On this Sunday when we recognize All Souls Day, we will name those who have died in our community in the last year and also make a space to remember all those who have gone before us. And we will also recognize how those we … read more.
Poet Maya Stein asks, “What if we could let ourselves rest for a little while in this halo of I don’t know, feel its soft touch against our urgent skin?” We live in times that crave certainty. But is the spiritual task to live in … read more.
We take the stuff of our lives—the good, the bad and everything in between—and make meaning. And, just like compost happens with the right conditions, something new emerges. Our job is to tend that soil for it to be as rich as possible.
On this Juneteenth, we’ll explore what it means to be free–or not. If our freedom something that is given to us or something we claim?
Join us for this special Good Friday Tenebrae Service as we remember and witness the journey of Jesus through this Holy Week. Through reflection, readings, music, and prayer, we will mark Jesus’ path together in the community.
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Time for All Ages
The French philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville came to America when it was young and articulated an ideal of individualism as central to our story. How is that still our story, and how might that story need to become wider in this age … read more.
There’s plenty around us to fear. What do we do with that? Does fear hold us back or can it propel us forward?
Getting to a place of gratitude when the world is so troubled can be a big spiritual challenge. But what if every prayer were to begin with gratitude? What is that might be one of the most elemental—and important—spiritual practices.
We mark All Souls Day this Sunday with our annual litany, remembering those who have died in our community and the larger world in the past year. Our Radiance Choir will offer Requiem in D Minor by Anton Bruckner.
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, commemorates the creation of the world, offering a new beginning, new hope. What is our call at this time of new beginning?
