There is a great irony in the fact that our worship theme for this month is Liberation. But consider how the challenges of this time bring us deeper into relationship with the many forms that liberation may take when our lives have contracted physically. It is our practice and our prayer that we find liberation … Continue reading The Paradox of Liberation
Join Us Online for Sunday Worship! https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship We turn again to the ancient story of Easter, a story of love and betrayal, hope and despair, life, death and rebirth. In this service for all ages, we reflect on the challenge of celebrating new life in this strange time and the miracle and mystery of resurrected … Continue reading Waiting for Angels: Easter Sunday
For every beginning there is an ending; just as for every ending there is a beginning. Crossing these thresholds is a sacred time of letting go of the familiar and taking a leap of trust into the unknown future. How do we honor these thresholds and cross them with intention? This service is Marianne DiBlasi’s … Continue reading Endings and Beginnings
It is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludvig van Beethoven. Our choral celebration featuring the Adult, Children’s and Youth choirs, along with guest musicians, is on hold at present, but Music Director John Kramer will present some of Beethoven’s piano sonatas along with thoughts on his music and life. Beethoven overcame deafness and … Continue reading Overcoming Adversity: Lessons from Beethoven
This is a time when all of us are learning in a tangible way that we belong to one another, that there is health and strength in balancing individualism with community care. In this month centered on “wisdom,” we turn to the wisdom of the world’s religions to guide us in what it means to … Continue reading Our Finest Hour: Love Wisdom from the World Religions
We are living through strange times. What have we learned from the Coronavirus pandemic? What is the Unitarian Universalist response? Join us on-line for our first ever streamed worship service. There will be one service at 10:30 pm. Look to your inbox on Friday for more information. Parables of the Pandemic March 15, 2020 The … Continue reading Parables of the Pandemic
“Night Wisdom: The Spirituality of Sleep” March 8, 2020 The Rev. Heather Janules Sleep. It is an unconscious experience that – if we are fortunate – will constitute a full third of our lives. It is essential for life and health yet it renders us vulnerable. Only recently have be begun to understand how sleep … Continue reading Night Wisdom: The Spirituality of Sleep
“Leadership” is very much on people’s minds as we gear up for a national election. What makes a good leader? How much of a good leader is their skill and how much is character? In our annual service reflecting on leadership, we will hear from a number of WUS leaders, how they have shaped the … Continue reading Leadership Lessons
Afrofuturism is a cultural movement that merges science fiction, spirituality and social justice, a movement that draws from the past and present to imagine a hopeful future. As we conclude this month exploring “resilience,” we celebrate Black history month by also celebrating a future envisioned by creative Black artists. The Gospel According to Afrofuturism February … Continue reading The Gospel According to Afrofuturism
When Susan B. Anthony was found guilty of the crime of trying to vote as a woman, she invoked the familiar motto: “Resistance to Tyranny is Obedience to God.” Belief in the right of every person to have a voice in how society functions is a profound article of faith, as exemplified by the arduous … Continue reading “Resistance to Tyranny is Obedience to God”:Women’s Suffrage Turns 100
