Some people say forgiveness is the best thing in all situations. But is it? Aren’t there times when it is not the right choice, or something else needs to happen first, or it’s not our forgiveness to give? Sermon text and video: https://douglastaylor.org/2020/09/20/unforgiven/ https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Dial by your location +1 929 205 6099 US … Continue reading Unforgiven
The conversation about racism has shifted among UUs into a conversation about White Supremacy Culture. Why? What does it mean? And what’s new about this way of approaching racism?https://douglastaylor.org/2020/08/31/racism-re-branded/ https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Dial by your location +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)Meeting ID: 979 8969 6520Passcode: 183183 UUCB Zoom Social Hour Each week in … Continue reading Racism Re-Branded
Online Worship started as a response to a crisis and has become a new normal. We’ve jumped started changes that ought to have taken us years to accept. What will the lasting impact be for us about how we ‘do church’ as a UU movement after this?https://douglastaylor.org/2020/08/31/worship-wave-of-the-future/ Order of Service here: https://uubinghamton.org/order-of-service/ https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Dial by your … Continue reading The Worship Wave of the Future
This Sunday, Douglas will offer a sermon from the ‘oldies but goodies’ file. This sermon is an exploration of Wendell Berry’s poem “The Peace of Wild Things.” It was originally delivered back in 2013.https://douglastaylor.org/2020/08/16/the-heron-and-the-despair-2/ https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Dial by your location +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)Meeting ID: 979 8969 6520Passcode: 183183 UUCB Zoom … Continue reading The Heron and the Despair
Sermon text: https://douglastaylor.org/2020/06/21/thoreau-ing-it-all-away/ Sermon video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0hivXvgOuw Henry David Thoreau spent 2 years, 2 months, and 2 days social distancing himself in a cabin at Walden Pond. What can we learn from him about navigating the distance we now travel as a society in pandemic times?
Our Annual worship to recognize the births, marriages, and deaths in our congregation. We also honor New Members who have joined this year and we do our Bridging ceremony for our youth. The service is followed by our Annual Meeting.
We’ve been out at sea for a while now. What have we learned during our time in self-quarantine – about ourselves, about our faith, and about the world around us? What will we become?
Dr. King talked about a choice between chaos and community – is it a choice? There must be a trick, because why would anyone not choose community? Bonus: This Sunday will be our annual Flower Communion Ceremony. For an online version of this, please take a photo (or many photos) of your flower(s) and send … Continue reading Cacophony and Symphony
Finding the balance – the healthy tension – between ‘keeping things steady’ and ‘shaking it up,’ we can sometimes get stuck trying to make progress without losing anything important.
What would it look like if all our politics, all our justice-making, were managed after the model of an old-growth forest? What does nature “know” that we can learn from to better manage our society?
