Our Time Together Is Coming To a Close
I will reflect on our time together and the future that awaits our congregation. I expect to shed a tear or two, but that will be a good thing.
Reverend Don
I will reflect on our time together and the future that awaits our congregation. I expect to shed a tear or two, but that will be a good thing.
Reverend Don
It has been said that judging people is like reading a book. Only if people are books we are mysteries. We are multi-layered, psychologically tangled, emotionally intricate beings. Knowing all this, our tendency to quickly judge others becomes a spiritual issue in our lives.
This service … read more.
In New York City stands a building raised by those who emerged shaken and scarred from the war that ended in 1945. The building itself, with its fluttering mantle of flags from all nations, is an icon recognized around the globe. But it is the … read more.
Wishful thinking can be sloppy and sentimental. I wish I could do what I cannot do, I wish I could be who I shall never be. I wish I could have what I do not have. Instead, wish for things closer at hand – for … read more.
Unitarian Universalist Association President Peter Morales resigned on April 1 in the face of a controversy over UUA hiring practices, which critics say systematically favor white UU ministers. In response, over 400 of our congregations have agreed to dedicate their May 7th Sunday service as … read more.
Yesterday was another Earth Day. Seldom do we ask the fundamental question it poses. Is it true that nature and civilization make the ultimate odd couple? It would seem so.
Reverend Don
To witness wonder – one might think that is so easy, no burden at all. All you need is a watchful eye. Yet amidst the rush of our everyday lives we haven’t time to take notice. How can something so simple as wonder be so … read more.
From a past issue of National Geographic: “We live in an age when all manner of scientific knowledge – from the safety of fluoride and vaccines to the reality of climate change – faces organized and often furious opposition.” Why one may ask?
Reverend Don
We may very well be agnostics or atheists about many of the things our neighbors believe. But if we never go on to consider what we do believe, how best to live our lives, and what might be the meaning of our death, we’ve played … read more.
Euthanasia takes us into another round of the great debate between sanctity of life vs. quality of life. Carry it deeply enough and it may illuminate what life means to you – a most worthy journey to begin a Sunday morning.
Reverend Don