Kimberley Debus

Let's Give Up...Careless Remarks just because you're comfortable doesn't mean you can be careless

What are we giving up this week?

Let's Give Up... "Likeminded People" A Lenten series for our congregations

A Lenten practice for our congregations...

REP. BALINT: “This is not a game, Secretary!”

BONDI: “I’m Attorney General.”

REP. BALINT: “My apologies. I couldn’t tell.” 🔥

Happy Valentine's Day, Sinners OR, what we mean by speaking truth in love

This morning's post, just in time for Valentine's Day:

Selects: Leaks and More Leaks or, The Minister Who Held Back the Sea

Some evergreen content about sharing the ministry.

Religious but not Spiritual flipping the script a little and thinking aloud

Let's look at this another way.

The Moment Is Here how are you meeting it?

It is time now.

When the Founders Fade A perspective on the first big shift for newer congregations

Woyaya.

What's On Your Reading List? 2026 a recap and a projection

A bit of a different book recap and projection this year - because it's about to be a very different kind of year.

Simply Having a [REDACTED] Christmastime may whatever holiday you have be a blessing

It's Christmas Eve.

YMMV.

It's All Practice perfection in human relations? don't make me laugh

We're a mess. And it's okay.

Selects: Why all the fuss? and a word about hope

:::grumble grumble grumble::: Getting sick in mid-December really sucks. Here's an evergreen post to fill the gap while I go back to bed.

Bringing Tenderness getting comfortable with Jesus in the room

I'm back, thinking about how Decembers sometimes play out in UU congregations.

I’ve read 21, but most of them have been for classes. I’m way behind in fiction, and that makes me sad.

So you’re a ceiling fan? 🥁

A Short Hiatus wherein I discover there's never a perfect time to take a break

Time to pause.

(Also, check out Dropout.)

Unwilling to Understand and the silent chaos that ensues

A story about weaponized miscomprehension. (Sigh.)

When Sacred Words Get Passed Hand to Hand A new book filling a deep need

I love this project and its offerings. (I'm also quite fond of my colleague Sean Neil-Barron, whose words I get to once again share with you.)

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

Many Windows, Lots of Information how we know what we know - or don't

Sharing is caring, and sometimes not sharing is caring too.

It's Okay to Do the Thing even if it feels risky

Courage, my friends.

Short Stuff #4 Too short for a post of their own, too juicy to ignore

Short stuff ... for decorative gourd season.

Knives Out
Independence Day
Murder on the Orient Express
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Encanto
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
ET
Year of Living Dangerously

Coming Late, Leaving Early a treatise against pouncing

Seriously. Do not pounce.

Selects: Meeting Halfway where do you think inspiration comes from?

Oh hey - I was at my chapter meeting this morning, so I'm just getting around to sharing this HMC Selects.

Everyone Is Worthy no exceptions

Putting our faith into action... because everyone is worthy.
(image from the Worthy Now ministry website)

You Should Read This or, What a Writer Does when Oral Surgery Goes Awry

Lifting up some great writing from Sean Neil-Barron while I recover from ridiculously painful oral surgery. (I'd lift Sean's writing up anyway, because it's that good.)

Limited Capacity yes, in fact, everything is harder

It's about capacity.

Doing the Hustle we've been here the whole time

You can dance if you want to…but this ain’t no disco.

Fake Jobs and the problems they cause

Despite what the cover photo may imply, this is not a commentary on the federal government right now. Although...