January 26, 2025: Both the Unitarian and Universalist traditions we inherited began as heresies and then got more heretical from there. Which is to say that you are in good company. We’ll pick up a few of the threads from our traditions’ story and consider what they have to do with us now and moving forward. […]
January 19, 2025: This Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, we root our exploration of practicing “story” in the sacred text of Lea Morris’ song, “More Than Ever,” written by Lea and friends shortly after the November election. “Now is a moment for shining on,” Lea sings, “It’s alright to cry, keep your eyes on the prize. The world needs your light more than ever.” […]
January 12, 2025: We turn to our personal stories this second Sunday of the new year. We’ll invite stories of our 2024 journey with a personal Word for the Year, offer an invitation to craft and share a poem, each line of which begins, “I am from…,” and invite you to start considering your word for 2025. […]
January 5, 2025: What do you do when your history has been purposefully obscured? This Sunday, we look at Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter and the creation of a Queer British Art exhibit at the Tate as two examples of answers to that question. Join us for an exploration of the ways art can help us reclaim lost stories. […]
December 24, 2024: Come, gather in open-hearted, open-minded community to celebrate “the gladness of Christmas, which is Hope, the spirit of Christmas, which is Peace, and the heart of Christmas, which is Love.” Carols, poetry, candlelight, messages for all and all ages to notice and celebrate what wants to be born in us. […]
December 22, 2024: At this still point, when the sun’s annual journey along the morning and evening horizons pauses for a time, preparing to change direction, we, too, slow down for this “moment of magic” to notice the gifts ready right here, to recognize the powerful opportunity between what happens and our response, and to see if there is a piece of clarity just below the surface. […]
December 15, 2024: “Building our capacity to open with curiosity and empathic care to another’s experience, feelings and needs also allows us – and actually requires us – to open more deeply and compassionately to ourselves as well, strengthening our capacity for meeting all life’s challenges.” So says the Rev. Cat Cox, who offered us an online introduction to deep dialogue in October. As the […]
December 8, 2024: Bohdi Day, as it is sometimes known in English-speaking cultures, commemorates the “awakening” of the Buddha. Having been introduced to suffering in the world after a thoroughly protected early life and having tried already many of the existing paths for pursuing peace of mind, Gautama Buddha vowed to remain in meditation until he found it. In this service of singing and […]
December 1, 2024: Staying grounded and present to ourselves, each other, and to what IS, will be vital in the months ahead. And so, we turn to our December theme, the practice of presence, and to considering what can ground us on the journey. […]
November 24, 2024: Can what’s been repaired be more beautiful than what was broken? Kintsugi, the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold is a worthy metaphor for our lives as it reminds us that embracing imperfections can create a more beautiful and resilient “us” where the “scars” of our brokenness can be part of the design, rather than trying to hide them. […]
