Today’s sermon features the stories and experiences of individuals impacted by current United States immigration practices, including time spent living in or visiting detention centers, and those who help to bring the imprisoned out of captivity and onto the path of citizenship. This sermon highlights the UU covenantal values of pluralism, justice, generosity, and equity, … Continue reading “Seeking Asylum,” by Guillermo
Mythology is full of wishes: genies in lamps, wishing on a star. Yet, most are wishes are incomplete, short-sighted, or the wish granters are malevolent. Yet we still wish even today, especially in politics. We wish for better cash flow for for the poor, an end to food insecurity, and so much more. Our dreams … Continue reading “When You Wish Upon a Star,” by Bill Casey
Meditation Summary: In the eternal nowness of the thrive and riot of life on our planet Earth, from barrier reefs, rain forests, boreal forests, tundra, fungal neural networks, micro and macrobiota in lakes, streams, grasslands and deserts, to the abyssal plains of our oceans, the archipelagos of our oceans and seas, to the lichen-encrusted rocks … Continue reading “Across the Geological & Genomic Fossil Records of Life, the One you Meet is You!” by Dr. Lee Greer
Compassion is considered the highest form of the 4 synonyms: pity, sympathy, empathy, and compassion. This was inspired in part by one of Lauren’s first lectures in nursing school, which discussed those 4 words. This sermon will discuss the meaning and importance of these words both sacred in the worlds main religions and secular when … Continue reading “Compassion”
The role of motherhood has long been venerated and deemed one of the most important that a woman can take upon herself in her lifetime. This sermon seeks to not only celebrate those who have taken upon the sacred role of mother in life, but to also explore what it means to be “motherly” and … Continue reading “The Divine Role of Mother,” by Mairi Moores
In this sermon, we will explore how bearing witness has long been understood as a prophetic and spiritual act. From reporters risking their lives to tell the truth, to the courageous decisions that brought the Pentagon Papers to public light, the struggle to see clearly and remember honestly is deeply connected to our Unitarian Universalist … Continue reading “Love is Bearing Witness,” by Adam Wedeking
This will be the fourth in a series of talks about famous UU’s. Today’s subject will be the famous actor, director, and activist Paul Newman. The subtitle an ornament and an Orphan will be explained later. One of his movies, Cool Hand Luke, will be shown following the service and coffee hour
What do Easter and Earth Day have in common? This past Easter, we reflected on the miracle of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. Resurrection is about the surging and resurging power of life. Earth teaches us that resurrection is not only possible, but that it’s happening all around us. New life returns and continues to … Continue reading “Earth Teaches Us Resurrection,” by The Rev. Kimberley Debus
It’s natural to be uncomfortable with uncertainty. It can often be terrifying but it can also be very exciting. Uncertainty can drive fear, curiosity, innovation, for we yearn for the wonder of discovery, that feeling of experiencing something for the first time. The more we know, the more we realize how little we know. We … Continue reading Mysteries of Science III: Dealing with Uncertainty
This sermon looks at Jesus as a “Rabblerouser” to the Roman enforcers in Jerusalem. Was there evidence for them to see him as an insurrectionist? Given how our current federal government and law enforcement officers are looking at people (including American citizens) who put themselves out front, protesting, demanding justice and being labeled as “Domestic … Continue reading “Jesus as a Security Risk,”
