Archimedes said, “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I can move the world.” Joy is a pretty long lever, and if we allow it to, joy can shift our world. The only trick is understanding where and how the world is planted so we can know […]
For this spring Sunday before Earth Day, we will hear excerpts of "Love Letters to the Earth" by Vietnamese Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh, and consider the power of our own love for the natural world and the earth that supports our very lives. "The earth is you. You are the earth. When you realize […]
Join us following services for a potluck lunch. Bring a dish to pass, or just show up with an appetite - either way, we're happy to see you!
Our world is built not only from bricks and steel, but from stories—from generations of dreams imagined into being. From money to gender, nations to religions, much of what we call reality is simply a shared act of belief. But if imagination can build the world, it can also imprison us within labyrinths of our […]
Love, at its best, is a powerful act of imagination. This Mother's Day, we explore how the kind of love many parents feel for their growing children—tender, hopeful, forgiving—can be transformational when extended beyond the family. Parental love sees through mess and willfulness to a deeper beauty and potential. What might happen if we applied […]
The all congregational potluck is happening Saturday the 17th in the Calaway Room of the Third St Center at 5:30. Food, entertainment, update from the Board and good community vibes. Please come and bring a friend.
Stagger onward rejoicing. The poet W,H. Auden penned these words in 1941, when he and other poets were "deeply concerned with the worldwide economic depression, the Spanish Civil War, the rise of Fascism, and the beginnings of the Second World War." W.H Auden was also part of a gay subculture of a number of the […]
This Sunday is a Fellowship Service, founded in the Unitarian Universalist philosophy of Small Group ministry. We gather with a lay leader in conversations that deepen and expand the ministry of a congregation. Two key focuses are building community and deepening relationships, and the opportunity for deeper spiritual exploration and search for meaning. This month, […]
These words by the great civil rights activist Fanny Lou Hamer points us toward the reality of our deep interconnection. Rev. Florence Caplow will reflect on the liberatory teachings of Beloved Community through the braided lives and actions of Fanny Lou Hamer, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Bayard Ruston, and the Vietnamese peace activist Thich […]
Freedom is not only a political condition—it is a spiritual practice. This Sunday, we draw wisdom from two great guides to liberation: Harriet Tubman and Moses. Each walked a path shaped by instinct, faith, and an inner transformation that allowed them to lead others toward freedom. From the hidden gatherings of the Hush Harbors to […]
Online Thursdays 5 pm Pacific/6 pm Mountain/7 pm Central/8 pm Eastern Zoom link (same each week): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82772836470?pwd=6ErcvinNwcO1Qt7DHkvba2jaoFDsD8.1. Join an hour-long gathering online each week on Thursday evening to support each other during these difficult times for out country (and the world). We will have a half hour of silent meditation together followed by a brief […]
