Love is both a noun & a verb, a phenomenon & an action, Love is also a powerful energetic force that creates active resonance and in the same way that a rousing sing along can completely change the energy of a concert hall filled with people, the energy of Love can change a world filled … Continue reading The Answer is Love
This Sunday we will celebrate the many new beginnings in our lives. We will celebrate the start of the new school year, whether we are starting school for the first time, entering a new grade, starting kindergarten, graduate school, or a new professional development program, we want to celebrate with you! We will also acknowledge … Continue reading New Paths. New Blessings. New Beginnings.
Breath is the Spirit of Life. It affects both our physical and mental health. Ron Relic will explore the latest science of breathing as covered in author/journalist James Nestor’s book Breath, and his subsequent videos. The book has been featured on NPR’s Fresh Air and many podcasts. Improving how you breathe can have a profound … Continue reading Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
As a people of faith, we create sacred places and spaces as an expression of our interconnection with each other, the world in which we live, and the wider web of life. This Sunday, we will explore and celebrate this fundamental aspect of our humanity and who we are. Incorporated into our worship will be … Continue reading Oh, The Places We’ll Go
Tree of Life Flower Wheel Service Today is a worship celebration through music, led by the Wailin’Mahalias. As a community we will decorate our Flower Wheel, so if youhave access to wildflowers, attractive weeds, or garden flowers, pleasebring a handful to share. In readings drawn from different faiths, we’llreflect on the power of Love that’s … Continue reading The Circle and Hoop of Community
Anyone has felt loneliness. It can be a temporary pang from being alone, the sense of disconnection (even surrounded by others), or feeling misunderstood. Also, loneliness can be chronic or persistent with underlying and systemic causes. Recently the World Health Organization shared that loneliness is a major health challenge of our time, “affecting heart, mind, … Continue reading The Real Pain of Loneliness
On the morning of November 6, Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt, UU minister and current elected President of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA), sent an open letter to UU congregations throughout the U.S. calling us to remember and claim our values and heritage, stating “We are a Sanctuary People”. It is a message that … Continue reading We Are a Sanctuary People
Is PRIDE a party or a protest? Both! And from the first PRIDE parade on June 28, 1970 to celebrations of PRIDE month today, it has been joyful resistance- a testimony to the LGBTQ+ community’s creativity, beauty, diversity, resilience, hope, and faith. This Sunday, join us in story, poetry, and song to honor and celebrate … Continue reading PRIDE: Protest, Party, and Joyful Resistance
Many of us spend much of our lives searching outside of ourselves for whatever it is that will complete us. We are told through advertising and cultural expectations that someone or something must come along to make us “whole.” But what if feeling complete has little to do with finding that right person, job, BMI … Continue reading Completely Whole
Are you the one? The one person who will change the world. The one person who reshapes history and brings hope and mercy to others? Do you believe you could be the One? The question looms in these uncertain times as people ask, ‘What can I do in the face of such cruelty and suffering?’ … Continue reading Are You the One?
