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That’s what Valentine’s Day is really all about. At least, that’s the best anyone can figure out, since this holiday, now dedicated to made-for-TV movies and keeping florists in business, has very murky origins. But there is some real wisdom embedded in its stories, with no romance required. Worship leader: Rev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern Special … Continue reading Wolves, Narnia, and a Parliament of Fowls
No, I’m not going to tell you. You know what matters most to you — or, if you are still trying to figure that out, you are in the right place, because we support each other in discerning and living into our most profound values. Today’s service will help us along. Worship leader: Rev. Amy … Continue reading What Matters Most
You heard the reflection, now hear the sermon: on how disability rights activists in this country both influenced and inherited the movement for African-American civil rights, and led themselves and everyone to greater liberation. Amy was unable to be at the January 17 service and so continues this thrilling story today. If you missed it … Continue reading Power over Pity
By highly unofficial survey, of the seven principles that we affirm and promote as a member congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Association, number four, “A free and responsible search for truth and meaning,” is the favorite. Today we delve into what this freedom and responsibility mean, at a particularly acute moment for our country. Worship … Continue reading Free and Responsible
Disability rights activists in this country are both precursors to and inheritors of the movement for African-American civil rights. In casting off the restraints of pity and protectiveness, people with disabilities have led themselves and others to greater liberation. We’ll hear a small piece of this history today. Follow along in the order of service: … Continue reading Power over Pity
Our limitations don’t usually feel like a gift. But today we’ll hear some stories about surprising things that have happened in situations of difficult and unwanted constraints. Our guest preacher, Rev. Darcy Baxter, is in her seventh year of serving as the minister at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Stanislaus County, in the Central Valley. … Continue reading The Gift of Limitations
Such a wonderful invention: the opportunity to undo something we have done and suddenly regret. What’s past may be prologue to the future, but we still have the power to rewrite. What would you like to do a little differently in your own life? What shall we do differently as a country and community? The … Continue reading Ctrl-Z
The audio player above plays the audio podcast of the sermon only. The YouTube player below plays the video of the entire service with copyrighted and private information redacted. We welcome Christmas, live-streamed from our beloved sanctuary, with stories, carols and special music, and candles. Come sing the familiar songs that are always powerful, and … Continue reading Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
The YouTube player below plays the video of the entire service with copyrighted and private information redacted. Follow along in the order of service: bit.ly/uucpa_oos_20201220 In this intergenerational service, we rejoice in the everyday miracles of the season, marking the winter solstice and inviting all who wish to play a part to help make the … Continue reading No-Rehearsal Christmas Pageant
The audio player above plays the audio podcast of the sermon only. The YouTube player below plays the video of the entire service with copyrighted and private information redacted. Follow along in the order of service: bit.ly/uucpa_oos_20201213. Holidays are a time for traditions, and by nature, we humans are tradition creators and sustainers. But what … Continue reading Creating Traditions