RESPONSIVE READING ~ by Peter T. Richardson (a partial reading) Our Covenant Love is the power that holds us together. Accountable to one another, we affirm these values: Justice. …
Sermons
Readings: From the Preamble to Constitution of the United States, 1787: “We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic…
READING ~ Peonies by Mary Oliver This morning the green fists of the peonies are getting ready to break my heart as the sun rises, as the sun strokes them…
READING ~ SLT #596 Boundless Goodwill – A responsive reading Let us cultivate boundless goodwill. Let none deceive another, or despise any being in any state. Let none in anger…
READING ~ Joy by Terri Pahucki I have been wondering what the morning glories know. Is it envy that compels these vines to strangle other flowers arising in their path?…
“What a noble gift to man are the Forests! What a debt of gratitude and admiration we owe to their beauty and their utility! How pleasantly the shadows of the…
READING ~ #628 Rolling Away the Stone by Sara Moores Campbell In the tomb of the soul, we carry secret yearnings, pains, frustrations, loneliness, fears, regrets, worries. In the tomb…
READING ~ Article II proposed revision – Shared Values Pluralism. We celebrate that we are all sacred beings diverse in culture, experience, and theology. We covenant to learn from one…
Lighting the Chalice: Modified from the words of Eric A Heller-Wagner Blessed is the fire that burns deep in the soul. (For us) It is the flame of the human spirit…
READING ~ “The Way It Is” by William Stafford[1] There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are…
