Preaching from the Book of Ruth, Ruth 1:1-18: Orpah simply vanished into the mountains. Who was Orpah, and what does her absence from the Book of Ruth—the quintessential story of inclusion in the Hebrew Bible—mean to you and me? This is a sermon that will explore the outcast, forgotten, and silenced people who were once … Continue reading Orpah, Where Art Thou?
Sure, we come to church each Sunday to be a part of a larger community of faiths but ultimately, we are about more than just programming, We are a people learning from each other how to live among each other and sometimes that means learning new ways to love.
The growing role of religion in the Occupy Movement has presented provocative questions about how people of faith can work for social justice. From the temperance movement to the Civil Rights movement, churches have played key roles in important social movements, and shows this role is no less critical today
Paying attention is a spiritual practice desperately needed today. When we pay attention, we learn patterns and responses that can create positive change. Let’s talk about how this can make the world a better place.
This lay lead worship service comes to us from the Unitarian Universalist Association and tells stories from our Unitarian, Universalist, and UU histories: stories about how ordinary people showed up, in very different ways and in particular contexts, to side with love and show up for justice.
Cathy Chapman-Hackett will provide a service on the work of the Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East.
Trusting that we have the ability to grow our personal resilience, and carrying that spirit of resilience out into our world, sets us in a position to remain human in inhumane times. We have to protect that goodness inside in order to model it for others, but how do we learn to adapt well in … Continue reading Who Are My People?
Dr. Kendra Weddle, Scholar-in-Residence at Northaven Church in Dallas, whose expertise includes spirituality, feminism and religion, biblical and/or theological reflections, intersections of Christianity and culture, and Interfaith trends.
