We spend our life until we are 20 or so deciding what parts of ourselves to stuff away in our shadow. Then we spend the rest of our lives trying to get them out again, and to befriend them, in our quest for happiness and … read more.
When things fall apart in our lives, as they tend to do, what do we do? May we have faith in ourselves, faith in healing, faith in our neighbors, and faith in life.
When I began my career in ministry at a church in Meadville, Pennsylvania a letter was waiting for me in my office. The envelope was filled with various fundamentalist pamphlets. One title made me smile: “There Will Be No Fire Escape in Hell.” Twenty-nine years … read more.
The sermon title is from Norbert Capek (1870-1942) – father of our annual Flower Communion. I will use Capek as a springboard to view the future that awaits us as a congregation. This service kicks off our Stewardship Campaign.
Reverend Don
THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS INVITED to join with
1st Congregational UCC
UU Fellowship of Mankato
Mankato Islamic Center
JANUARY 15TH @10AM
AN INTERFAITH CELEBRATION BASED ON THE VISION AND WORK OF REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
A service of readings, monologues, music and an offering … read more.
A Prayer at the New Year
The skeptic in me proposes that upon the arrival of the New Year we admit our irresolution in the face of the anxiety, the ambiguity, and the ambivalence of living. While the mystic in me has a strange notion of … read more.
