Oberlin Unitarian Universalist Fellowship - OUUF

07/17/2026

This is going to sound crazy. Say yes to everything. Accept [and
welcome in] all offers. Say: yes”; “right”; “sure”; “I will!” When the
answer to all questions is yes, you enter a new world, a world of
action, possibility, and adventure.
- Patricia Ryan Madson

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07/10/2026

Peace is this moment without thinking
that it should be some other way,
that you should feel some other thing,
that your life should unfold according to your plans...
Dorothy Hunt, on welcoming the present moment

Read Hunt's full poem, Peace is This Moment Without Judgment,
at

Do you think peace requires an end to war? Or tigers eating only vegetables? Does peace require an absence from your boss, your spouse, yourself?... Do you think peace will come some other place than here? Some other time than Now? In some other heart than yours? 

07/03/2026

Everything you touch you change
Everything you change changes you
The only everlasting truth is change
God is change

Octavia Butler, on welcoming change

06/30/2026

"You can’t live life at warp speed without warping your soul."
- Lance Witt
Think about it while listening to Soul Matters Spotify playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ymG5Ga1eebTRo9Jw0SADE?si=bc4acc12ff87493c

Playlist · Soul Matters Sharing Circle · 15 items · 55 saves

06/27/2026

Come chat us up at Lorain County Pride!

06/27/2026

06/23/2026

"Ah, Grief, I should not treat you
like a homeless dog
who comes to the back door
for a crust, for a meatless bone.
I should trust you.
I should coax you
into the house and give you
your own corner..."
Denise Levertov

Read Levertov's full poem,
Talking to Grief, at
https://www.poemhunter.com/p
oem/talking-to-grief/

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06/22/2026

"I was beginning to learn that home is the space within us and
between us where we feel safe—and brave. It is not a physical
space as much as it is a field of being."
Valarie Kaur

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06/22/2026

Join our congregation in our UU Common Read!
Learn More: https://www.uua.org/lifespan/curricula/read
Purchase the Audio file:
(select "Mindfair Books" to support our local Oberlin economy!)
https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781558969742-love-at-the-center

06/21/2026

For Fathers and For Fatherhood
Rev. Peter Friedrichs

For sleepless nights awaiting the curfew-breakers
For anxious hours as a driving instructor
For hours spent on sidelines, cheering
And watching school plays, sometimes “resting our eyes,”
For the pressures of bread-winning
And “wait ‘til your father gets home.”
For teaching moments and mentoring moments,
For making up answers when you just don’t know,
But are expected to because you know everything
For scrapes and boo-boo kisses and Band-Aids,
For hugs and kisses and silliness and play
For bedtime stories and early morning ice time
For all the after-shave and ties received as gifts
For handing over car keys and waves good-bye
For father-daughter wedding dances
And cradling grandchildren for the first time
For all the moments and all the meaning in the role of a lifetime.
Happy Father’s Day!