Truth Matters. As individual people, but also as whole civilizations, we learn about truth in different ways. As children we are taught that we should not tell lies, that we should always tell the truth. In civilized groups, truth is held...
Sermons
READING ~ The Fact of It All, from Michael Battenberg Is this not the source of all fascination, religious or otherwise? The fact of life and death. The fact of…
READING ~ We are the Myth Makers, by Chelan Harkin We are the myth makers, our lives are pens writing with our movements, our steps, our actions, every touch the…
CALL TO WORSHIP - “Kindness” by Naomi Shihab Nye Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a…
READING ~ The Red and Blue Coat, a traditional African Folktale Once there were two boys who were great friends, and they were determined to remain that way forever. When…
READING - Hard, Brave Choices, by Martha Durkee-Neum, https://worshipweb.uua.org/braverwiser/i/309b5385c0b21d9fae3fb347166871d7/hard-brave-choices When I was a youth, the young adult fantasy series by Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials, was an important source of…
SERMON Music in our lives. With the development of advanced technology, scientists better understand the incredible impact music has on our lives and apply their knowledge to the use of…
READING ~ Poem: The Afterlife of Billy Fingers, by Annie Kagan The same intelligence that grows trees from seeds, that lets birds fly, that waves the ocean and gives birth…
READING - from Rachel Naomi Remen, My Grandfather’s Blessings, Riverhead Books, New York, 2000: My grandfather was a man of many blessings. These blessings were prescribed generations ago by the…
READING - Parker Palmer, Healing the Heart of Democracy, pp. 18, 43-45 READING - 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:1; Mark 3:20-30 SERMON - A House Divided Over twenty years ago, the famed…
