For many, there is a love/hate tie to the holiday season. What do the rituals of the holiday bring forth for you? Times of connection? A sense of beauty? A range of memories? “Busyness” at times bordering the frantic? Maybe loneliness? For most, the season holds some frustration too – from busyness to loneliness. At … Continue reading Dec 17, Rev. Sue Browning, “The Mixed Bag of ‘The Holiday Season.’”
A great naturalist writer once observed a spider spinning a web on a warm street light, in defiance of the winter cold, leading him to the conclusion: “In the days of the frost seek a minor sun.” But when is it important to hold onto that glowing orb of hope and when is it time … Continue reading Dec. 10, Rev. Diana Davies, “To Seek a Minor Sun: Letting Go and Fighting On.”
In the simplest of terms, the purpose of gathering on Sundays is give and receive hope to one another. We look tomusic, and story and lessons to remind one another to look in unusual places for just that glimmer of light we need to lead us on. At this service, Rev. Sue Browning will explore … Continue reading Dec 3, Rev. Sue Browning, “Hope While Waiting.”
Click on title to hear audio. In his talk, Dr. Schiff, Cantor and Religious Leader of the Chestertown Havurah, will be raising the question of why most Unitarian Universalists today focus on the latter half of their name and its broad humanitarian mission, and much less on the fundamental theological issue of Unitarianism (monotheism) per se
Click on title to hear audio. In this harvest season we take time to say thank you for the abundance around us. Join us for an inter-generational Unitarian Universalist Bread Communion service where we’ll reflect on the grace underlying our gratitude as together we’ll set a table and share in the harvest.
We claim universality in our faith community. We talk about the worth and dignity of every person. One of our responsive readings proclaims that it doesn’t matter whether one is black or white, gay or straight. That’s true but it’s also not true. If we ignore an identity that is important to a person, we … Continue reading Nov 12, Dr. Michael Franch, “Thinking About How Lives Matter”
Our Universalist ancestors held that love was an unlimited resource and felt called to offer unconditional love. Rev. Gordon McKeenan describes, “Universalists believe that all of us are going to end up together in heaven, so we might as well learn how to get along with each other now.” At this service Rev. Sue Browning … Continue reading Nov 5, Rev. Sue Browning, “Trusting in Abundant Love.” Special music by Pam and Bob Ortiz
Oct 29, Phyllis Levinson, District Leader of the Humane Society of the U.S., Maryland. “Saving the Vulnerable: Rescuing Animals during Severe Hurricanes.”
Rebecca Solnit writes of a future that is unknown, dark, with an enveloping sense of possibility and com- munion. Martin Luther King Jr. considered “agape,” or love in action, as going to any length to restore community and heal that which divides us. Click on above title for audio of service.
Click on above title for audio. If only we could be two places at once. Just imagine being able to accept two invitations. Strictly speaking, it’s impossible to be in two distinct places in the same moment, or is it? As Unitarian Universalists we’re challenged to a free and responsible search for truth and meaning, … Continue reading Oct 15, Rev. Sue Browning, “Being in Two Places at Once.”
