Message for All- by Jesse Greist December 13, 2020 “What I Learned from Waiting” I don’t know about you, but this is the time of year when it seems like all we do is wait. And it is so hard to wait!  Holidays are all around us, with presents and lights and food, and songs … Continue reading “What I Learned from Waiting”

By Jesse Greist 11-15-2020 This past week, I visited two places in my imagination.  They were not places you can find by looking on a map, but they were places you might have been, or at least you might have heard of.  The first place we will call Egosville.  In Egosville, there are four seasons, … Continue reading Message for All: “Egosville and Sharingson”

Covenant Inspiration- September 20, 2020 Jesse Greist There is, perhaps, no more sacred and important act in Unitarian Universalism than the co-creation of a shared covenant.  Since we are not a religion that looks to a rule book or single source of power to govern us, we rely on communication, agreement and shared understanding of … Continue reading Covenant Inspiration

Message for All – A Drop of Distance Jesse Greist September 13, 2020 Not too far from here, a single drop of water sat on a leaf in a forest after a rainstorm, reflecting on its time on Earth.  It had existed for millions of years, and in those years had seen it all.  Times … Continue reading Message for All- A Drop of Distance

The 48% Solution  by Jesse Greist   There were 25 children in Jeremy McCloy’s fourth grade class at school.   His teacher Regina Franklin, who was a huge fan of democracy, believed that most class decisions should be made by the students.  So, when the class had free-time to fill with a game, or when they … Continue reading Message for All: “The 48% Solution”

Gratitude’s Footfalls A Story Written for Multi-generational Worship November 24, 2019 Unitarian Society of New Haven By Jesse Greist Jesse: The fourth week of November was a roller coaster of emotions for the Wattimore family. College-bound siblings, retirement bound grandparents, career bound aunts, uncles, cousins and their outward bound children drove, flew and even bicycled … Continue reading A Message for All – “Gratitudes Footfalls”

Photographic Memory A Story by Jesse Greist, told by Jesse Greist and John Marsh on October 27th 2019 As part of the “Service of Remembrance” Jesse: Two siblings, Axon and Myelin, had lost their favorite uncle some years ago.  The siblings, who were now teenagers, had loved Uncle Amygdala very much. They had loved him … Continue reading Message for All: “Photographic Memory”

Message for All The Principle Spectrum by Jesse Greist I remember so clearly as a young child asking the question “Why aren’t there MORE songs about rainbows”.  I mean, I can hardly imagine a more perfect image of love, of diversity, of balance. Rainbows are what happens when light is stretched and bent across our … Continue reading Message for All: “The Principle Spectrum”

Great Grandmother Tree By Jesse Greist Great Grandmother Tree sprouted up from the Earth so long ago, no one had any idea how old she was. Eagles that flew overhead told their children that the whole forest began with that one tree and had been growing outward like ripples on a pond for centuries. She … Continue reading Message for All: “Great Grandmother Tree”

Unitarian Society of New Haven March 17, 2019 Meet the Beetle, By Jesse Greist Years ago in the Thar Desert near the Jaisalmer Fort in Northwest India, I had a chance to ride a camel off among the giant sand dunes that mark the border between India and Pakistan.  As I waited in the cool … Continue reading Message for All: Meet the Beetle