Ruminations: Liberating Love
Our guiding principles can become surface level assertions, detached from spiritual depth, if we fail to recognize that they lead us somewhere.
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Chalica Week 1: The inherent worth and dignity of every person
This first week of Chalica, we observe the first UU principle: The inherent worth and dignity of every person. If you are lighting candles at home to observe this season, … Continue reading Chalica Week 1: The inherent worth and dignity of every person
Food for our Minds and Spirits: Kill Screen
Tetris is one of the earliest video games ever made. If you haven’t played it, you certainly know about it. A series of blocks tumbles from the top of a … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Kill Screen
Ruminations: Minutes Remaining
For some of us, the holidays make the prospect of being fully present feel more difficult somehow.
Musical Musings 12-24: A musical Christmas Eve service with UUCC youth, our Chancel Choir, and more
Music Notes – Sunday, December 24th: This week’s musicians are UUCC Music Director Mike Carney, UUCC Pianist Karin Tooley, Amy Collins, The Chancel Choir, and numerous youth musicians from our … Continue reading Musical Musings 12-24: A musical Christmas Eve service with UUCC youth, our Chancel Choir, and more
Food for our Minds and Spirits: Menagerie at the Nativity
Christmas is best when it is for everyone. Some people don’t want Christmas. Some people don’t want to share Christmas. Some people are overwhelmed by Christmas. Some people are disappointed … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Menagerie at the Nativity
Food for our Minds and Spirits: Blue Christmas
I spent this week at home with COVID! What a bummer. Having come through the pandemic together, it’s weird to be back in “lockdown” mode all by myself. I’m bored … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Blue Christmas
Ruminations: Anchored
Some of the insights I shared last Sunday were adapted from a book by Deb Dana entitled Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory. The Lay Pastoral … Continue reading Ruminations: Anchored
Musical Musings 12-17: Special music with our choirs, Mike, Karin, and guest instrumentalists
Special Music Service: Mysteries and Miracles – Dec. 17th, 2023 How do we respond when we encounter moments of unexpected wonder or grace? When joy enters our lives but … Continue reading Musical Musings 12-17: Special music with our choirs, Mike, Karin, and guest instrumentalists
Food for our Minds and Spirits: Slow Down!
We are in a time of year when there is so much going on, it feels like time is speeding by. Even as I write these very words, I am … Continue reading Food for our Minds and Spirits: Slow Down!