Some churches try to fit volunteers into pre-existing slots like parts to a machine. Other churches look for the divine seed in each person, nurture it, help it grow, like flowers in a garden. In truth most congregations do a little bit of both. This Sunday we will have a Child Dedication ceremony as we […]
Anyone interested in spiritual cultivation will sooner or later run into the quandary… should I direct my energies toward caring for others or cleaning up my own act and fulfilling my potential? We will reflect on SN 47.19 Sedaka Sutta: The Bamboo Acrobat, a lovely parable concerning this offered by The Buddha. (You can watch our worship service streamed […]
Easter can be a tricky holiday for Unitarian Universalists. We are known to be more skeptical than most. Many can identify with Doubting Thomas, the disciple slow to believe his own eyes when Jesus appeared to him after the resurrection. This Easter Sunday we will reflect on the miraculous and the ordinary, the “supernatural” and […]