Posted on: Friday, June 5, 2026
Dear UUCB,
     We are heading into the final month of the church year. This is the month we break out our most colorful, sparkly selves to celebrate the beauty and strength found in embracing uniqueness, in loving who we love, in interconnection, solidarity, and courage. It is a month for remembering how far we’ve come while looking ahead with hope to where we are going, all while dancing joyously, resisting fiercely, loving unabashedly, right now, in this present moment.
      That’s the thing, isn’t it? We all want to be in the present, more mindful, more alive and aware. We all want to savor the most of this precious life we have. There is so much to reckon with in our history, and so much work to do to secure our tomorrows. Being present is not an avoidance of the past or the future, it is a commitment, a knowing. We can only heal one, and only manifest the other, in this moment. We live better incorporating what we’ve learned while leaning into who we want to be. But the actual living part, it only happens now.
     My hope for us all these summer months is that we find ways into wholeness. I pray that we learn how to hold tenderly the hurts and mistakes of the past while remaining hopeful and energetic enough to work for a peaceful future. I hope that we strike the right balance, one that allows us to honor our moments, and take nothing for granted.
     One where all of who we are can show up and show off in the ways that feel most authentic, most loving, most aware of our own belonging to the world, to one another.

May it be so.
 With so much love, Rev. Amy

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