The North Star Found in the Stories of our Elders
Today we feel in the swirl of anger and chaos and fear without a map or a compass. One might ask, “Where is the North Star to guide us, to...
United Way of Lancaster County believes that Black Lives Matter
Believing Black Lives Matter is just the beginning. We each have our unique part to play to move from conversation to action. To succeed in our mission, we must call...
OUR CEO’s Thoughts on the Racial Pandemic
What happened in Minneapolis to George Floyd, in Louisville to Breonna Taylor, and near Brunswick, Georgia to Ahmaud Arbery has shocked the conscience of many in our nation. The alarm...
Ethan Lown’s Reflections
The 2019-20 school year has been unlike any other. As the school year comes to a close, OneUnitedLancaster invited local educators, students and their families to reflect on the past...
Maintaining Recovery During COVID
Many of us know that HALT is an acronym used in recovery (or 12-step programs) to check in with ourselves when we’re starting to have an urge to do something...
Tyler Heiney’s Reflections
The 2019-20 school year has been unlike any other. As the school year comes to a close, OneUnitedLancaster invited local educators, students and their families to reflect on the past...
Mourning Has Broken
“Morning Has Broken” is just one of those songs that I catch myself absentmindedly singing. It’s an ear worm of a tune with exquisite lyrics that reveal the beauty of...
Community Now – What is Happening? Why are Communities Burning?
Its 2020, we are in the middle of a global pandemic, 40 million Americans are out of work and we’ve watched the murder of George Floyd on our televisions, phones...
What Does Caring Look Like?
The springtime weather is so beautiful as I write this post, it’s as if Mother Nature were trying to make up for all the cold days of rain. I get...
Not Quite Purple: Lancaster County Voter Analysis
As Lancaster voters vote and eagerly await results from the primary election, a question on most Democrats’ minds is “will this be the year Lancaster goes blue?” In a recent...
Pastoral Reflection on Sunday’s Protest
I am quite surprised how quickly word spread. So, I am writing this to ease concerns and to let you know that I am safe and OK. Late Sunday afternoon...
4 Helpful Tips To Help You Get Back To Work
More than 26 million jobs have been lost in the United States since the end of March. So now more than ever, getting back to the basics is of the...
Enjoy the Good
In Lancaster County we are now close to moving from a “red” to a “yellow” designation which is the beginning of “reopening” for our community. Not surprisingly, a lot of...
My Experience with the Protest in Lancaster Sunday
Sunday at 2:00 there was a car rally to respond to the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Instructions were to drive in your cars along a designated route of...
And also…And also…And also…
And also...And also...And also... A friend asked why I have not said anything about Minneapolis this week. The same could be said about my silence about the Bramble last week....
So…did we ever find the Fountain of Youth?
“What do you want?” I was asked that simple question yesterday on a Zoom call, during a communication exercise. While there is no shortage of things all of us long...
