by Karen Richter | Mar 14, 2023 | news, publications
~the adult-level Our Whole Lives training centering table~ Hey Shadow Rock friends. I missed being with you all at worship on March 5. I was in Tucson with Unitarian Universalist colleagues, participating in a multi-level 50+ person Our Whole Lives facilitator...
by Karen Richter | Jan 19, 2023 | news, publications
More book recommendations for you, friends. Sermon Reboot and 9 am Spiritual Formation are energizing and compassionate conversations. These 2 recommendations came out of our January 15 conversation at Let’s Find Out About Shadow Rock. The Parable Series by...
by Karen Richter | Jan 9, 2023 | news, publications
Hey there Shadow Rock beloveds. Yesterday was SO. GREAT. We had a spirited beginning to our prayer series at 9:00 am, 10:15 am, 11:15 am, and 4:00 pm! 9:00 am Spiritual Formation: we shared personal experiences of prayer and began building new prayer experiences by...
by Karen Richter | Dec 19, 2022 | news, publications
Hey there Shadow Rock beloveds. It’s the Monday before Christmas. As I drove from home to SR this morning, it was pretty quiet. The usual school traffic just outside my neighborhood and near Thunderbird High was gone. I pulled into the nearly empty parking lot...
by Karen Richter | Dec 13, 2022 | news, publications
Have you ever noticed how many popular Christmas songs have the words, “once again,” or “once more?” Amy Grant’s Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas The first recorded acknowledgement of Christmas as the...
by Karen Richter | Dec 1, 2022 | news, publications
Advent is a season in which we crank up our usual level of intentionality around worship planning. What I mean is that we are typically intentional about worship. One of the hallmarks of our congregational culture is a sense of compassion and purpose around the...
