To say we are facing a growing number of major changes is an understatement. Not knowing what is coming next can be unsettling. Change forces us to remove some of our armor. That is when change may inspire us to see things from a totally different perspective and actually bring about a sense of wonder. I came across the concept of ‘disruptive wonder’ and am fascinated by how it has helped me adjust to and reassess the impact of change.
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 ~ from “The Embers and the Stars” by Czech philosopher Erazim Kohak “...Certainly, humans can become wholly absorbed in the preoccupations of time. As there are humans who are…
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 by Jean Shinoda Bolen “To be vulnerable and fallible, to have a shadow and a soul, to make our way in (and) through life determining who we become by…
OPENING WORDS: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the…
We admire the beauty and splendor of a glorious sunset, rainbow or vast view of the coastline, but can we as easily discover the spirit of the universe on a…
Description: International Women's Day has been observed since 1908. About 40 years earlier, Julia Ward Howe, tried to speak at peace meetings in London and Paris, but was told:…
Description: What can Grace mean in the shadow of fear and destruction? What can Grace mean within a liberal religious community where reason and science temper our understanding of…
OPENING WORDS: “The theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first age received into him the world around: brooded thereon; gave it the new arrangement of his own…
