Author Archives: Valerie Freseman

About Valerie Freseman

Valerie Freseman is a Unitarian Universalist minister and a 2014 graduate of Union Theological Seminary. She completed a chaplain residency at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, CT, and served as the first year-long Killam Ministerial intern at the First Unitarian Church of Cleveland. She is passionate about spinning the inter-dependent web, creating a more just world, and applying the arts to faith.  She is also becoming increasingly well-known for her sock collection.

Yard sale, thrift sale, clean out

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Valerie Freseman

I have been thinking lately about the meaning of used things. When we acquire them, when we love and use them, when we get rid of them, and what happens to them after we are gone. Here is my take … Continue reading →

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Lughnassah/Lammas 2020

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Valerie Freseman

Happy Lughnassah/Lammas Folks. Today we celebrate the harvest, and, by association, the Irish leader and “many skilled one”, Lugh Lamfada. Lugh asked everyone in the community to come together to use their skills to defeat their enemies in the 2nd … Continue reading →

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Watering your Voice

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Valerie Freseman

There is nothing pretty about isolation; I feel that even more so these last 5 months. I was already pretty isolated- I have few friends out here aside from colleagues,and ministry in a time of national convulsion and fear (and … Continue reading →

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Self-affirming and self-reliant

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Valerie Freseman

“A healthy six is self-affirming and self-reliant” These are the words that greeted me this morning in my inbox. I subscribe to Enneagram thought of the day- at the recommendation of a facebook group for ministers. The stressors of the … Continue reading →

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Green Light Bill

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Valerie Freseman

The Driver’s License Access and Privacy Act currently before the NY state legislature is about safety and dignity. It offers those who are already a part of our community the ability to abide by our laws, not to evade them.  … Continue reading →

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The Sun Stands Still

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Valerie Freseman

  I missed the eclipse this year. I didn’t travel to the  “belt”, I didn’t get the sunglasses, I didn’t do anything but notice an odder shade of shadow accompanying the day-time clouds as I walked from my physical therapy … Continue reading →

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Front End Premium

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Valerie Freseman

    It seems that for a long time now, about 80% of snail mail that arrives at my household are direct mail appeals. And the escalating war of the front-end premium has now reached epic proportions. A front-end premium … Continue reading →

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A Penny a Pound…

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Valerie Freseman

I grew up eating a lot of tomatoes, learning at one point how to can tomatoes, and appreciating the bounty and deliciousness of summer delivered to you from just a few yards away from your doorstep. But earlier this week, … Continue reading →

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Ode to the Mets, losing again

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Valerie Freseman

  When the daffodils  return to Queens We will be back, To listen once more for the “twack” of home runs thrilling the night, And our mighty heroes: Thor, and DeGrom, Cespedes and Wright And Mr. Met will stoke the … Continue reading →

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Turning the Wheel

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Valerie Freseman

The Year Turns, and the night draws its cloak closer and wider around us. Harvest is still possible and it is within Life’s capacity to give us  sustenance as we honor those labor to bring from Her.  The Wheel turns, … Continue reading →

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