Mother Teresa was very different from Mother Jones (and vice versa) and yet both had qualities that we tend to associate with “mothering.” In an age of non-binary thinking, we can see both as an invitation to embrace the word “mother” as a verb and not a noun. On this Mother’s Day we will contemplate […]
In this music centered service we will consider the practice and performance of music as an aide in personal development and community building. Practicing music is a barter where we exchange many years of strife for moments of beauty. Thousands of hours spent practicing scales for a “breath of ecstasy”. In the poetry of Sara […]
Have you ever known someone who was nice in person but a flame throwing troll on email? Maybe, there are times when we have all lived out this dichotomy. If so, which one is our real personality? In 1886 Robert Louis Stevenson wrote his famous book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, giving us […]
Telling someone to “Get lost!” is considered rude in most cultures and yet the wisdom of all the great religions of the world might be summarized in those two words “Get lost!” For it is by emptying that we are filled. It is by letting go that we gain. It is by losing our lives […]
G.K. Chesterton once wrote, “Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.” One of the risks of religion is that it can encourage us to take ourselves too seriously. For this reason it can be in a congregation’s best interests to cultivate a “culture of levity.” As we enter into the summer season, a time […]