By opening the door to support more humane attitudes, we have also left open the door to thoughts, beliefs and philosophies that seek to legitimize inhumanity, as frustrating as that might be. The frustration affects me. Inside. At an emotional level.
Professional leadership is the biggest-ticket line item in a congregation’s budget. Yet no minister ministers alone. The start of UUMAN’s annual stewardship campaign seems like a good time to delve into the Many Mysteries of Ministry.
Each of Buddhism’s Four Immeasurables — loving-kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity — has a far enemy and a near enemy. Cruelty is the far enemy of compassion. That’s apparent. However it’s the near enemies that can trip us up — responses and emotions that seem … read more.
Many years ago Celestine Sibley, the beloved columnist, wrote of a Kentucky woman’s homespun musings about the theological message inherent in patchwork quilting. There is truth in those musings, but there is a deeper truth beneath the colorful surface of the quilt that offers a … read more.
Worship Leader: Paula Watson
Worship Associate: Duco Van der Beek
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As we consider the miracle of Jesus’ birth, the return of the sun after the Solstice, and prayer for healing in the face of illness, it might take an existentialist view to see where the miracle really lies.
“Advent is a time of anticipation and as long as we expect, as long as we hope, someone will light a candle against the prevailing darkness—and neither the winds of hate nor the gales of evil will extinguish it.” — John A. Taylor
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Why is it that when we look the hardest, spiritual revelations and the deeper meanings of life always seem to be just out of reach, but when we let our guard down… THEY find us when and where we least expect it…
This Sunday, … read more.
To see ourselves as belonging to nature is a more persuasive rationale for sustainability than to perpetuate the notion that we are separate, isolated, and that our very existence is a threat to life on earth. It’s time for a new story.
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