We gather,
our different paths entwined,
to deepen our spiritual lives:
nourishing connection,
learning from each other,
caring for each other,
tending to our world.
The Rev. Stefanie Etzbach-Dale, is our close neighbor, having most recently served as settled Minister to the UU Fellowship of Redwood City. An ordained Interfaith and Unitarian Universalist minister, Rev. Stefanie is currently focusing on a ministry of Spiritual Direction, incorporating movement, visual arts, and meditation. She uses holy curiosity and deep listening to help her clients connect with clarity, focus, purpose, healing, spiritual courage, compassion and joy.
Liberation is linked to events. Freedom is woven of the many choices made thereafter. Today we explore the Jewish celebration of Sukkhot, the Festival of Booths, and consider how it might inform our own movements toward freedom.
One of our affiliated community ministers, the Rev. Stefanie Etzbach-Dale, speaks to us about the spiritual practice of attentiveness to the present moment, in all its complexity. Special music: Veronika Agranov-Dafoe, piano
We live in a particularly disruptive time. Much energy goes into adjusting to unexpected changes and trying to figure out what we do and don’t have control over, and, where hope lies. Today we consider the grace and the power of free will. Special Music: Larry Chinn, pianist
Grief is said to be linked with Love. When it comes, it is a violent, permanently life-altering experience. Today, in the spirit of Love writ large, we name and honor the grief within and among us. Music: Anneliese Messner, soprano.