What Butterflies Can Teach US
A CUUPs Sacred Hearth service celebrating the autumnal equinox, the migration of monarch butterflies and what their journey can teach us about our own journeys in life.
Topic: Journey
UUism Continues to Evolve—Can you?
The current political climate and surrounding culture have prompted changes in the UUA, and we don’t know how things will be even next year, much less in the next decade. Will you be part of the process or do you want to keep things the way they are or have been?
A Common Story, a Common Project: The Wisdom of Community
In times of instability, community is the bond that sustains us. It is where we can tell our stories in safe, respectful places. It is where dreams become realities. It is where hope is birthed and transmitted to new generations.
Ingathering—Water Communion and T-Shirt Day!
It’s time for our water communion and T-shirt Day. Please wear a T-shirt supporting a cause near and dear to you. Water will be available, and when you add water to the All Peoples Church waters, tell us a few sentences about the cause you are lifting up. At the end of service, the water … Continue reading Ingathering—Water Communion and T-Shirt Day!
Rooted in Love
As we seek to become a community that is better and stronger together, we begin to understand the importance of living in circles, not rows, for spiritual, physical, and emotional growth, both personally and communally.
In Search Of…
Often we seek out existing communities that align with our faith traditions, values, interests and hobbies, or generation. Building community works differently and can involve starting special interest groups like book clubs, hiking groups, game nights, garden clubs, and other activities that bring people together around a shared interest. Let’s talk about how that can … Continue reading In Search Of…
The Church’s One Foundation
The Church, in its many forms, has both struggled and flourished across history. What our forgetful hearts must remember is that love is the Church’s one foundation. As a people who base all words and actions on love we need to hear our foundational covenant again and again if we are to ever make our … Continue reading The Church’s One Foundation
When Trusting Your Curiosity Leads to Dancing
When we get mired down in the demands and struggles of life, it can become easy to stifle our curiosity and live life on the surface, rarely going deeper. In this sermon, I explore a well-known New Testament parable and find there an invitation to follow our quest for adventure, to seek knowledge from all … Continue reading When Trusting Your Curiosity Leads to Dancing
Trusting the Love That Guides Us
The world has lost its way. It is so clear to see chaos, hate, and greed growing rapidly, while fear among marginalized populations rises to critical levels. Can we really protect others and transform lives with just our love?
Troubling the Waters
In this moment in the history of the world and of the church, we are being asked to examine how the way we do things is pushing back against a dominant culture of scarcity and oppression or simply replicating that culture in our communities of faith. For this reason we must ask whether our community … Continue reading Troubling the Waters