Speaker: Rev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern

The Stalin in the Soul

This striking phrase comes from the late, great writer Ursula K. Le Guin, who inquired with great honesty about how we frequently censor ourselves and limit our own freedom. As people who aspire to free lives, it’s an important question and the topic of today’s service. Music: Veronika Agranov Dafoe, piano

Time -Turner Times

We live in a time of maximum efficiency. Machines, electronics, travel options, and advanced communications knock hours, even days, off the time many activities used to take. Why, then, do we feel busier than ever? And is there anything we can do about it? Music: Martin Manley, jazz piano

Dreaming Bigger, Dreaming Together

The poet Francisco X. Alarcón writes: “a dream / we dream / alone,” but “reality / we dream / together.” Come to today’s service ready to dream, and we will make something bigger out of our individual dreams, a reality we can dream–and create–together. Creators: Everyone

Chalice Sunday

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In our annual fire service, we mark the holidays of Candlemas, St. Brigid’s Day and Imbolc–which converge at this midpoint between the winter solstice and spring equinox–and celebrate the many meanings of our chalice symbol. Why do we light a chalice at the beginning of our services, and what does it mean? Child care is provided at both services as always; other children remain in the Main Hall for this intergenerational service.

The Promise and the Practice

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Today’s service puts the voices and experiences of African-American Unitarian Universalists at its center. Their witness, struggles, and joys call UUs of all backgrounds to be all that we aspire to be. Come be inspired! Music: Veronika Agranov Dafoe, piano

Becoming the People We Want to Be

In November, Amy asked “Who Do You Think You Are?” in a service on self-deception. That delved into the problem; today we look at some of the antidotes. How can we know ourselves and live consonant with who we really are, not who we imagine ourselves to be? Special music: Four Shillings Short, Celtic & Indian music

A New Vision

Sometimes seeing something from a new angle is enough to make everything change. Let’s invite that into our lives. There are some tools to help us. Special Music: Singer/guitarist Lewis Santer

Proclaim The Holy Birth(s)

A baby is miraculously conceived – his name is Houji. In his mother’s womb, another can already think and respond to outside events – his name is Gautama, the Buddha. Angels foretell a third baby’s birth and tell his mother what to name him – his name is Muhammad. Many religions have miraculous birth stories similar to the one we will shortly tell about Jesus. What are we to make of that fact? Music: Veronika Agranov Dafoe