March 5 - SIGNING ON FOR THE LONG HAUL (second try!)
David Leonard
Many of us are afraid of commitment, for we never know what may change or happen in a few months or a few years. This ranges all the way from not committing to attend a Sunday service in February because it might snow, to not "settling down" and getting married out of a concern for being hemmed in beyond a future you can envision. We want our freedom and our flexibility. But there's a price for them. We risk never finding a depth of connection and purpose that can only come with signing on for the long haul. This is as true of our connections to religious community as it is with our personal lives.

March 12 - THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH CLOUD EIGHT
David Leonard
Usually we want it all, and we want it to be perfect. But that has to be some other world, not the one in which we actually live. Happiness in this life means enjoying small blessings and praising quiet graces-without regret about the failures of perfection.

March 19 - REGARDING EACH OTHER WITH EQUANIMITY
David Leonard
It is sometimes said that all major religions have some moral principle similar to the Golden Rule. This may be true, but there are important differences of emphasis and interpretation among these principles that express a greater (or lesser) degree of sensitivity and respect. Equanimity may be the deepest and most helpful of these interpretations
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March 25 - BLUE DUCKS
David Nowlin
Martin Luther worried that many preachers might not be talented in public speaking or adequately trained. The final result would be that everyone produced their own sermons, their own whims. "We shall have sermons on "Blue Ducks"! This lay homily may or may not be on Blue Ducks. It may or may not be on "Fulfilling the Promise"