Drawing on the wisdom of Octavia Butler’s eerily prescient novels Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, as well as some California indigenous people’s knowledge of wildfire, we will continue our ever on-going learning on how to renew our love for this burning world. This Sunday’s service will be led by Rev. Darcy … Continue reading How to Love the Burning World
UU theologian James Luther Adams wrote that, “Human beings, individually and collectively, become human by making a commitment, by making promises. The human being as such is the promise-making, promise-keeping, promise-breaking, promise-renewing creature. The human being is the promise maker, the commitment maker.” What promises do you need to make right now? What promises do … Continue reading Broken Promises
In trying times, joy is more important than ever. And, as poet and professor Toi Toi Derricotte writes, “joy is an act of resistance.” This Sunday’s service will be led by Rev. Darcy Baxter and Worship Associate Dee Hawksworth. Todd Whiteley is filling the role of Zoom monitor and Jorge Torrez is the musician. Amanda … Continue reading Joy Is An Act of Resistance
Join Todd Whiteley on a social and personal journey through white privilege, whiteness, and coming to terms with the roles we play in these social ills. This Sunday’s service will be entirely lay led and features Todd Whitely and Sharon Arpoika as the speakers. Haruko DeArth is filling the role of Zoom monitor, and Jorge … Continue reading How Broken Mirrors Provide New Perspectives
Join us this Sunday, August 30th, at 10:30 a.m. for our regular service on Zoom. This Sunday’s service will be entirely lay led and will feature Haruko DeArth and Todd Whitely as the speakers. Brian Wise is filling the role of Zoom monitor and Amanda Gilbert will provide a children’s story. Jorge Torrez is providing the music. We look forward to seeing you there.
Join us this Sunday, August 23rd, at 10:30 a.m. for our regular service on Zoom. Rev. Darcy will be in the pulpit, along with Worship Associate Dee Hawksworth. Haruko DeArth will be the Worship Team’s monitor this week, and Bernadette Burns will be providing the music.
What does intentionally being in and with creation offer us during this pandemic? What does it remind us, teach us, challenge us toward? It might just be worth getting our hands a little dirty and finding ways to get out of the house to find out. Worship Associates this week are Rev. Erin Matteson, Brian … Continue reading Invitations From The Earth
Art, science, faith, childhood stories and more encourage us to see and move into more than we are now. Still, so many seem to choose a way of seeing, believing, living that keeps them stagnant or stunted. Come explore where some of these invitations beyond where we are now happen or don’t happen. Where are … Continue reading Calling and Movement into a Bigger Way of Being
How do we access what’s always needed yet so easily gets covered up? A story from the 1950s in Bangkok will invite us to think about where and how we want to stay grounded in our own stories as we live, what keeps us from that, and one process or practice that can help keep … Continue reading Stories of Buddhas, space suits, RAIN and more
While others build walls or use cages in ways we may find concerning if not downright offensive and alarming, what may be some of the barriers we’ve erected that need to come down? What or who might we be keeping out? Are there things we may be hiding, especially in the current climate? What might … Continue reading Breaking down Barriers … Opening up Hearts
