This is the text of the sermon I offered to the good folks of the Westside UU Congregation in West Seattle, Washington on December 27th, 2020. I served WSUU as their Director of Religious Exploration from 2005 through 2012 and had a very loving leaving. The people of this congregation are so dear to myContinue reading “Atonement: Coming Home to Ourselves”
Author Archives: Kari Kopnick
Wintering: the turn toward resting and rooting
This is the text of a sermon I shared on December 6th at the Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation. You can watch it here and if you click through be sure to listen to the offering song performed by Randee Wilhelm and Troy Fisher that starts at the 40 minute mark, it is profoundly beautiful. ItContinue reading “Wintering: the turn toward resting and rooting”
Spiritual Care and the Virus
It’s been a hellova year. A hell of a year. And here we are now again with Covid spiking at higher numbers than the initial rush in the spring, and higher than wave two during the summer. In Washington State we’re locking down again, including no gathering in homes with anyone who you do notContinue reading “Spiritual Care and the Virus”
When Illness Comes
May I be whole and well in mind, heart and body. In soul and spirit. In thoughts and actions. May my loved ones be whole and well in mind, heart and body. In soul and spirit. In thoughts and actions. May all people be whole and well in mind, heart and body. In soul andContinue reading “When Illness Comes”
And now….
You know yourself. You can believe your instincts. Your gut is wicked smart. You got this.
When Sarah was Really, Really Sad
In Sarah’s family they had a special way of helping when somebody was sad… “Do you want me to try to cheer you up? Or do you want to talk about what is making you sad? Or do you just want me to keep you company?”
Sleepless Night? Or Dancing with the Divine?
I have always believed that I am terrible at keeping a spiritual practice. Isn’t keeping a spiritual practice sitting on a meditation cushion for the same amount of time every day over and over again? Aren’t you supposed to become enlightened and ethereal. I mean, I always thought maybe your skin starts to glow andContinue reading “Sleepless Night? Or Dancing with the Divine?”
A Good Fierce OK
They said you were wrong. They don’t remember doing the thing that hurt you. They wrote the thing, signed the letter, spoke the harmful words. You are smashed, ripped open, raw. I promise, precious one, you are going to be OK. It’s going to be good, again. No winning, no losing. But a good fierce OK. Continue reading “A Good Fierce OK”
So We May Begin
Originally published on Chalice Spark, 10/13/16 One page, One day. Move on. Today is cooler and my chair is a little wet from the dew. The prayer flags flow gently back and forth. I sit alone, here, but my ancestors are before me. My sister women around me. My animal friends padding around, sniffing andContinue reading “So We May Begin”
The To-Do List
This morning in my effort to avoid being productive, I circled through my touchstones of life guides on social media. Ann Lamott, Elizabeth Gilbert, I can’t do the Love Warrior anymore but I have found a fresh voice in Elissa Altman. This morning she wrote something just to me and closed with “you are worthyContinue reading “The To-Do List”
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