When journalist Johann Hari needs to feel hope, he thinks of his friend Andrew Sullivan, who after being diagnosed with HIV in the early 1990’s (and believing he was soon to die), decided to write an outlandish book about something he thought he would never live to see. Except, he did.  Let us remember the … Continue reading Transformation

It is nothing new that we have been living “betwixt and between” the familiar and the completely unknown. We have left the pre-pandemic world behind, while we are not yet sure of what comes next.  How do we live in the in-between?  Worship leaders:  Rev Darcy, Dee H., and Jorge T.  Tech Crew: Vic W … Continue reading How to Live in the In-Between

In a culture that works hard to pay minimal attention to death, even in midst of the mass death of a pandemic, we will honor our beloveds who have died. Worship leaders: Rev Darcy, Leroy E, and Dee H.

It was the gay community (and different kinds of cultural norms regarding public health) in Provincetown MA that revealed how dangerous the delta variant could be to vaccinated people.  Maybe we would all do well to “kink” our ways of relating to one another.  Worship Leaders: Rev Darcy, Haruko D, Sharon A. Tech Crew: Vic … Continue reading We Gotta Be Kinky

As we approach Halloween, Samhain, and All Soul’s Day, guest preacher Rev. Lucas Hergert, Minister of the North Shore Unitarian Church in Deerfield, Illinois, asks: “What do we make of different accounts of the afterlife?”  Worship leaders: Brian W, Todd, Jorge Torrez.

Cultivating relationship can be done in many ways and through various forms. This Sunday, Oct. 10, in a prerecorded video, listen to the Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris‘  proposition that it may be through poetry not theology that spiritual relationship is cultivated . Worship leaders: Sharon A., Brian W. and Todd W.

“Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God” wrote Karl Barth, generally considered one of the most influential Christian theologians of the 20th century (and not one that was a fan of liberal religion either).  In midst of heavy and hard times, let us experience some of God’s grace (the god you do … Continue reading Let’s Laugh

The concept of one’s carbon footprint was a brilliant public relations campaign launched by BP, created to focus people on their individual consumption rather than collective action.  We must remind ourselves and practice resisting the temptations of hyper-individualism all around us.  Worship leaders: Rev Darcy, Todd W,hiteley Haruko D.eArth. Tech Crew: Brian W.ise

The pandemic has taken the experience of loneliness to whole other levels.  What could or should come from our loneliness? Worship Leaders: Rev Darcy, Haruko DeArth, Sharon Arpoika, and Jorge Torrez.  Tech Crew: Vic W,haley, Brian Wise, and Steve Naldoza.

What do we need to embrace possibility – to move in another direction so that we may grow and thrive?  I invite you to sip a cup of tea as we probe this question.  Worship leaders:  Sharon Arpoika, and Brian Wise.