Archives: Services
Why We Still Can’t Wait
In 1963, the Civil Rights movement, led by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, focused its attention on Birmingham, AL, which was known as the most segregated city in the US. Sympathetic white clergy urged Dr. King (who had been arrested) to postpone the movement’s efforts against segregation. His response was his monumental “Letter … Continue reading Why We Still Can’t Wait
Can I Get an Amen?
Can I Get An Amen? We’ve heard this phrase. We’ve heard it not just in church settings but also as a way to ask for agreement. As we explore this request let us look at what motivates it and why it may be a very powerful request that can help connect us to one another.
The Power of Beauty
Why does beauty matter? Beauty invites us to imagine something different than what we think we know about ourselves and the world. It can connect us to our deeper selves and to one another through the shared experience of creativity. Beauty offers us a sharp contrast to the ugliness of destruction and feels deeply important … Continue reading The Power of Beauty
T Is for Transformation
Eavesdrop on a conversation between Spencer and JETPIG on what the “T” in his name stands for.
A Service of Lessons and Carols
Homily: And in the Darkness, Light! Join us on Christmas Eve for a time of traditional Christmas readings and the singing of Christmas carols. As we celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, we are reminded that “each night a child is born is a holy night.”
Solstice Service
We celebrate “the longest night” with our annual Winter Solstice service. Led by Sage Circle, we acknowledge nature’s turning from darkness to light.
Love This World, She Whispers
This is Yule, winter solstice, and we are cold and tired. But joy remains in the darkness and we are engulfed by it. A reminder of who we are, the coming longer days are welcome and the darkness thanked.
Children’s Christmas Pageant
Children and adults alike are invited to participate in our annual Absolutely-No-Rehearsal Children’s Christmas Pageant. How can anyone miss the opportunity to accompany angels, shepherds, magi, and a lamb or two to Bethlehem to “Ooh” and “Aah” at the wee babe in a manger.
Waiting and Wintering
Are the periods of time in our lives that we feel like we are in limbo just dead time, where we simply exist until something better comes along? Or are these seasons actually times of the regenerative quiet energy of life? How can we wait while we are wintering?