Watch the service HERE. Humanism can seem a little science-y. Modern Humanism (turn of the 19th century through the ’60s) was focused on science and did not truck with what it considered superstition. While worthy, it seemed more like a litmus test than a spiritual path. However, a new Humanism is popping up all around … Continue reading The New Humanism
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. The conundrum of free will morality — thou “mayest” or “mayest not” — lay at the very core of both our American society and our liberal UU religion. This relative latitude to choose is both awesome and horrible at once. It begs the question: How do we know, or learn, moral … Continue reading Whooshing Up: Can America Be Moral?
Watch the service HERE. “Unanswered questions are far less dangerous than unquestioned answers.” The reader board at my Seattle UU church posted that anonymous quotation once, and I still think it makes a great elevator speech about what it means to be a UU. In our faith tradition, doubt is good–the foundation for our free … Continue reading Unquestioned Answers
