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Watch the service HERE. This sermon at Eastrose will be Rev. Sarah Schurr’s last before her retirement from full time ministry at the end of June. It will also be the week prior to UUA General Assembly 2024. Sarah will reflect on changes we face as individuals, and as a religious movement. Rev. Sarah Schurr, … Continue reading Times They Are a’Changing
Watch the service HERE. What does it mean to evolve as a religion in the modern world? For the past several years, the UUA has drafted revisions to Article II, which recasts our long-held Seven Principles and Six Sources as “Purposes and Covenants” such as Justice, Interdependence and Generosity. The document includes the phrase: “Love … Continue reading Love is the Enduring Force That Holds Us Together
A Choir Service! Watch the service HERE. Unitarians began including hymns regularly in worship in the mid 1800’s (mostly psalms set to music back then). In the 200 plus years that have followed, our hymnody has reflected an evolving and broadening theology, our merger with the Universalists, a deeper dive into social justice, and a … Continue reading Onward, Forward, Singing Hymns!
Watch the service HERE. We live in a death-phobic, youth seeking culture. From anti-aging face serums to cryogenics to theologies of eternal life to potential AI technologies that could keep the brain alive indefinitely, humans have chased immortality despite the enduring reality: If you are human, your life is finite. Given this immutable fact (at least … Continue reading Chasing Immortality: Would You Want to Live Forever?
Watch the service HERE. Listening is complex, requiring keeping our mouths shut, feeding back what we hear, and asking deepening questions. It also requires stillness. What is this stillness, and how do we use it in the service of being more present to others? Rev. Barbara Stevens preaching, with Worship Leader Jan Apland-Curtis. Music from … Continue reading Listening Out of Stillness
Flower Communion Sunday – bring a flower, take a flower. Watch the service HERE. We have been conditioned, dare I say, brainwashed, to appreciate and cultivate only the well-bred members of the botanical family — the fine roses, the graceful lilies, the amusing black-eyed Susans, the elegant peonies. Weeds such as the kudzu, the clover, … Continue reading Stubborn Flowers with the Wisdom to Survive
Also: New Member Welcoming Ceremony Watch the service HERE. The ideal topic for us freethinking UUs is improvisation! How do we get the balance right between practical planning and necessary routines in our lives, while nurturing some creative space for spontaneity? How can practicing improvisation lead to more creative thinking and better communication? Rev. Robin … Continue reading Yes, And…Improvising A Life
Watch the service HERE. During the COVID pandemic, all across the planet, human beings experienced what some called “The Great Pause.” As we sheltered indoors for the better part of two years, we read reports that skies were clear in Los Angeles, fish more visible in the canals of Venice, and wildlife roaming freely in high-traffic National … Continue reading We Are The Blue Boat Home – A Service for Earth Day
Watch the service HERE. “Schismogenesis” is a term used by anthropologists and sociologists to describe conditions between cultural areas or individuals that causes the separate cultures or individuals to take on identities and rituals that are opposite of each other in almost every way and therefore each becomes defined by what the other isn’t. It … Continue reading Schismogenisis and The Space Between
Watch the service HERE. In the hit Netflix series, “Squid Game,” a group of desperate South Koreans risk their lives to pay off their crippling debts. The series reflects a real social problem in their country – too much money too easily borrowed. This week, the taxman cometh to our doors, and Americans find themselves … Continue reading “Squid Game” and the Death Knell of Debt
