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Unitarian Universalism was forged in crisis. Is it up to the crises we face now? To answer this question, today’s service calls upon the California state lichen, Louis Armstrong, a living thing that was already 7000 years old when the oldest redwoods were little sprouts, and two very long sermons. (Not this one.) We welcome … Continue reading Interdependent for Life
The novelist Barbara Kingsolver says, “Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.” On this weekend nominally dedicated to remembrance, we reflect: what do we choose to remember? What do we choose to forget? And how can we use memorial moments to help us remember what we want to honor, … Continue reading A Relative to Truth
UUCPA is a community of learners. We seek always to discover more–to understand the world and ourselves more deeply–to learn from each other, from books, from the accumulated knowledge of centuries of thinkers and scientists and activists–to become wiser. Almost all of the children, and a majority of the adults, at UUCPA have engaged in … Continue reading Celebrating Our Learning Community
Bring a flower, or a bunch! In this tradition, practiced by Unitarian Universalists for 101 years, we celebrate the beautiful variety among us and gratefully receive a flower that someone else has brought. We will look closely at the flowers as a mindfulness practice we engage in together. Folks attending online, the closer you can … Continue reading Look Closely: Flower Sunday
Transcript of the sermon Video preview: Diatoms are going to help save our souls One way or another, whenever the “cancel culture” conversation arises, it seems as if we’re being asked to see other people in black and white. Resisting this tendency is not only important to our culture–our very souls depend on it. Worship … Continue reading Why We Love/Hate Cancel Culture
Most of us individually do the little things like recycling, composting, reducing car usage, and eating less meat to address climate change. But the very large sources of greenhouse gasses come from businesses. Convincing businesses to switch to pricier climate alternatives can be challenging. Orhan Hosten-Mittermaier and Bella Goldwasser, two high schoolers from the Bay … Continue reading You Don’t Have To Do It Alone – Reflections from Youth Climate Activism
We like to turn away from a scarcity mentality toward one of abundance–at least, we Unitarian Universalist ministers do. But does that set us up for further exploitation of the Earth, whose resources are not limitlessly abundant? Robert Neff was the winning bidder on “You Choose the Sermon Topic” at last November’s UUCPA Auction, and … Continue reading Abundant Life
And, possibly, your answers questioned! Today’s service is the approximately-annual Question Box service, when in the time usually allotted to the sermon, Amy will answer as many of your questions as she can. The meaning of life? How we find the spiritual practice that’s right for us? Whatever question is on your mind, write it … Continue reading Your Questions Answered Here
How appropriate that Easter and the Transgender Day of Visibility coincide this year! The trans and nonbinary people shown with their families in the photo-text exhibit that opens today at UUCPA exemplify the joyful rebirth one can experience by being authentically oneself with others. All of us, no matter what our gender identity, are called … Continue reading New Life, Fuller Life, Authentic Life
We watch reports of the attack on Israeli civilians on October 7, and the devastation in Gaza since then, with grief and often a sense of impotence. Long before last fall, the issue of Israel and Palestine has been particularly hard for Unitarian Universalists even to talk about, and yet we are in some ways … Continue reading The Road to Peace is Beneath Our Feet