The theme of Radical
Hospitality/Welcome this month has been an opportunity for truth telling about
work we need to do. Our guest preacher this Sunday, Rev. Carol Cissel, will
bring her own message about welcome to add to our resources as we engage this
issue.

Neither the Unitarian nor
the Universalist … read more.

Homecoming Sunday was, in so many ways, a good beginning to this church year: The welcoming smiles of folks as they entered the building. The energy was so positive in the sanctuary and the congregation in such good voice as we sang together. The beautiful … read more.

“We are all longing to go
home to some place we have never been — a place half-envisioned and
half-remembered, we only catch glimpses of from time to time.”
          -Starhawk

Homecoming. Coming Home. The language is powerful. It suggests that each of us, as unique individuals, has … read more.

Hi
everyone! 

As
you may know, my time here is coming to a close, and this Sunday will be my
last time preaching as your Summer Minister. I want to say thank you to you
all!!

It
has been a formative, challenging, and delightful experience for me to be your
Intern and Summer … read more.

It was good to be back in the pulpit last Sunday, although my message
needed to respond to violence in the world. I might have wished to re-enter
with a more personal and pastoral tone. These days, it seems there is always
violence that needs to be acknowledged … read more.

“Do Something!” The chant from the crowd gathered in Dayton, OH began spontaneously, or so it seemed. The Governor of Ohio was speaking, offering thoughts and prayers for the victims of the latest mass killing.  Gilroy, El Paso, Dayton…in one week. 250 mass killings this … read more.

The energy in the sanctuary last Sunday was unmistakable. I felt it in the lobby where flowers we had all brought were being arranged in the baskets for our flower communion. I felt it in the spontaneous response to our graduating seniors and the celebration … read more.

Last Sunday, while we
recognized and thanked those congregants who volunteered as teachers of our
children and youth this year, I looked out at the faces in the sanctuary. What
I saw were smiles. Smiles on the faces of younger members of our community as
they recognized their … read more.

The theme of “liberation”
has been a rich one for me. From the pulpit it allowed me to speak about Islam
and finding of freedom through obedience. It also opened again the conversation
about the importance of practice and the possibility of discovering “self” in
community. Perhaps “self in … read more.

I resist “us and them” thinking in my own spirit and I urge you to resist it in yours. That is no small ask in a time when so much that we affirm is under attack: Children dying in cages on our border, reproductive justice … read more.