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A lovely expression some use for the sad moment of a loved one’s death is “They have joined the ancestors.” We have so many ancestors: everyone who shaped our lives, who helped make us what we are–especially in ways that we treasure. They may be relatives, friends, strangers, even non-human beings. And we ourselves are … Continue reading With the Ancestors
Tuesday is National Coming Out Day, and we’re going to welcome God out of the closet. The way people have thought about human beings has always influenced us to imagine a certain kind of god. For example, if we think humans are the most important beings in creation, we’re likely to imagine that God is … Continue reading God’s Pronouns
We return today to the series exploring: “Why Do We Do That In the Sunday Service?” Actually, today’s elements happen immediately before and after the service: welcome and announcements and greeting time. Why they happen when they do, and why they happen at all, are questions leading to a major purpose of the Sunday service: … Continue reading How We Create Community
Frederick Buechner, who died in August after a full and fulfilled life, described what we are each called to do as “the place where your deep gladness meets the world’s deep hunger.” Until we do find that place, we often feel like something important is missing. Could it be purpose? And what do we do … Continue reading Deep Gladness and Deep Hunger
Ancient peoples had a strange ritual for coping with their own wrongdoing and starting over: the scapegoat, which was literally a goat that was symbolically burdened with the sins of the people and then sent into the wilderness. What do we do when burdened with regrets for wrongs that we can’t erase? Why is our … Continue reading The Uses and Abuses of Scapegoats
A new trend is roiling the business world: “quiet quitting,” defined as fulfilling only one’s job description and nothing more. There are obvious justice implications of expecting employees to do more than they are paid for, but this service is not about those. Instead, we’ll be imagining these Gen Z workers as spiritual teachers. If … Continue reading Quiet Quitting / Steady Staying
The Water Communion is an annual intergenerational ritual, celebrated in most Unitarian Universalist congregations at this time, in which we pour waters together to symbolize the unity of life and our coming together as a community. COVID has been such a long dry season that we might not even realize how thirsty we are for … Continue reading Beginning Anew: Water Communion Service
From before the Revolutionary War to after January 6, 2021, we have struggled to establish a country that would be ruled by peaceful means and the conscience of the people. Always, this principle has been countered by another–“might makes right”–and Unitarian Universalists have joined others to push back and let the people rule, not by … Continue reading A World in which Right is Might
Note the earlier start time, 9:30 am. One powerful medicine wards off whatever might assail body, spirit, or mind. It’s always available, wherever we are and whatever is going on in or around us. Come get your booster this morning. Worship Leader: Rev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern Special music: Brad Handshy, piano Follow along in the … Continue reading The Universal Vaccine
Since the devastation in Newtown, Connecticut, almost ten years ago, the gun lobby has gone all out to convince us that the way to curtail gun violence is to have plenty of “good guys with guns.” Amy’s family knows from bitter experience that this is a myth. We owe it to the 1.4 million US … Continue reading Guns: The Real Story