Read the Order of service. In 2007 the Unitarian Universalist Association began a national marketing campaign which had as its tagline:  “Nurture your spirit; help heal the world.”  This might sound like a grandiose objective, were it not for that first word, “help …”  When we set our goal as helping to heal the world we […]

Read the Order of Service. Am I in the right sanctuary?  I can see that some of you’re wondering.  Isn’t this a Unitarian Universalistcongregation?  What’s all this talk about “repentance” and “sin” and “God”?  In some religious traditions you don’t talk openly about sex, for instance, or social justice.  In ours …? Yet we know – or […]

Read the Order of service. Most of us take a lot of care to keep our most wounded, most vulnerable parts of ourselves as out of sight as possible.  We want to show the world our strengths, not our weaknesses.  Yet all deep spiritualties agree that our woundedness is, paradoxically, our greatest strength.  Can our wounds […]

Everything Turns, Rotates, Spins, Circles, Loops, Pulsates, Resonates, And Repeats. Circles Of life, Born from Pulses Of light, Vibrate To Breathe, While Spiraling Outwards For Infinity Through The lens Of time, And into A sea Of stars And Lucid Dreams. That was Suzy Kassem poem, “Circle of Life.” The Autumnal Equinox was this past Thursday. It’s one […]

Read the Order of Service. Unlike the vast majority of religious traditions, the Unitarian Universalist faith tradition is not held together by creeds – commonly held beliefs – but by covenant – the promises we make to one another in community.  It has been this way since at least 1648 when our Congregational ancestors drafted “The […]

Read the Order of Service. Our annual Balloon Sunday is a celebration of another way we live community — each of the dozens of balloons adorning the sanctuary is filled with the same “breath,” yet each remains unique unto itself.  When we release them to fly to the sanctuary ceiling we remind ourselves that we, too, […]

Read the Order of Service. With the start of a new school year our congregation feels as if it’s starting off on a new year, too.  Each year we symbolize this “ingathering” through the creation of a common pool of water as part of our “water communion” service.  Everyone is encouraged to bring a small container […]

Read the Order of Service Our monthly themes are not abstract or randomly-selected topics. Rather, in each month we are asked to consider various attributes of Unitarian Universalism, to consider what it means to say that Unitarian Universalists are a particular kind of people — by the ways we relate to each other, by the ways […]

Read the Order of Service We are constantly asked to step out of our comfort zone into the unknown. Whether it’s leaving the safe space of our physical home, or being called to be brave in our interactions with others, we are faced with the prospect of having to adjust to new, uncertain, unplanned, and […]

Read the Order of Service The theme of ministry in our congregation this month is Peace. Peace can be considered on many levels: international peace, national peace, congregational peace, family peace, and inner peace. Its this last one that I want to focus on today. Peace is great when it is truly present: we have ease […]