A Prayer for Shifting the Pace of Life...
O Love, 
 Shift the pace of life
 For there is a madness
 At work in the world.
 In the same breath 
 It slows and rushes
 All the same
 Seemingly unbending
 To the convenience
 Of my plans.
 
Or is the madness
 Of my own making?
 A world constructed
 Of compulsive cares
 Trying to fit the Holy
 Into a life lost 
 In its own designs.
 
Is Grace
 And all 
 that she promises
 Already standing 
 at the door 
 of the morning?
Is the bird
 Outside my window
 Actually announcing
 That the angel of awe
 Has arrived?
 
She beckons
 But not by force.
 She sings
 But only in stillness
 Does the beauty 
 Of her song
 Hold sway.
 
Still, she comes
 And by some grace 
 Of the morning
 In her coming
 The cosmos
 Pivots from madness
 To the marvel
 Of a holy reordering
 Called Resurrection.

-DMLH, April 2021
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Join us for our April Family information zoom session for summer camp on Saturday April 17th 10:00 am. 
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Historically, the United States has released more global warming pollution than any other country, and it remains the world's second highest emitter. With its immense wealth and power, what are the moral obligations of the U.S. in confronting the climate crisis? In short, what's fair?

Three leaders in the effort to address this question will present in this webinar: Sivan Kartha from the Stockholm Environment Institute, Jean Su from the Center for Biological Diversity, and Susannah Tuttle from North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light.

Even if you can't make the webinar’s scheduled time on Wednesday, April 14th, at 1 pm ET, still sign-up, and we will send you a recording of it.
As we approach Earth Day, join the UCC as we co-host an environmental justice candidate forum for those running to represent Ohio’s 11th district in Congress.

Click the link below to Sign-up to attend this virtual event on Wednesday, April 21st at 3 pm.