“Thank you” is one of those polite phrases that we learn early on make grown-ups happy with children. What do those words really mean, though? How can we say them with sincerity, and about what? Are our “Thank Yous” true jewels or shiny fakes? How can we live our lives with full and true gratitude?
“Memory sews together events that hadn’t previously met.” Etel Adnan Bread is a staple of life, and it comes it all kinds of forms, linking directly to what is grown and available in different parts of the world. Bread stays the same through time, even as the people eating it change. Bread Communion links us to the … Continue reading Bread Communion—A UUFM Multi-generational Tradition
“To live in hearts we leave behind, is not to die.”—Thomas Campbell This is a time of year for memorials to all souls, all saints, veterans. It is the time of year when the veil between the worlds of the living and the death are said to grow thin. While death can be an unsettling … Continue reading Remembering Death
There are times when the only place you can turn for sanctuary is within. What are the spiritual practices that enable us to build our inner life strong and secure so that we may better live lives of compassion and justice? Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again. -Joseph Campbell … Continue reading Inner Sanctum
Our Fellowship, our beautiful A-frame building, is more than a physical sanctuary. Our Fellowship, that inverted canoe we heft together, provides the companionship that enables us to gather strength for the work of justice our faith calls us to do in the wider world. Today we celebrate stewardship—all our material effort to ensure that we … Continue reading Our Sanctuary
A sense of home is important to all of us, both a physical and an emotional place of comfort and security. Home is a sanctuary from the press of the outside world, with its demands on our time and our inner peace. But what can one do if “home” is no longer safe, if it … Continue reading Make Yourself at Home
17th Century Japanese poet and Samurai Mizuta Masahide gifted us this beautiful paradox, “My barn having burned down. I can now see the moon.” Do you have a sense of what “faith” is in your life? Can you imagine possibilities beyond your own definition, opportunities that pull us all together into potential larger and more … Continue reading How Do We Envision Our “Faith”?
American philosopher and self-help guru Wayne Dyer claims, “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” What might this mean for us on a Sunday morning, worshiping in the context of Unitarian Universalism? What might this mean on any given day, meeting the needs of our larger community … Continue reading Seeing Our Service
Mother Teresa reminds each of us that “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” Each one of us makes an impact. Together, we are stronger. Join us for the beginning of our new year as we celebrate fellowship and community through music, story, … Continue reading Ingathering and Water Communion
Rumi reminds us that “love is the bridge between you and everything.” Yet we are not automatically lovers of ourselves, other people, the world. Love doesn’t just happen. So how do we make love an action rather than a beautiful but potentially empty sentiment? How do we learn to cross bridges of love?
