Comments for Amy Freedman

Comment on Centering Prayer by amybfreedman

amybfreedman — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:48:31 +0000

So glad to hear my words are traveling to Portland!

Comment on Centering Prayer by Mark Alter

Mark Alter — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:31:41 +0000

Lovely. Think I may use these words in my service next weekend.

Comment on Intergenerational Invocation by amybfreedman

amybfreedman — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:18:17 +0000

Of course, you are most welcome!

Comment on Intergenerational Invocation by Chrystal

Chrystal — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:08:04 +0000

This is beautiful! May I use it for an upcoming Multigenerational service we are planning at our UU Church?

Comment on Beyond the Old Church Model by Chaninng Memorial Church Religious Education

Chaninng Memorial Church Religious Education — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:40:56 +0000

Yes! Thanks for this post! I was just having this discussion…

Comment on Beyond the Old Church Model by Rev Paul Beckel

Rev Paul Beckel — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:41:38 +0000

Amy writes: “…it is our long established patterns of working and ministering in isolation…”

I concur, and I confess: I am a minister, a public speaker and public figure…but I am an introvert and when I was a kid I imagined myself as a “one-man-band.” I don’t think it’s a coincidence that a person like me was attracted to our movement. Happily there are a lot of people NOT like me here too…but I and many others will need to stretch our comfort zones to be increasingly hospitable and effective in ministry in an increasingly connected ministry zone (Earth).

Maybe I will be able to think of this stretching as a spiritual discipline.

Comment on Beyond the Old Church Model by amybfreedman

amybfreedman — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:34:02 +0000

Thanks for the link, Ron!

Comment on Beyond the Old Church Model by reverik

reverik — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:23:23 +0000

Love it, Amy.

Comment on Beyond the Old Church Model by Ron Stevens

Ron Stevens — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:00:27 +0000

Great points, Amy! I think one of the obstacles is there in the first sentence… coming to think of UU as a “movement” instead of an institutional association of diverse congregations. Possibly the beginning of that process will need to be a coming to terms with what the “free church” really is, or rather, what a mature and genuine freedom really is, and what are our mutual expectations within a freedom-enabled faith community*. The current conversation about “congregations and beyond” hopefully will bring us to a better appreciation for the differences between the institution and the movement. It may eventually require some form of “extra-UUA” think-tank and/or public relations effort to give some degree of coordination and evangelistic impetus to such a free-church movement.

(*Mark Morrison-Reed tackled this very well, I think, in a recent interview:
http://www.journaltimes.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/a-message-of-salvation-unitarian-universalist-scholar-to-speak-of/article_e5eb6c5c-3e1c-11e1-aec9-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=story#ixzz1kNwJhHXJ )

Comment on First Day of Preschool by Amy Zucker Morgenstern

Amy Zucker Morgenstern — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:21:52 +0000

Isn’t it terrific to know that your daughter is spending her days at a place that makes her so happy? I am thankful every day for our daughter’s fab preschool. Congratulations on finding a terrific one.