We name that each night a child is born is a holy night, each child born one more redeemer. We look into the eyes of a baby and we are reminded, at a level deeper than words, of the inherent goodness, the inherent sacredness of life. In this season of rush and striving, let us … Continue reading In Awe of Yourself ?
Life doesn’t come with an instruction manual, they say. But that doesn’t stop us from searching for one. Humans have always made meaning and found messages in the world around us. Have you ever followed a star in the East?
Our annual retelling of the Stone Soup story is an opportunity to connect over hot soup, to be playfully reminded of deep truths in a silly story, and to feel the call again to live lives of generosity. As we reflect on Attention this month, what lessons can we find in this beloved story about … Continue reading It’s Not All in Your Head ?
The world offers a multitude of salvific visions, visions of where placing our attention will best serve us. Over the past several decades the competition for human attention has skyrocketed in ways our ancestors could never have dreamed of. As we find ourselves pulled in so many directions, what are the practices that empower us … Continue reading Salvation’s Marketplace ?
Death is one of the topics our attention often tries to avoid, almost like a magnet repelled by an opposing charge. But those who practice holding death in compassionate awareness describe finding themselves at greater ease in life. In this time when cultures around the world honor our beloved dead, how do we make space … Continue reading The Ancestor’s Breath ?
Please note that UUCM will be open for both services on Sunday, October 27 regardless of possible power outages. Whose are you? To whom or what do you belong? Our human journey calls us on a lifelong dance of togetherness and aloneness. Our capacity to show up authentically in our common house of struggle depends … Continue reading The House of Belonging
This Sunday, we gather between holy days— between Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, and what has come to be known as Indigenous People’s Day. The circle of belonging is broken time and time again, from the smallest circle of our own lives and families to our wider communities and world at large. Though … Continue reading Return Again ?
In our tradition we have a multitude of beliefs and practices—we celebrate many paths! And we share a common path, the shared spiritual practice of community. But community is one of those words that glows with warmth and beauty in theory but can be thorny and endlessly frustrating in practice. What makes it worth it? … Continue reading Serving with Grace ?
Faith can be one of those challenging words for Unitarian Universalists. But what if faith isn’t about believing in the unbelievable, but instead an act of courageous hope in the face of ultimate uncertainty? Christian preachers of the “Prosperity Gospel” and New Age pop-theology movements like The Secret, among others, espouse a belief in the … Continue reading The Faith of a Baby Donkey ?
Things don’t always go as planned and if you really let it in, reality has a nasty habit of defying expectations. What do we do in the moments when what is clashes with how we think it should be? Can we let the unexpected lead us to deeper truths?
