This month’s spiritual formation theme is Awakening and I find myself asking ‘awakening to WHAT exactly?’  What are we supposed to do NOW, in this radically transformed, late COVID- (but not quite post pandemic), democracy trembling, war torn landscape of a world we find ourselves in?  Worship leaders: Rev. Darcy, Haruko DeArth, and Jorge Torrez.  … Continue reading Awakening to What?

Offering a slight twist on our traditional Flower Communion Easter Service, we honor not just the vibrant colors of flowers, but the comparatively bland, small seed from which they emerge. Please bring a flower and some seeds to worship! Worship Leaders: Rev. Darcy, Sharon Arpoika, and Jude Markel. Tech Chaplain: Robbie Edge. Tech Crew: Vic Whaley., Brian Wise., and Todd … Continue reading Sowing Seeds, Gathering Flowers

We’re all connected: an interdependent whole. Therefore, says UUA president Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, “covenant is our religious response to our fundamental interdependence.” We make promises about how to be together, and how to be in the world. We also fall short of honoring those promises, inviting us to repair and strengthen the strands of community. The choice … Continue reading Woven in a Single Garment of Destiny

Progress is such a clean and tidy word for a process that is often messy and bumbling. Particularly in times as intense as these past two years maybe the ONLY way we are going to “progress” is by embracing the stumbling we necessarily do. Worship leaders: Rev. Darcy, Robbie Edge, Tricia Garcia and Jude Markel. Tech … Continue reading Stumbling is the Way We Move Forward