Taking the Learning Forward

For many of us 2021 couldn’t arrive fast enough.  As we gathered virtually for the traditional New Year’s Eve Burning Bowl and White Stone service at The Unity Center, it was easier than ever to fill the page of Things to Let Go Of from 2020.  Watching that list magically dissolve in a bowl of water and flush it away was very freeing.   This year, however, there was a different list to fill out – “Taking the Learning Forward.” Here was the opportunity to look at the changes 2020 brought in […]

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Building Something Better

When I last wrote, about six weeks into the pandemic, our country was in a very different place. Yes, the pandemic is still with us, and even surging, but fewer are dying as we learn more. This crisis was upstaged when the inhumane death of George Floyd sparked hundreds of protests and highlighted deeply ingrained racism Our attention and energy have shifted from “Let’s just shelter in place and get rid of this virus as fast as possible” to “How can we learn from these losses and move forward in community?” While […]

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