Our 7:00 pm service is our family service with carols and lessons, candle lighting, a story, and our choir. Our 9:00 pm service is quieter and more contemplative. We have candle lighting, carols and lessons, as well as a sermon and special music. All ages are welcome to either service. Bring a plate of cookies … Continue reading Christmas Eve
Our 7:00 pm service is our family service with carols and lessons, candle lighting, a story, and our choir. Our 9:00 pm service is quieter and more contemplative. We have candle lighting, carols and lessons, as well as a sermon and special music. All ages are welcome to either service. Bring a plate of cookies … Continue reading Christmas Eve
A new Sci-Fi book (the Monk and Robot series) I am reading has a robot ask: “What do humans need?” Good fiction can get us pondering deep questions and uncovering big possibilities. Good fiction reveals important realities in our living. How would you answer? What do you see that we need? We hope to see … Continue reading Tea and Purpose
This is a sermon about exactly that: why you are part of this congregation. UUCB. This Sunday is a collaboration with all of you – bring your stories, your reasons for showing up, your ‘testimonials’ even. We hope to see you in person or online. For in person, masking is optional. Online information ..https://zoom.us/j/95471218370?pwd=aDNjcnhIb3ZSeHlHTjdwanh6c1g1dz09Meeting ID: … Continue reading “And that’s why we go to church.”
Despite the troubles around us, we must throw our lot in with those who “reconstitute the world” as Adrienne Rich put it. How do we do this? We love one another and share out joy, we protect freedoms and stop harm, and we practice the change we long to see in the world. We hope … Continue reading To Preserve What is Sacred
One hundred years ago, (10/22/25) Gandhi published a list of “seven social sins” written by an Anglican priest named Frederic Donaldson. Gandhi’s popularization of the list was very influential. It is intriguing to consider the Christian idea of personal sin from a societal perspective. We hope to see you in person or online. For in … Continue reading Seven Social Sins
Sometimes healing does not happen, sometimes it feels more important to be right and to point out who is wrong and the many, many ways of their wrongness. Or we can be open to a different future. We hope to see you in person or online. For in person, masking is optional. Online information ..https://zoom.us/j/95471218370?pwd=aDNjcnhIb3ZSeHlHTjdwanh6c1g1dz09Meeting … Continue reading Sometimes, Things Break
The Bible repeatedly sanctions believers to treat vulnerable people in a fair and just way – particularly widows and orphans, the poor, and foreigners. Our current administration’s immigration policies and practices are deeply anti-Christian and immoral. We hope to see you in person or online. For in person, masking is optional. Online information ..https://zoom.us/j/95471218370?pwd=aDNjcnhIb3ZSeHlHTjdwanh6c1g1dz09Meeting ID: … Continue reading Do Not Oppress the Foreigner
E. B. White once said, “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” In the full quote, White decides that savoring is more important. This Labor Day, let us consider how … Continue reading To Save or Savor
I am well convinced that the main reason people are part of this congregation is to be part of a community. Yes, the thought-provoking sermons are important, and the justice work and inclusivity are key pieces, and the invitation into an authentic spirituality matters a lot. But across the board – everyone wants to be … Continue reading To Know and Be Known
