Opening Words We all belong to groups in our lives: a family or families, school classrooms, scouting or 4H groups, churches, sports teams, bands, choirs, and community organizations. And sometimes there’s an event or situation that affects the group, such as a disappointment, failure, tragedy, betrayal, injury, or internal disagreement. Today, in this Tapestry of […]
Tikkun Olam: All Lives Mattering in a Wounded World What does it mean to be a community of healing? Rev. Kevin Tarsa UU Community of the Mountains Delivered October 9, 2016 (during the Jewish High Holy Days, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) Time for All Ages In the Jewish tradition, there is […]
When the Vow Breaks What does it mean to be a community of covenant? Rev. Kevin Tarsa UU Community of the Mountains Delivered September 25, 2016 100 years ago this week in The Union, the local Grass Valley newspaper, there was a notice that Josiah Royce had died September 14. Philosopher/theologian Josiah Royce […]
WE WOULD BE ONE What does it mean to be a community of covenant? Rev. Kevin Tarsa UU Community of the Mountains Delivered September 18, 2016 After Jesus died… (which is not how I begin most sermons, by the way, or have ever begun a sermon, until now) the people who had known and […]
by Kristin Famula Religious Education – Everybody Needs a Rock– August 14, 2016 Everybody needs a rock. I was introduced to this book early-on in my path as a religious educator – during a workshop on multigenerational worship at General Assembly. I immediately had a strong connection to the story – I loved the gentle […]
NOT KNOWING Copyright © 2016 by Jeff Kane They say that if you’re going to give a talk, you ought to address a subject you know something about. So I’d like to talk about something I feel pretty accomplished at: not-knowing. I don’t know the answer. After decades of this, they’re finally saying, “Dad, what […]
Father’s Day Reflections Gail Johnson Vaughan June 19, 2016 Happy Father’s Day. My thoughts for today are organized as a letter to the father I admire the most, my son Brent. Dear Brent, Happy Father’s Day, my heart is touched by the lovely man you have become. When you were a child your beauty was […]
by Rev. David Usher June 5, 2016 Two years ago, UUCM was in need of an Interim Minister, so you set up a Search Party of Amy Renee Patterson, Suzanne Ferroggiaro and Keith Johnson. The scoured the entire United States, looking for someone prepared to come to Bandit Territory of Nevada County but, alas, they […]
by Rev. David Usher Easter sermon, March 27, 2016 The old Jewish story tells of the old man who, every evening at sunset, walked through the village crying “Repent, repent, turn from self-seeking and serve God, for the day of judgment is at hand.” Nobody paid him any attention. They all thought he was a […]
Readings from the Easter Service, March 27, 2016 Easter Exultet, by James Broughton Shake out your qualms. Shake up your dreams. Deepen your roots. Extend your branches. Trust deep water and head for the open, even if your vision shipwrecks you. Quit your addiction to sneer and complain. Open a lookout. Dance on a brink. […]
