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