There is often a significant gap between what we expect or wish for, and what actually exists. And, wow, the past two years have given us abundant opportunity to experience that! Wisdom traditions guide us away from using all our energy to lament and rail against the gap, and toward finding greater peacefulness by learning […]
Return Again: Water, Community, Spirit, You September 12, 2021 Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains, Grass Valley, CA with Rev. Kevin Tarsa Cheryl Morris and Gail Johnson Vaughan, Worship Associates This Sunday we launch into the September theme of “embracing possibility.” While the need to alter our face-to-face plans might seem counter to such a […]
Beloved Community in the Park: A Lamp in Every Corner Rev. Kevin Tarsa and UUCM Wendy Wernigg, Worship Associate With musicians Kathyrn Young, Taylor Carey, Tom Wernigg, Frank Lawrence, and Steve Wiley FULL SERVICE A Lamp in Every Corner Rev. Kevin Tarsa A reflection delivered July 11, 2021 to the Unitarian Universalist Community of the […]
Benjamin Franklin wrote, “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what they are going to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.” The tensions in democracy are inherent and, ideally, managed, though never entirely resolved. Let us honor both our joy and our concern this July 4, celebrating our […]
Remembering Well Rev. Kevin Tarsa A sermon delivered May 30, 2021 via Zoom to the Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains (Preceded by Remembering Well by Paul S. Sawyer.) For those of us who remain, it’s about remembering well. Who are you remembering today? I’ve been thinking about someone I never met. I’ve shared […]
A Community of Communities by Rev. Kevin Tarsa A sermon delivered April 25, 2021 via Zoom to the Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains “There is no me without you. We shape one another. … we can only find ourselves through shared becoming.” ~ enfleshed ~ Food Forests Shared becoming. That’s the reality, if […]
Find a Stillness in the Wholeness and Holiness of the Season Rev. Kevin Tarsa Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains December 13, 2020 via Zoom Video of Full Service A STORY A story I read about ten years ago has stayed with me. Shortly after her father dies, a woman’s 8-year-old son begins having severe […]
Sermon only: E Pluribus UUnum Rev. Kevin Tarsa Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains October 25, 2020 via Zoom How are you doing? Have you voted? Next Sunday is the Sunday immediately before the presidential election, but that is so close to E-Day that we’ve chosen to take time this Sunday to check in, to […]
Dreaming of Rain when the Fire Comes First Rev. Kevin Tarsa Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains September 6, 2020 via Zoom RENEWAL? Here at UUCM we use monthly themes facilitated by the Soul Matters organization. This summer, as I was looking ahead to these September services, I struggled to connect with the planned theme […]
Mobilizing our Collective Compassion Rev. Kevin Tarsa Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains July 5, 2020 via Zoom Our Journey with Compassion How has your journey been, on the path of compassion? We’ve been exploring compassion over the last 5 weeks – what compassion is and ways to cultivate our compassion – as if, like […]