How can we make sense of the extreme divide over racial justice in our country? In this service our own Gail Johnson Vaughan gives us two keys to unlock the mystery and some suggestions for actions we can all take to remedy the fallout from the origins of our discontent. Greeting Gail Johnson Vaughan Song […]
Making Powerful TroubleUnitarian Universalist Community of the MountainsAugust 15, 2021Rev. Leela Sinha with Chuck Champlin, Worship Associate Making Powerful Trouble: we’re accustomed to the idea that resistance has to come from below, from outside, from the Other. But when we are the holders of power, how shall we resist then? Rev. Leela Sinha is a […]
What Does it Mean to Be Connected?Unitarian Universalist Community of the MountainsAugust 8, 2021Rev. Karyn Packard However, and whenever we look at moving ahead from our COVID isolation, what is required to effectively reconnect: spiritually, physically and as a dynamic community? In our summer series of “Voices Near and Far,” Beth Karow fills in for […]
Right SpeechUnitarian Universalist Community of the MountainsAugust 1, 2021Rev. Meg Barnhouse and Beth Karow, Worship Associate Actions may speak louder than words, but if we don’t tend to the words we speak and how we speak, them we can do great harm. This Sunday Rev. Meg Barnhouse, the wise and musical senior minister of the […]
Close to Home, Close to Heart: Learning from these 16 MonthsUnitarian Universalist Community of the MountainsJuly 25, 2021Reflections from Susan Merrill, Ruth Ghio, Jim Bair, and Julia Park Tracey, with Chuck Champlin These sixteen months spent in our homes and navigating the pandemic have shed light into many corners, helped us look at ourselves in […]
E Unum PluribusUnitarian Universalist Community of the MountainsJuly 18, 2021Rev. Kimberly Quinn Johnson Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork, Long Island, NY The Rev. Kimberly Quinn Johnson speaks to UUCM as part of our “Voices Near and Far” summer series. We are grateful and fortunate to receive the gifts of her presence and wisdom. […]
Beloved Community in the Park: A Lamp in Every CornerUnitarian Universalist Community of the MountainsJuly 11, 2021Rev. Kevin Tarsa and UUCM with Wendy Wernigg, Worship Associate With musicians Kathyrn Young, Taylor Carey, Tom Wernigg, Frank Lawrence, and Steve Wiley A Lamp in Every CornerRev. Kevin Tarsa A reflection delivered July 11, 2021 to theUnitarian Universalist […]
Two Wolves and a Lamb: Democracy this July 4Unitarian Universalist Community of the MountainsJuly 4, 2021Rev. Kevin Tarsa 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, […]
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 […]
