Festival of Lights 2: Fuel for Joy
How do we welcome more light and joy into our lives? It may seem that we feel joyful when we have things to be grateful for. When good things happen, … Continue reading Festival of Lights 2: Fuel for Joy
How do we welcome more light and joy into our lives? It may seem that we feel joyful when we have things to be grateful for. When good things happen, … Continue reading Festival of Lights 2: Fuel for Joy
If you’ve ever used an oil lamp, you may have noticed that it doesn’t work well when soot accumulates at the end of its wick. You have to trim the … Continue reading Festival of Lights 1: Trimming the Wick
Fasting has a long history as a spiritual practice. Some think of fasting as self-denial, and we might have a whole array of reactions to that idea. Others seek a deeper spiritual connection … Continue reading Bread Ceremony: Crumbs
As we delve into this month’s theme of “holding history,” we consider the ramifications of a rather unique aspect of our justice system: The U.S. cash bail system, which is … Continue reading With Liberty and Justice for All
We invite you to bring a photo or memento of those you wish to honor or memorialize to place on our community table of remembrance. In many ways, our ancestors … Continue reading They Are With Us Still
We all have some habits and routines. We probably do a lot of things without really thinking. We just do what we’ve grown accustomed to doing. Sometimes, though, our habits … Continue reading Put This Song on Replay
As we recognize the importance of Coming Out Day (October 11), we also take time to consider how we show up in our various relationships. Are we honest and authentic … Continue reading Permission Granted
We welcome a variety of species into worship as we take time to focus on our meaningful relationships with other animals. In many traditions, blessing someone or something imparts divine power or … Continue reading Blessing of the Animals
We often live in houses we didn’t build. We often seek belonging in communities we didn’t create. Maybe we wonder why things are done a certain way. Maybe we assume … Continue reading Whose House Are You Living In?
See this past service on YouTube or Facebook. As we cross this threshold of the church year, we bring water to symbolically represent our various journeys. As we pour our individual … Continue reading Ingathering