This Sunday is in the season of Mabon, the season of the Autumn Equinox, a season of balance. As we design our lives, communities, and society, we have the opportunity to design them with love at the center. When we design our lives in community, we build toward the society we long for, toward a … Continue reading “What We Owe to Each Other”- Rev. Kathryn Adams, Minister — In-person & Zoom
Grounding in the wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson, let us talk about the courage of our ancestors in faith. We need courage at these times. This is the start of a month that celebrates both Disability History and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History. We have an amazing legacy of courageous ancestors whose … Continue reading “What you do speaks so loudly, I can’t hear what you say” – Ralph Waldo Emerson”- Rev. Kathryn Adams, Minister — In-person & Zoom
The core of our moral being, rooted in the reality of our interdependence, calls us to respond to the tragedies, corruption, and injustices of our time with a broader love for all people and all life.
This life is a beautiful journey. We live, love, and age. How we age varies by individual. Our biology and our social environment and exposures all contribute to our journey and how we live the latter part of our one wild, wonderful life.
We’ve heard a lot about Bucket Lists: the places we want to go, things we want to do, and people we want to see. I think of them as a dreamer’s wish list, like the “1,000 Places to See Before You Die.” More recently I’ve been reading about a Reverse Bucket List: the places, things, … Continue reading “Creating a Reverse Bucket List,” – Rev. Greg Chute, Guest Speaker — In-person & Zoom
As we start Indigenous Persons’ Month, we will celebrate the wonders of this beautiful planet with so many gifts to explore. The moral call of this time is for our society to learn how to live in harmony with the planet, to live as one species among many, and to honor our interdependence.
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This Sunday, we are exploring what we owe each other from the perspective of what we owe to those closest to us and what we owe to the world universally. We will build on the interdependence and interbeing we talked about earlier this month.
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The transient and the permanant is a principle of early Unitarianism. This is the topic of a powerful sermon in our history by Theodore Parker that I find resonating with our current situation. Now, as in antiquity, there is a lot of the transient—”Everywhere is instability and insecurity.”—and the permanent. Let us discuss what we … Continue reading “The Transient and the Permanant”- Rev. Kathryn Adams, Minister — In-person & Zoom
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Today we both celebrate the birth of Jesus and the start of Hanukkah. This is a confluence of the sacred. An alignment of calendars and traditions in the time around the winter solstice. How do we practice being sacred light in the deepest night?
Loving our humanity. Humanity is complex. We know that love is the center. The center of humanity’s super power of social connection. Love is the center of our religious traditions—Judaism, Christianity, Pagan traditions, Sikhism, and more. As we start the new year, let us explore what falling in love with our humanity looks like in … Continue reading “Falling in Love With Our Humanity”- Rev. Kathryn Adams, Minister — In-person & Zoom
Courage, coming from our hearts, is both a response to fear and part of our becoming. Paul Tillich wrote an epic book, The Courage to Be. That is what we are called to do in this time: find our courage to become the people.
