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“The Power of the Word” Spiritual autobiography is a profoundly beautiful genre, and also a personal practice for many. Reading the life journeys of people like Maya Angelou, N. Scott Momaday, and Will Campbell has been deeply influential and instructive for me – and perhaps for you. Reflection and exploration of this type often reveals … Continue reading Worship Sunday, March 17, 2024
Why we need “Day” Language and “Night” Language Note: We use YouTube to live-stream our Sunday worship services on our church website. Please check COVID levels on the Westminster website. If the level is ‘low’ or ‘medium’ mask-wearing is recommended but optional at Westminster. If the level is ‘high’ mask-wearing is required. Download QR
“Decision Points” We think of decisions, perhaps, of large decisions – do I change this job, end a longstanding friendship, buy this car? Yet we make hundreds of decisions a day, conscious and unconscious, which alter outcomes in more decisive ways. Today, then, we consider what decisions matter, how we live our values in those … Continue reading Worship Sunday, March 3, 2024
“If Love Could Save Us“ We love in so many ways – familial, personal, between species of beings, for the natural world, for society at large, for our shared universe. Love is what drives us, holds us, gives us purpose. Can love, then, save us? Note: We use YouTube to live-stream our Sunday worship services … Continue reading Worship Sunday February 25, 2024
“Equanimity, An Intimacy with Life” Celia Landman, MA (Mindfulness Studies) is a dedicated practitioner offering mindfulness support to teens and adults. In 2013 she was ordained by Thich Nhat Hahn as a member of the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism. She works with teens, parents, and folks impacted by trauma, addiction, and anxiety creating … Continue reading Worship Sunday February 18, 2024
“Side With Love” Sunday Each year the UU Side with Love organizing team offers ‘30 days of Love’ – a month of spiritual nourishment, political grounding, and shared practices of faith and justice from MLK Day until Valentine’s Day. The general theme for 30 days of love, and our “Side With Love” Sunday is “Imagining … Continue reading Worship Sunday, February 11, 2024
“Journey Toward Something” At the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) General Assembly (GA) in June 2024, delegates from UU congregations all over the USA, and the world, will be voting on a new ‘Article 2’ for our denominational bylaws. The new Article 2 will replace the 7 Principles, 6 Sources, and Purposes that have become familiar … Continue reading Worship Sunday February 4, 2024
“Disrupted by Grace” I’m ever on the lookout for unexpected interruptions of difficult life pathways, or unfulfilling routines, that result in unforeseen – or even previously unimaginable – changes. Sometimes these interruptions are easily explainable or understood, and sometimes they aren’t. In either case, they qualify as a kind of Grace. Note: We use YouTube … Continue reading Worship Sunday January 28, 2024
Beyond the Spiritual Bypass: Liberating Love The eminent psychotherapist John Welwood coined the phrase “spiritual bypassing” to describe a common behavior he witnessed in Buddhist communities, a kind of “premature transcendence: trying to rise above the raw and messy side of our humanness before we have fully faced and made peace with it.” We’ll unpack … Continue reading Worship Sunday, January 21, 2024
Living In Tune With Nature Perhaps the greatest story ever told is one that continues to unfold with each rising and setting sun. It is the story of our blessed earth and all her inhabitants. As UUs, we hold a value of interconnection, honoring the awe-inspiring way that all of life is connected and all … Continue reading Worship Sunday January 14, 2025
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