Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Email – In-Person and Virtual Worship
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…
Warrior for Peace -In-Person and Virtual Worship
When Yitzhak Rabin was the Prime Minister of Israel he once said “Peace is not just a prayer. It is first of all a prayer, but it is also a…
Mother Teresa, Mother Jones – In-Person and Virtual Worship
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…
Out of a Mountain of Despair, a Stone of Hope-In-Person and Virtual Worship
Out of a Mountain of Despair, a Stone of Hope - Rev. Lynn Thomas Strauss, Rev. Chris Buice and Dr. Reginald Houze Former minister Lynn Thomas Strauss and current minister…
Bloom Where We Are Planted (Flower Communion)-Multigenerational In-Person and Virtual Worship
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…
Miracles for Doubters- Rev. Chris Buice and Catherine Farmer Loya In-Person and Virtual Worship
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…
Intentionally Difficult: The Spirituality of Ella Baker In-Person and Virtual Worship
There is a time to be easy going, go with the flow, pliant and yielding. There is also a time to be intentionally difficult. In this service we will reflect…
Shopkeeper’s Religion: The Perils of Transactional Relationships-In-Person and Virtual Worship
The jargon of business has its way of making it into religious life. The buzz words of corporate America are sometimes found in sermons, meetings and coffee hour conversations. However,…
Why It’s a Sin to Call Someone a Sinner-In-Person and Virtual Worship
In the Southern United States in the buckle of the Bible Belt we hear a lot of hellfire and damnation sermons about sin and the sinners who commit them. However,…
When the Saboteur Is Ourselves – In-Person and Virtual Worship
During military conflicts armies employ saboteurs to do damage to the other side. So what do we do during peacetime when the main saboteur in our lives is ourselves? This…