Gathering for Sunday services in person and online, 10:15 am.
Many of us go to nature for healing and happiness. At the same time, because we worry so much about the fate of the natural world, being in nature reminds us of our sorrows. What can we do? Let’s see what our home-grown nature religion, … read more.
Dwell on the past or focus on the future? The Sankofa bird, an image from the Akan people of West Africa, suggests a third option. Perhaps their wisdom about history can guide us as we grapple with our own, nationally, personally, and collectively.
Worship leader: Rev. … read more.
That’s how an increasing number of US Americans describe themselves, and many of them find their way to our congregation. What does “spiritual but not religious” mean? What does it mean to make a spiritual community together without being “religious”? And can we also be … read more.
It’s that time of year! We tell the Christmas story in keeping with our Unitarian Universalist heritage and with everyone who wishes to join in becoming characters in the story. And for the first time since March 2020, we have two services in person, indoors … read more.
We’ve had our holiday of thanks, and now we have the season of giving. Giving might seem simple–you like someone, so you give them something they’ll enjoy–but it’s anything but. Giving can be motivated by affection, duty, obligation, gratitude, ingratiation, indebtedness, even fear; gifts can … read more.
In a series of services that explore the purpose and significance of different aspects of the service, we come today to our centering words, centering bell, and the silence that follows. As potters and dancers tell us, centering is what makes possible the art that … read more.
9:30 am service: outdoors and in-person only (weather permitting).
11 am service: online only.
There is one person each of us tends to dump on: we criticize them, withhold kindness and compassion because we don’t think they deserve them, and reach for the stick instead of the … read more.
⏰ Turn your clocks back, or you’ll be very early to services!
9:30 am service: outdoors and in-person only (weather permitting).
11 am service: online only.
I’ve never preached on “followership” because it just seems so self-serving. I’m a leader, and every leader wants people to be good … read more.
A man named Itaru Sasaki missed his deceased cousin, so he set up a phone booth in his garden in Ōtsuchi, Japan. Although the phone was not connected to anything, he found it comforting to pick up the phone and speak to his cousin. After … read more.
Awake, enlightened: they might sound as if they are much the same thing, or at least close kin. But in two movements of the 18th century, they represented a conflict: between the emotion-driven “Great Awakening” and the reason-saluting “Age of Enlightenment.” Unitarianism and Universalism grew … read more.