Speaker: Rev. Douglas Taylor

Prayer Song – different zoom room

I miss singing hymns with the congregation. Some of my favorite hymns are also prayers which strikes me as an interesting situation for a faith tradition that is a little ambivalent about prayer. Sermon text and video:https://douglastaylor.org/2020/09/28/prayer-song/ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5749237292 Order of Service: uubinghamton.org/order-of-service/ Douglas Taylor is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Topic: Douglas Taylor’s Personal Meeting RoomJoin … Continue reading Prayer Song – different zoom room

Unforgiven

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

Racism Re-Branded

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

The Worship Wave of the Future

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

The Heron and the Despair

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

Thoreau-ing It All Away

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?

Passages

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.

Rowing Toward Home

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?

Cacophony and Symphony

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

Standing in the Doorway

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.