A Small Change

This month I’m going to discuss a small change in how we’re dealing with financial planning at the church this year. It’s a simple change but going over it also offers me the opportunity to explain a bit about how finances are managed.

Three years ago, before I joined the Board, I would have . . . → Read More: A Small Change

We Have Much More Work to Do

Writing these columns is a little weird because of the difference between when I write and when you read. For instance, I was talking with Kristine Coblentz this morning, December 18, about the Solstice Celebration coming up (from my perspective) on December 21. Kristine and a few other folks started what has become an annual . . . → Read More: We Have Much More Work to Do

If I Can’t Get Inspiration Here I Ought To Just Hang It Up

Well, it has come to this… here I sit in the church library on Sunday morning, during the last few hours before our Voice editor gives up on me, trying to think of something to write. Well, if I can’t get inspiration here I ought to just hang it up, right?

Janet Van Cleave, our . . . → Read More: If I Can’t Get Inspiration Here I Ought To Just Hang It Up

Spending Time with UU’s Outside Our Congregation

Hi all, I hope you are enjoying the changing season as much as I am. Autumn in New Mexico is about as good as it gets.

Early this month a handful of adults and teens traveled to Colorado Springs for the MDD District Assembly. In the last couple of years the district has combined one . . . → Read More: Spending Time with UU’s Outside Our Congregation

We’ll Just Have to Agree to Disagree

Most of us have probably had discussions that ended with the phrase “well… we’ll just have to agree to disagree.” For me, at least, using that phrase usually signifies that I’ve exhausted (at least for the time being) my arsenal in my quest to get the other guy to see it my way. In other . . . → Read More: We’ll Just Have to Agree to Disagree