Dear Members and Friends of UMA, Whew!  What a few months it has been for me!!!   Like all of us, I have had challenges throughout my life, and mostly, as the saying goes, they made me stronger.  BUT during the challenging time, it sure can be hard to see those places of light that will make us

Dear Members and Friends of UMA, Thank you for all the well wishes and prayers after my emergency eye surgery yesterday!    Things went well, I slept well last night and actually feel much better today than after other surgeries.  The hardest part is that I have to keep my head down and look at

A Rev Barb Lenten Musing.  We are more than half way through our Lenten journey to the most holy of days in our Christian story.  In this sacred story, on the night before Jesus goes to the cross where he will be crucified, he  tells his followers to put away their swords.  While on the

Good Morning UMA Members and Friends, First I need to make a correction to the prayers.  Dixie asks for prayers for her two nieces, Cindy and Carol. Carol is having a biopsy this week, and her sister Cindy is moving to NY with her two dogs, she is leaving today.  It is a blessing that Dixie is