Tag Archives: Time

Goodness Beyond the Good Life

Posted on November 20, 2023 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading: Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front, by Wendell Berry Last Sunday, I told you about sitting down with the Rabbi from Har Shalom, and how the first people to call her after the Hamas attack were Christian Evangelicals. What … Continue reading →

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The Hopefulness of History, written for the 125 year anniversary of the Foothills Unitarian Church

Posted on January 9, 2023 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Like a lot of people in the last few days, I watched the drama play out in the US House with both a little shock and not a little schadenfreude. When they hit the 11th vote, I called my mom … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons | Tagged Activism, Ancestors, Covenant, Future, History, Hope, Hopefulness, Justice, Living Tradition, Parker Palmer, Past, Rebecca Parker, Rebecca Solnit, Sermon, Sermons, Time, Unitarian History, Unitarian Universalist History, Unitarianism, Universalism, Universalist History | Leave a comment

Lose Your To Do List

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading: Ross Gay’s Loitering Sermon: Lose Your To-Do List Growing up, I learned a special way to mark time at this time of year. Even better than the “Christmas Countdown app.” I learned to mark time with an Advent Calendar. … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons | Tagged Advent, Fun, Joy, Priorities, Slow, Slow Down, Time, Time Management | Leave a comment

Weeds, a Sabbatical Story

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

I know it sounds naive, but I swear at the start, I thought it was a one-time thing. Granted, they were everywhere, so I knew it wasn’t going to be simple, or short term. But, still, I thought if I … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Reflections | Tagged Faith, garden, Gardening, Risk, Sabbath, Sabbatical, Time, Trust | 1 Comment

Reunion, a Sabbatical Story

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

What does it mean to meet again? After months, or years, or decades, to encounter another that we have not seen, or kept fully in touch with, especially one we once knew well, one we were close to, who knew … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Reflections | Tagged Family, History, Intimacy, Memory, Recognition, Relationships, Reunion, Sabbath, Sabbatical, Time | 1 Comment

Poetry, a Sabbatical Story

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

“Perhaps the earth can teach us as when everything seems dead and later proves to be alive.” -Pablo Neruda I’ve always loved writing – especially poetry – which I started experimenting with in middle school when all things feel like … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Reflections | Tagged Grace, Life, meaning, Pace, Poetry, Reality, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbatical, Story, Time, Writing | 1 Comment

Shallots, a Sabbatical Story

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

At a certain point in the summer, I realized that I’d peeled, and sliced, and cooked up more shallots in the past few months than I’d probably cooked in my whole life. Shallots are, I decided, one funny but true … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Reflections, Personal Stories | Tagged Cooking, Family, Food, Humanity, Love, Resistance, Sabbath, Sabbatical, Slow, Time | 1 Comment

Telling the Stories of Sabbatical

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

I’m nearing the end of my nearly-15 week sabbatical. My first, after 7 years serving Foothills through major transitions, occasional upheaval, a big surge in (numerical, organizational, spiritual) growth, and the election of 2016 (aka liberal existenstial crisis). All of … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Reflections, Personal Stories | Tagged Fun, Joy, play, Sabbath, Sabbatical, Stories, Story, Time | Leave a comment

My Children Try to Teach Me to Love Unfinished Things

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

for example, markers with lids half-on, coloring books set out with pages like butterflies, half-beautiful; my hands covered in raw meat, dripping and dangerous – or dirt, with the torch lilly barely out of the pot, ready to be surrounded … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged children, Inertia, Life, Pace of Life, Parenthood, Parenting, Poetry, Time, Time Management | Leave a comment

Unbalance Your Life

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

One evening, not too terribly long ago – relatively speaking, there were two sisters who were preparing for a very special dinner guest. He was a powerful teacher, someone who radiated wisdom, and love. They each prepared for this special … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons, Theology | Tagged Balance, Bible, Feminism, Jesus, meaning, Sabbath, Time, Time Management, Truth | Leave a comment