OPENING WORDS: This Is How We Are Called by Kimberly Beyer-Nelson In the hours before the birds stream airborne with chiming voice, a silent breath rests in the pines, and…
Sermons
OPENING WORDS ~ a poem by Hafiz, a 14th century Persian lyric poet I sometimes forget that I was created for Joy. My mind is too busy My heart is…
READING: from Stephen Batchelor, Buddhism Without Beliefs, Riverhead Books, New York, 1997: For T. H. Huxley, who coined the term in 1869, agnosticism was as demanding as any moral, philosophical,…
READING ~ "A Prayer Among Friends," John Daniel Among other wonders of our lives, we are alive with one another, we live here in the light of this unlikely world…
I thoroughly considered this concept and turned it over in my mind. I turned it over again and again, for over a month. My consideration—what is a liberating love, how…
In honor of Martin Luther King Day, I wanted to devote the time we have together to the core of Dr. King’s life work: the pursuit of justice. It is…
READING ~ taken from the writings of Lyn Cox ,of UUA We pause as the path of the sun reverses, seemingly holding its place for a moment of turning. Let…
OPENING WORDS: The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something…
READING ~ Learning From Trees If we could, like the trees, practice dying, do it every year just as something we do— like going on vacation or celebrating birthdays, it…
READING ~ An excerpt from “Strength to Your Sword Arm” by Bredna Ueland We should all know this: that listening, not talking, is the gifted and great role, and the imaginative…
