Rev. Laurie Bushbaum has been serving UU congregations in the Upper Midwest for more than 3 decades. She is recently back in the Twin Cities after serving a 3 year Interim in Wisconsin. She loves to quilt, garden, cycle and walk. Next fall she will complete her yoga teacher training and looks forward to being a volunteer teacher for those who would not otherwise have access to yoga.
The Thanksgiving holiday just passed has so many ties to food. Families have their own recipes and food traditions passed down, often for generations. And humans all over the world celebrate in ritualized ways with food. What hungers are we feeding? All are welcome in person or on Zoom (if you are feeling ill or … Continue reading Fish, Lefse and a Hard Boiled Egg
Nearly all of us have been raised with the phrase, “Don’t judge others.” If we attended a Christian faith community we heard the text from the Gospel of Matthew often. But how does that message square with our need to “make a judgement call” or “listen to our gut, or discern if a person is … Continue reading To Judge or Not to Judge: And Sometimes Truth Comes the Long Way Round
Rev. Laurie Bushbaum will share 3 poems that, for her, get at the heart of what it means to wake up, to suddenly see one’s place in the world, to hear the call of one’s own being. Denise Levertov describes the “flat of a sword touching her shoulder… granting honor and a task.” Robert Frost … Continue reading Defining Moments
What does it mean to ask, “Where are you from?” There are so many complex answers about favorite places, family traditions, ancestral ties, our childhood games and where we felt safe. But all of us who are white in the US were also told terrible lies about our nation and we grew up believing that … Continue reading Where are You From?
This mysterious title will all make sense this Sunday, when Rev. Laurie Bushbaum speaks from her home in Colorado at 10:30 AM Central Time. Watch our Facebook page to view it.
