Let’s Meet in the Middle
We don’t have to accept that “this is just how it is.” Instead, we can cultivate a hopeful community beyond either/or. In the land of both/and, we can join hands and be the dream we long for.
Speaker: PhD.
Becoming Better
Do you have people in your life who urge you to be better, to do better? What tools of transformation do you find helpful? This week’s sermon uses an often neglected story to invite us into the process of transformation.
The House of Many Creeds
Unitarian Universalism by general consensus is located on the liberal end of the religious continuum. Now just what is that supposed to mean?
Love is the Heart of the Matter
True love requires our work of cultivation AND letting go.
Tolerance, Acceptance and Enabling: Drawing the Lines
Where are the lines between these three concepts? How do we define the lines or know when we’ve crossed them? How does that fit in with our covenant and recognizing the dignity and worth (and the autonomy) of every living soul in the quest of Truth?
What Justice Looks Like
We want to be peacemakers and we want to work for justice, not only in our own communities, but in ever expanding circles. Often, however, it is hard to know what specific task to which we are called and how we are supposed to create change. Abigail, an overlooked figure from the Hebrew Bible, helps … Continue reading What Justice Looks Like
Mystery: Always on the Move
Continual change is a constant in our lives, and yet, we often are surprised to discover that what we want to be the same, never is. The Hindu story of Ganesha and the New Testament story of Jesus on the road to Emmaus invite us to consider how we can be open to change as … Continue reading Mystery: Always on the Move
Of The Light and The Lightkeepers
Humanity has always been invested in, one might even say obsessed with, Light in all its applications and dimensions. Why? And if we regard ourselves, as it seems we do, as custodians of the Light what does that mean? These are tangled questions. I have some tangled answers to pose with which you might or … Continue reading Of The Light and The Lightkeepers
Prayer, Why Bother?
Since the dawn of religion Prayer has been and remains a common feature of all faiths. Why do we pray? Is Someone listening? What, if anything, does prayer accomplish? These are a few of the persistently annoying questions. This is an attempt to pose some not always satisfying answers.
Free and Responsible?
Too often in our busy and complex world, we incorrectly think that freedom is about having a wide array of choices. And yet, sometimes these same choices do not signal freedom but rather attachment, its own kind of limitation. So, what does it mean to be on a search that is both free and responsible? … Continue reading Free and Responsible?