Karen G. Johnston

Karen G. Johnston is the settled minister at The Unitarian Society in East Brunswick, NJ. Before becoming a minister, she spent 20+ years as a clinical social worker. Buddhist meditation and befriending death practices sustain her, as does her delightful dog, Vera, and a blessed abundance of other beings in her life.

From Karen G. Johnston

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We are often of greater importance in our own eyes than in the eyes of our neighbor. The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

Affirmation | By Karen G. Johnston, Kasey Kruser | March 22, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Community, Direct Experience, Integrity, Secular

Our best blessings are often the least appreciated.

Affirmation | By Karen G. Johnston, Kasey Kruser | March 22, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Commitment, Community, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Nature

Better to yield when it is folly to resist, than to resist stubbornly and be destroyed.

Affirmation | By Karen G. Johnston, Kasey Kruser | March 22, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Commitment, Community, Earth, Earth-Centered, Nature

Surrender is the last thing, often the only thing, available. And so we give ourselves to it. We fear it is our end. Sometimes—with grace or luck—we find it is our liberation.

Reflection | By Karen G. Johnston | February 28, 2019 | From Braver/Wiser
Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Direct Experience, Earth-Centered, Fear, Freedom, Imagination, Interdependence, Ministry, Nature, Salvation

Humans make maps of stars. May the stories we connect draw constellations that reflect a shared ministry calling out the best in us.

Affirmation | By Karen G. Johnston, Kasey Kruser | February 28, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Commitment, Community, Earth, Earth-Centered, Imagination, Leadership, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Meaning, Nature, Stewardship, Wonder

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