Ever feel overwhelmed by the day’s relentless reminders of the world’s problems – cruelty, poverty, environmental destruction – that seem beyond our individual ability to solve? That’s the time to pause, and look to the sky; if you’re lucky, you are rewarded with one of nature’s spectacular displays, a reminder that you are not alone, but part of a swirling, shape-shifting community.

Rev. Carol McKinley is a frequent and popular speaker at KUUF. She comes to us from the Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation where she is an affiliated community minister.