The feast of Thanksgiving is loaded with traditions that are uniquely drawn from US history. The ability to give thanks is healing, spiritual, and sacred. Noticing the gifts received in life is a step towards giving thanks. Let’s explore Thanksgiving in the current age. Worship Leader: Chris Montani Worship Associate: Jen Johnson Music Leaders: Ana … Continue reading Freely Giving Thanks
This Sunday, let’s look at the ways the Thanksgiving holiday can be both a reminder to give thanks for all our blessings and a reminder of the ways it can be hard for people who are grieving. In particular, we’ll look at the origins of this holiday, and how painful it can be for Native Americans. … Continue reading Thanksgiving/Thanksgrieving
Today, we will mourn the loss of our beloveds, but it will also be a call to action. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”― Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from … Continue reading Transgender Day of Remembrance
This morning we will enter into a time o f lament – that sacred opportunity to release our sorrows and pain and to receive the love and compassion that community offers. Worship Leader: Rev. Tracy JohnsonWorship Associate: Jen JohnsonMusic Leaders: Dan Loschen
This time of year, we watch, read, tell, and listen to scary stories to give ourselves a fright, but horror stories in mythology, history, and scripture exist for reasons beyond our amusement. Horror stories also remind us of how hard life can be in the worst of times. They warn us of consequences and pain … Continue reading Horror Stories
The holiday we know as Columbus Day has been renamed “Indigenous People’s Day.” In this spirit, let’s look at the issues Native Americans face and how we can help to heal all the harm our European invasion has done. Worship Leader: Rev. Jane Thickstun Worship Associate: Jen Johnson Music Leaders: Dan Loschen
Today I want to talk about spiritual friendship, about connections that run deeper than surface understandings and how those can be useful to us in these times. Worship Leader: Rev. Tracy JohnsonWorship Associate: Jennifer JohnsonMusic Leaders: Dr. Ana Popa
Where do new UU’s come from? How did you find your way to this place we make sacred? How do we share our faith tradition with others when proselytizing is not a part of our mission? What are our challenges in sharing our shared tradition? Worship Leader: Turner BridgeforthWorship Associate: Jen JohnsonMusic Leaders: Dan Loschen
This morning, we reconnect with the community, remembering our commitment to one another, to our neighbors, and to our city and to the world. It reminds us of our interconnectedness, the importance of community, and embodies our hope for the future. In our tradition, the Water Communion marks this return. Please bring a small quantity … Continue reading Wrestling With Water
This summer has carried us in many directions—some across great distances, some only in imagination, and some simply into moments of rest. Now we gather again, bringing with us the gifts of our journeys and the joy of returning to this community. The roads we travel are not only about places on a map. They … Continue reading Is This The Road I am On? Confessions of a Nervous Traveler
