From Our Minister

By Rev. Dr. Kharma R. Amos, Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, Maine View Times Record Version (PDF) I probably don’t have to tell you that many people are afraid right now. As a minister, it’s not unusual for people to share with me that they are feeling fear. What is currently unusual […]

By Rev. Dr. Kharma R. Amos, Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, Maine View Times Record Version (PDF) While I trust the reliability of planet Earth rotating on her axis, it sure feels like the world is spinning way too quickly these days. As many astute analysts have observed, the new administration’s shock

By Rev. Dr. Kharma R. Amos, Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, Maine See Brunswick Times Record Version (PDF) It is a new year, and next week marks the beginning of a new presidential administration. Amidst the hullabaloo of the inauguration, let’s not miss our opportunity to inaugurate a new level of commitment

By Rev. Dr. Kharma R. Amos, Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, Maine View Brunswick Times Record Version (PDF) As the analysis pours in about the reasons for the results of the 2024 US Presidential Election, there is no shortage of blame going around. And to be sure, there are many (MANY) stones

By Rev. Dr. Kharma R. Amos, Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, Maine View Times Record Version (PDF) There is a whole lot of talking going on in the world today, in an expanding array of media, but is anyone really listening?  Some days, I have my doubts.  This month, our congregation’s theme

By Rev. Dr. Kharma R. Amos, Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, Maine See Times Record Version (PDF) Here we are, fewer than fifty days from national elections—from the top of the Presidential ticket to down-ballot races for the US Senate and House, to State legislative races, to small town elections that will

By Rev. Dr. Kharma R. Amos, Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, Maine View Times Record Version (PDF) Summer has never been my favorite season.  Mostly, that’s because I am not “built for heat.” I grew up knowing humidity, and I looked forward to the bonus of more mild weather after moving to

By Rev. Dr. Kharma R. Amos, Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, Maine View Times Record Version (PDF) The flowers are showing out, at long last.  I appreciate the ways they demonstrate the sage advice given to writers in every age, to “Show, Not Tell” the heart of their wisdom.  One lesson the

By Rev. Dr. Kharma R. Amos, Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, Maine I am still processing my experience of the eclipse last week. I found it much more profound and emotional than I anticipated. Like many others, I traveled so I could be in the path of totality. It was my first