My Latest Posts
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- Rinse and Repeat
[A meditation for these difficult times] Get it I out,Cry it out,Yell to and at the heavens above(The divine knows exactly why and can assuredly take it).Things are neither rightNor… Read more: Rinse and Repeat - Ordination Day
On June 30th, 2024, I had the gift of being ordained as a Unitarian Universalist minister by the 3 church collaborative of Maine. Held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth,… Read more: Ordination Day - W E L C O M EWelcome! I am Reverend Vanessa Titang — I am a Unitarian Universalist minister, a devoted mother, a social justice activist, and I am delighted that you have arrived here! Blessings… Read more: W E L C O M E
- A Prayer for Peace
I have been quiet as yet on the Palestine and Israel conversation being had globally amidst the violence of Hamas attacks and Israel’s response. This is not because I have… Read more: A Prayer for Peace - “To Bless the Messy” HomilyThis homily has been one that I have returned to multiple times for different spaces. It is also what I presented as my homily for the Ministerial Fellowship Committee in… Read more: “To Bless the Messy” Homily
- Big News: Preliminary FellowshipIt is with sweet relief and fulfillment that word has reached me from the Unitarian Universalist Association that I have now achieved Preliminary Fellowship. In March, I was both content… Read more: Big News: Preliminary Fellowship
- Present Liminal MomentDearest one, Welcome to an in-between; Do not fear, It in itself is not a terrible place, It is but a liminal moment You find yourself in now, Breathe, This… Read more: Present Liminal Moment
- Post MFC Meeting Reflection
Hello dear ones, Much has come to pass since I have updated on my ministerial journey here– I realize now I never updated on the decision of the MFC after… Read more: Post MFC Meeting Reflection - Fair
*A poem/reflection written in prayer on the challenge someone I know currently faces battling cancer. There is nothing fairAbout any of this,Of childrenThat of which we areLeft to fend for… Read more: Fair - (Preparing for the MFC) With a Non-anxious PresenceDear Ones, This evening I will interview before the UUA Ministerial Fellowship Committee.I have been preparing for this moment since the day I decided to apply to seminary. A successful… Read more: (Preparing for the MFC) With a Non-anxious Presence
- White Water: Life
The current is hard, love,The tide is high,The waves are choppy,But don’t lose yourself in the white water,And if you shouldRemember to go back,Go back;And rescue you,You too deserveTo be… Read more: White Water: Life - Prayer for Remembering Self Love
May we give ourselvesThe peace,The space,The tenderness,The love,The grace,We often willingly share with another;Spirit providesFor those who do so,Also for oneself;Forget not the child within,Under layersOf time,The one closest to… Read more: Prayer for Remembering Self Love - Infinitely CreatingSpirit is loveSpirit is All,All is Love. Everything happens for reasonsAll of whichWe cannot seecannot understand,cannot comprehend,Within the event. Thisis infinite creation,Everything is in flux;Spirit is never “done”. Spirit is… Read more: Infinitely Creating
- SPIRIT is LOVE: Visiting My Process Theology
February 6th, 2023 My theology is of Panentheism” (“all in God”, from the Greek πᾶν, pân, ‘all’, ἐν, en, ‘in’ and Θεός, Theós, ‘God’)[1] is the belief that the divine… Read more: SPIRIT is LOVE: Visiting My Process Theology - Chimes2.1.2023 I hear the windchimesThe wind it callsReminds it is not lifelessBut imbued with life itselfBreathAnd breathing ancestorsStillChimes are their songListenAnd knowIt is sung for you.
- We Together: Life
We are together;We are The TreeOf LifeThe stick…The twig…The leaf…The root…The seed… - P A T R I O T +
If I Had been fit, at the time After 9/ 11, would I have lived up to my own values fully? Or needed to force-fit my vessel into an 8-bit… Read more: P A T R I O T + - Blessed, When the World Has Fallen Apart
(Reflection on a blessing from a Nigerian Chief, given Juneteenth 2022, in Maine) The world has fallen apart Though this is not the first time, It is just one of… Read more: Blessed, When the World Has Fallen Apart - Time for All Ages reading: And Tango Makes ThreeA recording of And Tango Makes Three that I narrated, for a Time for All Ages at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth.
- By NecessityI am afraid. I need not recap my life and family story of immigration and migration to escape racism to make it clear the reality of the hate that instills this fear in me. I don’t, but I often do, because it needs to be realized that the headlined events of xenophobic terrorism are realities that I live with the potential of everyday. I am half white, but that does not protect me. I am black. I have a white male partner, whom in reality I only put at risk, along with our light skinned daughter. –I am a color-coded moving target for white supremacists. This is the real “Most Dangerous Game”—living as a person of color in the USA…
- PorousApril 27, 2022 Ministerial formation is a unique and significant process of understanding self, and through this growing wiser and closer to others. As a racial minority in this faith, … Read more: Porous
- Bruxism (A Prayer for Hard Times)There is tension in my body; teeth are set on edge, This is how my body holds stress, carrying this heavy weight, That I’m not even aware of Until I… Read more: Bruxism (A Prayer for Hard Times)
- But what does covenant mean; What does it mean to me?
Dear Ones, The last 5 months I have learned so much from my experience amongst the 3 church collaborative of Maine, as your ministerial intern. Currently, I am learning how… Read more: But what does covenant mean; What does it mean to me? - This is Your Life
Welcome to this moment Welcome to this now Welcome to your only In hours, minutes, seconds Welcome to the never to be again, As time passes By This is your… Read more: This is Your Life - Widen the Circle
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Rev. Vanessa Titang 