December, the darkest month, often the busiest month, is not without mystery and grace, which are the spiritual themes for this month. Sometimes, though, we have to take a step back to see, hear, or feel these elusive realities. And sometimes they are found right in the midst of it all. This Sunday we will … Continue reading Mystery and Grace – Hidden and Here
The Sunday after Thanksgiving, while still in the month of November, offers a chance to pause and take a breath. December, with all its expectations of good times and gift-giving and busyness, can land hard for some. What spiritual resources can we tap to help make the month ahead more peaceful and sane. How can … Continue reading Comfort and Joy
When we add a seat at the table for the newcomer, the stranger, the not-yet-friend, we are all blessed. The choir will sing today on this Sunday before Thanksgiving.
Barbara Ehrenreich, author, asks a provocative question for Unitarian Universalists: “Why do we resist the experience of collective joy?” What would it take for you to surrender to the ecstasy of collective effervescence? As we search for ways to feel hope as the days darken, perhaps fully experiencing joy in community might help us to … Continue reading Hard Times Require Furious Dancing: Remembering Collective Joy
Whatever the outcome of the mid-term elections on November 6th, we are likely to wake up the next day to a country still very much tense and divided. What is the responsibility for people of faith and congregation of faith to help heal this divide and build trust? How can we be bridge-builders without diminishing … Continue reading For such a time as this…
This annual service is a time to remember those beloved to us who have died. You are invited to bring photos of deceased family members and friends to place on the altar. This year we plan to link the service and fellowship hour by asking you to bring food or drink reminiscent of those now … Continue reading All Souls and All Saints – Let Us Remember
The holy and ordinary sanctuaries in our lives offer us rest, safety, and comfort. We can want to stay in these places forever- but life and our faith calls us somewhere else. We are meant to rest and risk. You can read the full sermon here.
This service will offer an opportunity to consider how we, as Unitarian Universalists, embody our principles during times of transition, letting go of barriers by opening our doors to the world. Our lives are full of stories and these stories are the foundations of our beliefs about ourselves and others. Charles Curran calls these … Continue reading Living our way beyond…
In this week’s service, our guest preacher explores the incredible impact seeing and acknowledging each other can have on our spirits. Rev. Joanna Lubkin is the Unitarian Universalist Chaplain at Wellesley College and the Program Assistant for the UU Ministers Association. She is an affiliated community minister at Arlington Street Church in Boston, and studied at … Continue reading Seeing
Every week, we say “we welcome you, whoever you are,” to all who enter. What if we insisted on such radical hospitality in every single moment of our lives? Let us envision a world in which all people are truly and deeply welcomed for all they bring. Where all can grow in the ways of … Continue reading Boldly Visioning
