“Renew us for a year that is good and sweet.” Rosh Hashanah Liturgy READING About forgiveness from the Jewish Tradition excerpted from the Portal On Jewish Prayer and in Keeping…
Sermons
READING Christian Scripture, Gospel of Matthew 11:28-29 Matthew 11:28-29 Revised Standard Version (RSV) 28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.…
Gradually you will return to yourself, Having learned a new respect for your heart And the joy that dwells far within slow time. ~John O’Donohue READING “More Than a Cup…
Faith sees a beautiful blossom in a bulb, a lovely garden in a seed, and a giant oak in an acorn. ~William Arthur Ward Sometimes big trees grow out of…
“Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.” ― Anne Lamott READING Unitarian Universalist Views of Prayer…
"The purpose of the church is to heal the consequences of lovelessness and injustice in the hearts and souls of our members so they might heal the community and together…
“Universalists are often asked to tell where they stand. The only true answer to give to this question is that we do not stand at all . . . we…
“It’s hard to know when to respond to the seductiveness of the world and when to respond to its challenge. If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy.…
READING ~ from the world’s great religious traditions: Christian Beatitudes and a Buddhist wisdom story The Woman Whose Son Died, Buddha and the Mustard Seeds There was a woman whose…
Well, Thanksgiving is over. Did everybody have a good day? It looks like you all survived whatever conversations you had with family and friends whose world view is radically different…
