tax benefits, financial perks, and legal protections provided by law to other married couples, but that does not make our marriage or our wedding less beautiful, less meaningful, less binding, or less legal. (It wasn't until 1837 that the state (in England) had anything to say about a marriage.)
When I mention my wife, I often have well meaning, supportive, straight people respond to me with "Oh, I didn't know gay marriage was legal in New York." I'm at a loss for how to respond. Yes, I have a real marriage, not just a gay one. No, I don't have the benefits and protections that your marriage has and it is indeed a hardship for my family.
The lack of equal protection costs my family money. We are lucky that my wife's employer allows me to be covered by her health insurance, but because the United States extends special benefits to some married people, we have to pay the Federal Government at tax time for the benefit of my being covered on her health insurance.
When we travel we carry copies of our health care proxy and power of attorney forms with us. If one of us ended up in the hospital there is no guarantee that the hospital staff would respect those pieces of paper, but we would have a better chance than without them. This is a fear we carry with us that some married people simply do not need to worry about.
The list goes on.

I don't want gay marriage, I already have a wonderful, real, and meaningful marriage.
I don't want legal marriage, my marriage is not illegal.
I do want equal treatment under the law. The law needs to recognize my family and provide us with the same protections it provides to other married couples. This is the only right thing. And it needs to happen now.

Octagonal Unitarian Universalism

Multigenerational Ministries workshop at LREDA

These are my notes from a workshop held at LREDA. The Idea of "square" and "circle" Unitarian Universalism were presented by the workshop leader. The term "octagonal Unitarian Universalism" was coined on the spot by one of the participants. Brainstorm ideas were generated by the participants (it was a packed house). Shortly you will be able to see the workshop leader's presentation on Lreda.org. Workshop presented by Erik Kesting.

We are a faith in our adolescence: our project is to define our identity (identity work is what happens in adolescence)

Question: Why are our children not staying in our faith?

The story we have been telling ourselves is about shame

The new story we are experiencing is one of two Unitarian Universalisms

1. “square” uu is experienced by the adults. Theological diversity is the paramount concern. We see it in adult RE and Sunday worship.

2. “circle” uu is experienced by children and youth. Uplifting change of heart and community of care and compassion is the paramount concern. We see it in children’s classes, con worship.

3. “octogonal” UU is a blend of the excellent parts of square and circle. This is what we need to move toward. We experience it at GA.

4. Our task is to move toward octagonal UUism. Multigen will be a part of creating that future.

(See book “Children of a Different Tribe”)

If we admire circle UU, are we ashamed of square UU? Or is our appreciation of circle UU a recognition of excellence?


Youth and everyone are hungry for

1. Clarity of identity

2. Sensate worship/embodied worship

3. Real issues from a UU values lens (such as drugs, poverty, incarceration, etc.)

4. (something that Erik talked about but I didn’t catch)

5. More time on Sunday doing meaningful religious work, together (for instance, worship for all AND RE for all)

6. Uplifting changes of heart in a caring community (for instance, small group ministry)


BRAINSTORM of WAYS TO CREATE OCTOGONAL UUism

· Tell different stories – stories of rebelling against childhood religious home are OUT. Stories of religious leaders who used their religion to fuel the work they did to change the world are in.

· Extend privileges and obligations of membership to children, youth, and young adults (For instance, steward them.)

· Mix circle and square worship styles

· Use new to UU, Multicultural, and other Adult Ed. To help the adults become as competent about what UU is as the youth and children are. (RE teachers get the opportunity to learn this, and adult OWL for instance.)

· Tie everything to social justice

· Mix more “circle” folks (lifelong UUs, young adults, youth, and adults who “get” circle UU) into “square” committees

· Change the physical space (candles, circle the chairs, etc.)

· Small group ministry for ALL ages

· Heal the brokenness about religious pasts among the come-inners: the baby and bathwater problem. Emphasize the good things from their pasts.

· Include reps of constituent groups to plan multigen activities or worship

· Generate some pride in our faith so that people are OK with letting our light shine, sharing the good news, evangelizing

· Practice on smaller things

· Add spiritual practice to Sunday (Resource: Spirit and Practice curriculum from Tapestry of faith. Check out what Throop congregation in Pasadena does. http://www.throopchurchuu.org/)