As Indigenous People’s Day comes upon us on Monday, we pause this week to reflect on the many ways governments and nations abuse power. There are so many horrific abuses of power in the past, including what white Europeans did to the native people’s of this country. And it’s not just historical – the Palestinian … Continue reading Abuse of Power
Paying attention is a common thing we need to do in our lives – to a teacher, to a conversation partner, to our children. What does it mean to pay attention in a spiritual sense? To look more deeply at what is going on around us, within us, and beyond us? Animals, and our pets … Continue reading Paying Attention – Animal Blessing (All Ages)
There is so much sound in our lives, so much noise. Often we generate it ourselves, in our homes. The old saying goes “silence is golden” – but have we lost track of the value of quiet and silence in our culture? Join us as we reflect on the power and spiritual importance of silence … Continue reading Silence Is Golden
What does it mean to actually take responsibility for ourselves? We generally in our indvidualistic culture support the ideas of self-determintion and self-resposniblity, and yet in practice, it can be easy to avoid taking responsibility – for ourselves, our feelings, and our actions. We see this challenge writ large in our country, our culture, and … Continue reading Beginning To Take Responsibility
It is our annual tradition to begin the program year with a ritual, Water Communion, a pooling of the waters symbolic of places we have been during the slow Summer season. Water Communion represents not only coming together after a time apart but coming together in a new way, renewed in our connections with one … Continue reading Water Us
Join us this Sunday for the final regular service of the church program year, as we celebrate Flower Communion and explore what it might look like to plant seeds of love in our lives and in our communities. Please bring a flower to share as part of the flower communion ceremony – and if you … Continue reading Planting Seeds of Love
This Sunday we celebrate Pride month, lifting up our support for our queer and LGBTQ+ siblings. We also explore the spirituality of “every day matters” – so often it is the big and splashy events that get the focus of our appreciatoin in our lives. The every day matters too, often more than we realize. … Continue reading Every Day Matters
As we continue to explore this month’s theme of “Awakening Curiosity,” our topic for this Sunday is play. Similar to curiosity itself, play has a reputation for being a “kids thing,” which is unfortunate, because grown ups need to play to. Beyond the importance of play as an activity for all ages for our emotional … Continue reading Play Is Essential to Life
Curiosity is a powerful spiritual tool, and perhaps even lies at the center of the religious experience. And yet, it remains underappreciated and perhaps even disvalued in our cultural milieu – for indeed, “curiosity killed the cat,” right? We’ll explore together what it might mean to embrace curiosity as both a spiritual and practical tool, … Continue reading A Curious Approach to Life
With Earth Day just coming up on Wednesday, we take time this Sunday to reflect together on the challenges we human beings face in our relationship with the good earth that we live on. While we are making progress, there is still much to be done. The good news is – you and we don’t … Continue reading Yes We Can!
