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Busy Weekend

Hola friends,

Off to Weight Watchers, then the gym, then a recording session (boy, does that make me feel way hipper than I am!), then to ATTEND a wedding. “ATTEND” is in caps because I can’t remember the last time I actually attended a wedding rather than officiating at one. That earns a big “WHOO HOO” from this girl, even though the temperature has dropped and my carefully chosen outfit is chiffon-y and I’m likely to freeze my nu-nus off. But I’m not complaining: SHE GOES FREE OF VESTMENTS TODAY, LORD. THANKEE.
Then, tomorrow: church, newsletter column, grocery shopping, reading for class, and that whole relationship thing that I’m still adjusting to. “Honey, I’m home” doesn’t just go out to the cat any more. Wow.

I am particularly looking forward to tomorrow’s worship service for an unusual reason: I received an e-mail from a local young gay man detailing his search for a religious community and wondering if he would be welcome at our congregation, and to Unitarian Universalism. It was such a joy to be able to say “YES” to him unequivocally and to say that even if he did not find a spiritual home with us, we certainly wanted to offer him a roadside rest and some hospitality on his journey. Our faith tradition isn’t for everyone, but it feels very good to be able to offer at least what I hope will be a healing moment of respite where he knows –and explicitly hears — that his sexual orientation is no barrier to his full participation in the church and that our faith proclaims God’s unending love for each one of us.

Finally, I want to thank you, lovely PeaceBangers, for awarding this blog and Beauty Tips for Ministers with so many UU Blog Awards. The winners can be viewed here and I’m really looking forward to some free hours to peruse some of the other blogs that were nominated that I’m not yet familiar with. Thanks to UU Updater for putting in so much time and talent to making the awards happen. Above all, I think they’re great for getting more of us linked to a variety of UU bloggers, and as Martha S. would say, “That’s a good thing.”

Have a blessed weekend.