• Reconvening by Rev. Matt Aspin

  As we begin the tentative process of binding back together, let us first pause and take a breath together. And then another. There is grief that needs tending before we…

• E Pluribus Unum by Matt Aspin

  Out of many, one. This concept is foundational to both the stated ideals of our country, and to the covenantal promises of our chosen faith tradition. We profess democracy to…

• The Kids Scare You: And Other Uncomfortable Truths About Education in America by Holly Tellander

  The pandemic has highlighted many long-standing and (not-so) quietly creeping faults in our foundational understandings of what it means to be educated and to educate. Our students, educators, support staff…

• Rediscovered Transcendentalist: Caroline Healey Dall by Robin Proud

  Caroline Healey Dall was a friend and associate of Emerson, the Alcotts, Theodore Parker, Lucy Stone, and Frederick Douglass. She knew everybody in the Transcendentalist, abolitionist, and suffragist circles of…

• Befriending Our Wounds: A Meditation by Lisa Glueck

  Everyone suffers emotional pain. Collectively, we’re hit with the pandemic, climate change, environmental degradation, and political chaos. Individually, we worry about our children, our parents, our friends, our financial security…

• An Elephant in the Room? by Rev. Matt Aspin

  Prairie strives to be a place where difficult conversations can be had, by people that sometimes disagree mightily- a rare space in this world where decisions about what is in…

• Unbecoming by Rev. Matt Aspin

  Many of us greet the new year with intentions to change one pattern or another in ourselves or in the world that we wish was different, but we are often…

• Long Night Reflections by Rev. Matt Aspin

  The longest night of the year is both a good time for reflection, and a gateway to promised brighter days ahead.

• Working With Families, Law Enforcement and Mental Illness by John Gernandt

  Learn about what John Gernandt has been presenting to Madison police officers going through CIT (Critical Intervention Training). CIT Training is for officers to learn more about dealing with individuals…

• What Can YOU Do About Climate Change? by Ankur Desai

  You have probably heard stories in the news about climate change or global warming. If these stories are all true, what does it mean for the future? Or maybe the…