While some may embark on a long voyage to a holy land, others may find their happy places much closer to home. Even the mind itself can be the destination of a spiritual journey. Whether your pilgrimage carries you across an ocean or to a yoga mat… Brian Wise, Haruko DeArth, and Jorge Torrez will … Continue reading What Does It Mean to Be a Pilgrim?
Cultural anthropologist Clifford Geertz says that the point of religious culture is to “make suffering sufferable.” How does our UU religious culture help us navigate our experiences of suffering? Worship leaders this week are Rev. Darcy, Todd Whiteley, and Jorge Torrez.
Come celebrate the glorious beauty we are surrounded by at this time of year (if your allergies allow!) Please wear your boots or sneakers and a coat as you will be invited to take a brief contemplative walk (or do a sitting) into the surrounding almond orchard as part of the worship service! Worship leaders … Continue reading Blossomings
Fundamental to our quality of life is the ability to trust other people, even as we know how frequently we are disappointed and let down. Trust is a vulnerable practice, one that the moral life, the spiritual life, urges us on and on to do. In this service, congregants will be invited to share and … Continue reading The Risk of Trust
UU Theologian Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker wrote this Universalist meditation entitled “A Love That Holds Us.” What does it mean to believe and feel “held,” even if one does not believe or feel what many call a “higher power”? Worship Leaders this week are Rev. Darcy, Sharon Arpoika, and Haruko DeArth.
We explore the spiritual wisdom of poet Mary Oliver, who instructed writers that they needed to keep a regular appointment for writing, so that ‘the wild, silky part of ourselves’ learns to trust that it can show up. What regular appointment do you need to keep? Worship Leaders this week are Rev. Darcy, Todd Whiteley, … Continue reading The Wild, Silky Part
In a culture that worships change and innovation (but much too often at a breakneck pace) how can we hold space for processes of transformation? Not fixing, not improvement, not perfection–but transformation? Worship leaders this week are Rev. Darcy and Haruko DeArth.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King is probably the religious “prophet” most trusted by liberals. How do we hear some of his words today? Worship Leaders this week are Todd Whiteley and Brian Wise.
Anger is a complicated experience–one we seem to either suppress or let explode. How can we harness anger so that it opens up new possibilities in our lives? Worship leaders this week are Rev. Darcy and Dee Hawksworth.
We humans always need opportunities to begin again. What do you need to remember, what do you need to release, and what do you need to resolve to do? Rev. Darcy will lead the congregation’s annual ‘burning off’ ritual. Worship leaders this week are Rev. Darcy and Sharon Arpoika.
