Animal Blessing
We’ll be outside on the East Lawn (weather permitting), so please bring your comfortable outdoor chairs and dearest non-human animals as we offer blessing to some of the reciprocal relationships … Continue reading Animal Blessing
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Randy Partain
Who Taught You That About Yourself?
or Free Will Reconsidered Last week, we quoted Carl Sagan’s wisdom that “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.” What if … Continue reading Who Taught You That About Yourself?
Tracing the Lineage of My Microwave
or How To Make an Apple Pie from Scratch Carl Sagan famously said, “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.” What … Continue reading Tracing the Lineage of My Microwave
Mountains Where There Are No Paths
We sometimes say “there are many paths up the mountain” when we want to express a sense of spiritual or theological diversity. But what do we do when the mountain … Continue reading Mountains Where There Are No Paths
Pledging Zero
There’s an amazing story that comes out of the experience of an agricultural co-op where everyone contributed to meet the community’s budgetary needs. It goes beyond the familiar “stone soup” … Continue reading Pledging Zero
Meet the Moment: Together Everywhere Watch Party
Bring a little breakfast for yourself and some to share as we gather in the Fellowship Hall to experience the Closing Worship from this year’s Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly … Continue reading Meet the Moment: Together Everywhere Watch Party
Trying on My Neighbor’s Glasses
When we disagree, and we are absolutely convinced that we’re right, our ears stop working. It’s a funny quirk of human biology. But it doesn’t have to be so. Curiosity … Continue reading Trying on My Neighbor’s Glasses
Beyond Retribution
Our congregation’s Pretrial Support Ministry is engaged in some amazing work. This focused care falls under a larger heading of restorative justice, a theologically grounded perspective that may feel at … Continue reading Beyond Retribution
No Person Is a Weed: Flower Ceremony
Bring flowers to share and a favorite outdoor chair to our annual Flower Ceremony. We’ll be outside on the East Lawn (where the tent is) unless weather tells us otherwise. … Continue reading No Person Is a Weed: Flower Ceremony
Practicing Dying
Many faith traditions include some kind of preparation for death. Communities might hold common stories about what happens when a person dies, or there may be rituals that represent death … Continue reading Practicing Dying