Watch the service HERE. In her wry memoir, Jana Reiss shares a year-long quest to become more saintly by tackling 12 spiritual practices, including fasting, centering prayer, Sabbath-keeping, gratitude, and generosity. Though she begins with the question, “How hard could that be?” Reiss finds to her growing humiliation that she is “flunking sainthood.” In this sermon exploring … Continue reading Flunking Sainthood
Watch the service HERE. We as human beings (and especially as churches) have an uncomfortable relationship with not being perfect, and work to try a project as much of an image of perfection as possible. But, by letting go and acknowledging that we are not perfect, there is the opportunity for understanding ourselves more deeply … Continue reading The Sermon That Almost Wasn’t (But Yet Still Needed to Be)
Watch the service HERE. Popular songs, art works, photos, favorite places, sayings, post-its, fridge magnets, popular music and other influences in our lives. We are all on an individual spiritual path and are influenced by many recognized and subliminal experiences. We are always in connection with life’s subtle lessons. This will be a light-hearted look … Continue reading The Seventh Source
Watch the service HERE. Come for stories about the real and mythic St. Brigid, an early 5th-century figure in Celtic Christianity. In Ireland, she is a favorite woman saint, more popular than Mary. In real life, she was a respected Abbess who helped foster a distinct Christianity. It was centuries before the Church discovered how … Continue reading Celtic Thresholds
Watch the service HERE. All world religions focus on what it means to live with integrity and in tune with spiritual truths. We try to ward off harm with everything from crystals, amulets, spells and astrology; we try to win God’s favor with prayers, mantras, offerings and rule-following. The Hebrew prophet Micah, as his land … Continue reading Mercy, Justice, and Walking Humbly
Watch the service HERE. Spirituality is a word used quite casually in our culture. But, what is it? What practices can we bring to our journey that might enrich our daily lives? Worship Leader: Carol Knox
Watch the service HERE. Whether we enjoy it or not, we learn valuable spiritual lessons from the difficult people in our lives – those whom we know and love, those we work with, attend church with, and those whom we encounter more randomly. This morning, we will explore the inherent presence of the “prickly” in … Continue reading Thank You for Being Such a Pain: Spiritual Lessons We Learn from Difficult People
This is a pulpit share with Community UU Church (CUUC) in Pasco, WA Unitarian Universalism is a living faith; our theology is proof of that. Many think that to be UU means to believe whatever you want, but that is not really true. Karishma Gottfried will share her experiences growing up UU in Oregon and … Continue reading Covenant, Not Creed
View the service HERE. There is perhaps no better way to capture the spirit of scientific inquiry than the second line of the UU Children’s Affirmation — “Search for Truth with an Open Mind.” This is but one illustration of the ways in which science and spirituality are intertwined in our lives. This sermon explores … Continue reading Science and Spirituality
The theologian and mythologist Karen Armstrong once described religion as an act of the highest imagination. The longing to express and describe the ineffable leads us naturally into the wellspring of our deepest creative impulses. Storyteller Will Hornyak shares poems and myths that speak to our natural impulse toward the sacred in art and expression. … Continue reading Myth, Metaphor and Mystery: The Masks of God – How Imagination and Creativity Calls to Us as Spiritual Practices
