READING “Mornings At Blackwater” – Mary Oliver, from Red Bird For years, every morning, I drank from Blackwater Pond. It was flavored with oak leaves and also, no doubt, the…
Sermons
READING We are a gentle, angry people and we are singing, singing for our lives We are a justice-seeking people and we are singing, singing for our lives We are…
REFLECTON “Love Rescue Me” ~ Rev. Margaret Beckman Here’s what I know: Easter is about love. The story tells us that Jesus was preaching a progressive and liberating theology to…
"In ancient times, the main purpose of nightly Council Fires was to learn how to listen.” READING ~ from Other Council Fires Were Here Before Ours: A Classic Native American…
International Women’s Day "Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less." ~ Susan B Anthony READING from Ware, Susan. Why They Marched, Untold Stories of…
We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience,…
The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace our questions. Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can we listen with our whole…
“This New Year needs us all, all our hopes all our good wishes, all our smiles and all our gestures of forgiveness. I wish everybody a happy New Year!” ~…
Christmas Eve Tuesday Breath of Heaven (Mary’s Song) Amy Grant I have traveled many moonless nights Cold and weary with a babe inside And I wonder what I've done Holy…
Joy is of many kinds. Sometimes it comes silently, opening all closed doors and making itself at home in the desolate heart. ~ Howard Thurman Christmas is joy, religious joy,…
