On the first Sunday after Labor Day, we kick off the new congregational year with an Ingathering service, and a beautiful Water Communion ritual (or Water Ceremony). We invite you to bring a small amount of water from a place you have been to share with us. We hope to see you in person! Here is … Continue reading Celebrating Ingathering
Over the centuries, we UUs have kept a ‘freedom of conscience’ concept in our central definitions of ourselves. We are not going to insist we all believe the same. This means we have some significant tensions around our beliefs. I find this makes them more interesting to explore! We hope to see you in person! … Continue reading Agreements and Tensions
This Sunday afternoon we will open our building to visitors as part of the Sacred Sites Tours. Is there something particular about our theology and our message that can be seen in our building? Let us consider tangible ways our faith shows up around our space. We hope to see you in person! Masks are … Continue reading A Harbor of Hope
I love a good story. Many stories have nourished my soul. Not all of them are profound or necessarily spiritual, although many are. This morning let me share a sampling of the better stories that have aided me in my journey. We hope to see you in person! Masks are required. Here is the current … Continue reading Soul Stories
Join us for our beloved passages service in which we celebrate Births, Deaths, and Marriages from within our congregation, as well as honor New Members and Bridging youth. After the service we will have our Annual Congregational Meeting. We hope to see you in person! Masks are required. Here is the current in-person gathering policy. … Continue reading Passages
Early in the Tao Te Ching, (chapter 2) we are introduced to the paradox of polarities: good and bad, tall and short, beautiful and ugly. The lesson seems to be to embrace both ends of the pole as meaningless. Or are they both equally meaningful? Or is it something else? This Sunday will be our Flower … Continue reading Ugly Tao
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. And he had children with a ‘mistress’ whom he owned. Modern comedians, singers, and authors are pilloried in the press for being morally problematic – yet their jokes, music, and books are beloved. What are we to do? We hope to see you in person! Masks are required. … Continue reading My Problematic Role Models
This question often gets mislabeled as a question about beliefs and faith. Really it is a question about love and loss. Religions through the ages attempt to answer. I will attempt to answer. But it is important to know what is really at stake in the question. We hope to see you in person! Masks … Continue reading Where Do We Go When We Die?
I don’t mean the writing style guide. I am talking about the elements of earth, air, fire, water, and spirit. The old taxonomy of the four (or five) elements is still informative and can serve to guide our spiritual growth. We hope to see you in person! Masks are required. Here is the current in-person … Continue reading Elements of Style
We Unitarian Universalists do not spend a lot of time talking about heaven anymore. It used to be a significant talking point. I suspect, however, that our various beliefs and values still point strongly toward an idea like heaven, an idea like love. We hope to see you in person! Masks are required. Here is … Continue reading Heaven in our Hands
