It’s Easter Sunday and the title comes from a poem by the Rev. Dr. Victoria Weinstein in which she lays out what we need do to “resurrect the whole human communion that Jesus dreamed.” She says “The stone has got to be rolled back from the tomb again and again every year. Roll up your […]
Even though we tend to focus on it as if it were a fragile dualism or threshold between either whole or broken; wholeness is not one or the other, but a more robust, resilient wholeness within wholeness to be recovered, re-imagined and reformed over and over again. Parker Palmer reminds us that wholeness is about […]
Here you are: poised for the journey to the there you want to become. But the there’s there are different than they’ve been; more vital and needed than ever but less obvious. People increasingly don’t want “church” but yearn for the connection, comfort and challenge of larger orientation and meaning that “strengthens their hearts, lifts […]
This month’s theme of Journey couldn’t be more appropriate. We each have a collection of journeys that make up our lives. Our spiritual journey of meaning and orientation is one of the central ones. This congregation has its collection as well. In this time of transition, reflection and opportunity, let’s remember some of our life […]
Faith is a useful concept for me because I understand it not as an assent to propositions I cannot prove, but as a word of meaning – life meaning (or kind-ing) orientation. It is built through experience and practice and tested insight. Worthy faith is meaning you can trust. You live in it and are […]
“Being an ally with those who are marginalized and disenfranchised” in whatever way is not something you get to declare; it must be earned and bequeathed. It requires learning and understanding and the building of trust. It is something to become. February is Black History month. To become an ally, one must continue to show […]
February’s Soul Matters materials on Trust propose writing “a love letter to life” at the end of each day as a “daily reminder [of] why life is trustworthy.” Do you really believe life is trustworthy? What does that mean? See if taking the time to put in to words what you’ve loved about your day […]
A sermon by Rev. Victoria Safford, used by permission. — Rev. Jim McKinley “Imagination is powerful. It surveys the given world – dysfunctional, dystopian, archaic, constrained – and glimpses possibility. And from resistance to ill health, to bad practice, oppression — from that sacred no, yes starts taking shape. You gather your principles, rules for […]
In the pause of Christmas Eve, we bring light to the light of the world. We recall holiday moments that heightened time and gifted notice and memory. We “create” Christmas spirit anew with stories, songs and candles. Join us and linger a while for homemade cookies and hot cider.
This Sunday, midway between Solstice and Christmas Day, is a perfect moment to reorient ourselves to this grand Universe, using our Unitarian Universalist compass to focus in on our Sun, our Earth home, the gift of light and life, and a child on Christmas. You belong in the wonder of the big picture, the movement […]