Join us in our annual Music Sunday service as we ponder the heavens through music and poetry exploring the mysterious wide universe our blue boat is sailing through. The various ensembles of the Music Ministry will lead us in star-inspired works in a music-centered worship experience.
“No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark” writes Somali British poet Warsan Shire. How might our lives, and our world, change if we transformed our instinct to “banish” people or parts of ourselves into the faithful work of healing, loving, and making whole?
How can we continue to encourage one another on the path of self-discovery, self-determination, reclamation of identities, and solidarity with vulnerable and marginalized identities?
Seeking out and rooting ourselves in relationships that transform us and the world around us is the start to dismantling oppressions. Amidst the federal assault on anything that advances the gifts of diversity, equity, inclusion, and shared thriving in our world, how do we continue to work toward what Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called “the beloved community?”
The descent into tyranny often involves the populus slowly accepting small new oppressive practices, one at a time, until they find themselves in a “new normal” that they never would have accepted at the start. In these times, how do we make ‘normal’ the work of respect, justice, and mutual support?
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of his belief that we can “transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood” to a national gathering of Unitarian Universalists in 1966. This Sunday as we honor Dr. King’s legacy and look ahead to a new political era, where does our hope for transformation in our time lie?
Each of us is shaped by the stories we have been told, and the stories we tell ourselves, about who we are. Yet there are times when old stories can limit how we grow into the next version of ourselves. Join us this morning to dedicate children and wrestle with the age old questions of nature, nurture, being, and becoming.
As a new Gregorian year begins, let us set our deepest intentions not to meet the demands of oppressive systems or please those who could not care less about our personal and collective well-being.
“Breathing in, I calm my body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.” wrote Buddhist Monk, Peace Activist, and teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. In this season of tradition and resolution, how might we spend some time together with our breath and our bodies to find strength and peace?
We gathered for our Annual Candlelit Christmas Eve service, filled with lessons and carols.
“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day” wrote artist Vincent Van Gogh. In this sometimes-difficult season of the longest nights, of winter, and of Solstice, how might we find new vitality and deeper dimension in our lives?
This Sunday, we will look at some Holiday traditions and Light as a physical element and iconic symbol found in major religious traditions. What is your relationship to Light and Darkness as days become shorter and nights get longer?
