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 Chris Buice will offer reflections on TVUUC as a community of hope. The Quaker teacher Parker Palmer spends a lot of time helping people to […]
Is making meaning together uncomfortable? Sometimes YES, in the very best of ways! Join us for an all-ages service celebrating the growth we find as we build beloved community, nurture spiritual growth, and seek to transform the world through acts of love and justice. We’ll celebrate our high school seniors, recognize Religious Exploration participants and […]
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 […]
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 […]