Rev. Caitlin Cotter Coillberg

@revcaitlin.bsky.social

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Parent. Unitarian Universalist Minister and Religious Educator. Appalachian American. Neuroqueer. Femme. Big fan of the Civilian Conservation Corps. She/her/hers

Image of a child's bedroom with dark blue starry ceiling, dragon mobile, planet wall stickers, and blue curtains. You can just see the fuzzy shape of a child drinking water. In focus at the foot of the bed are small figurines of Yoda, Obi-won, Luke, and Chewbacca looking ready to defend the occupant.
Image of table covered in green tablecloth. Table is covered in plates of cucumber sandwiches, small cakes and cookies, toasted English muffins, with glasses of pink juice. The hand of a small pale skinned toddler is grabbing a small cake and you can see the arm of an outdoorsy retiree in a green shirt.
Image of a gorgeous matcha latte on a wooden table with an open laptop and a plate with a free sample of almond anise biscotti behind.
Image shows a hypermobile white lady hand holding a toy Park Ranger pickup truck in front of a bunch of other toy vehicles parked between masking tape on the floor.
Image shows tiny parking lot made of yellow tape in front of electric fireplace. Parked in spots are tiny recycling truck, dump truck, double decker bus, VW bug and bus, jeep, spiderman car, grogu car, cupcake car, front loading backhoe, and a frog.
Image shows a child size teal table covered in a green striped tablecloth with a whale stool and small purple chair in frame. Behind the table is an electric fireplace, toy firetruck, and triceratops bouncy toy (which ended up being my spouse's tea party chair) tucked away beyond it. On the table is a teapot and small pottery cups from the Pigeon Forge pottery that used to belong to my grandmother, white napkins with lace detail that belonged to my spouse's grandmother, and a peter rabbit bowl filled with random small cookies.
Image shows seven wooden owls perched on a white window frame in front of a dark window. The owls have been painted but not sealed yet (gotta wait for spring and do that outside). From left to right, red owl with Bryn Mawr lantern on its stomach and labrys wings (because we refuse to let the TERFs have that symbol), copper orange art nouveau owl, yellow owl with pink triangle on it's brow, progress pride flag on its stomach, and lavender lambda feathers, green owl with moon on brow and tree of life on tummy, light blue owl with rainbow feathers, daisy flower crown, fencing weapon wings, and a Bryn Mawr lantern tummy, indigo owl covered in stars with a spiral galaxy tummy, and a purple owl with a chalice tummy and the UUA's symbol as its feathers.
In the midst of an evening snowfall, a six inch action figure of Darth Vader stands center frame atop a tall wooden privacy fence. Backed against the fencepost, an action figure of Leia Organa in Hoth ready snow gear glares at him defiantly. You can tell, if you look closely, that Darth is off balance and about to fall.
Wooden owl painted autistic golden yellow, with the progress pride flag on its stomach, magenta triangle on top of its head, rainbow and lavender arround the eyes and the lambda symbol as feathers. Held in front of painting supplies and a flaming chalice window cling.
Large 20 ft artificial Christmas tree covered in protest signs and various pride hearts sits at the corner of a church sanctuary next to a quilt of trees in winter.
A small table in front of the pulpit covered in various chalices used in worship or children's ministry. Chalices are in a wide array of sizes and materials, including glass, pottery, wood, metal, and Lego. Behind the pulpit is a quilted image of a flaming chalice, which is the symbol of Unitarian Universalism.
Photo of Star Wars action figures holding little protest signs in front of the white house that say things like "hate will not make us great" and "resist".
Image is a black and white snapshot of a Lego minifig of Carrie Fisher as Leia Organa in a star wars ugly sweater. The minifig is holding a Lego coffee mug and posed for a stroll through the snow on the top edge of a botanical garden bench.
Hand holds a "today is a chocolate kind of day" mug in front of a window. Through the sheer curtains you can see a snowplow and trees and parked cars covered in snow.
Image shows the pane of a window with window clings of snowflakes and a penguin and snowman arranged so they seem to be having a lightsaber fight. The trees, parked cars, and road in the background are all covered in several inches of snow.
Image shows hands forming heart in from of trans flags at a rally
Image shows me smiling at the camera wearing a Tyrolean hat and sunglasses, in the background is my spouse and parents pulling two sleds. One sled has a big Christmas tree the other two toddlers in purple winter coats.
Image shows an orange sticker with the word hope written on it with silver sharpie and done glitter inside a Tyrolean hat.
Image shows a six inch Darth Vader clumsily holding a normal size fork like he's going to steal the last of my hojicha cheesecake. I'm the background is a mug of chai.
Photo shows a six inch Darth Vader action figure perched on top of a museum bench looking at a 19th century French painting of a woman on a cliff.
We unapologetically reject and effort to erase teacher people. We affirm the inherent worth, dignity, and humanity of our trans siblings. Written on a background the colors of the trans flag with the Unitarian Universalist Association logo in the corner.
Photo of hand holding itty bitty pocket sized levelling tool in front of extremely messy ministers desk. The sleeve of my favorite green sweater and my "black lives matter" and "all of us need all of us to make it" bracelets are also in the shot. You can see my hypermobility in the bend of my fingers.
Here you are. Here, in this holy space, on this ground that is holy because you are here. Here you are, in flesh and bone, filling up this body that belongs to you alone. Your pumping heart is a wonder because it keeps you alive. Your loving heart is a blessing because it keeps all of us alive. The Spirit of Love has a home in you. May we all see that love in you and let our hearts become mirrors for the compassion at your core. The Spirit of Justice has a home in you. May we light our wicks from one another until we are all aflame, until we burn out every prejudice we carry in these bones. Here you are. Holy as you are. Blessed be. Jess Reynolds Love Like Thunder Unitarian Universalist Association Skinner house publishing Photo shows femme person holding candle at a vigil, carefully cupping the light
Picture shows me holding The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong (fabulous cozy found family adventure) while in the background my father plays some sort of blanket game with my eldest. We can care for each other and make family in so many ways!
Image is of the slightly dirty side of a fridge with a timer set to two minutes, a purple bag clip often stolen for fort builds, and a red magnifying glass my children refer to as "the mousekatool" which lives in the kitchen until needed (usually as an "I wanna bring something, mommy!")
Photo shows owl painting hung above shelf covered in action figures, chalice, journals and elephant wearing a "no really the problem is white supremacy" T-shirt.
Photo shows three framed pieces of owl art. One of the owls is wearing a top hat and his is Sir Basil, according to the inscription at the bottom.
Image of wooden owl painted with flaming chalice on its belly and the Unitarian Universalist Association logo as a feather pattern. Background includes unfinished painted owls in various colors (will I finish them before moving on to another hyperfocus? Only the ADHD gods know!), the light blue Bryn Mawr College mug I got during orientation, and a Liberal Religious Educators window cling.
Take courage friends. The way is often hard, the path is never clear, and the stakes are very high. Take courage. For deep down, there is another truth: you are not alone. - Wayne. B. Arnason