Our spiritual theme this month is identity. So what are the identities that first come to mind for you? Some of the roles you have? Spouse, parent, child? Grandparent, grandchild, friend? Retiree, teacher, worker, manager? Or maybe it is identity of race or gender or … read more.
Call to Worship
Words of the Persian mystic Rumi:
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel … read more.
Call to Worship
I am running into a new year
and the old years blow back
like a wind
that I catch in my hair
like strong fingers like
all my old promises and
it will be hard to let go
of what I said … read more.
Of all the spiritual themes we have explored
through the years, the theme of death has gotten more response than any
other—by far. And that probably isn’t a surprise when you think about it.
Death, after all, is one of those subjects most
of us learn early on … read more.
Call to worship
This week marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of
poet Walt Whitman. Our call to worship this morning are his words:
“This
is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun
and the animals, despise riches, give alms to
every
one that asks, stand up for the … read more.
A couple weeks ago I heard the news that a grocery store in my neighborhood was closing. But it was not going to be until early February and so I didn’t pay a whole lot of attention. Plenty of time later to deal with it. … read more.
From the book of Psalms:
Thus have you prepared the land,
Drenching its furrows,
Breaking up its clods, softening it with showers,
Blessing its yield.
You have crowned the year with your bounty
And with abundant harvest.
The allow meadows overflow,
The alleys are blanketed … read more.
what i want is to be blessed
what i want is a cloak of air
the light entering my lungs
my love entering my body
the blessing descending
like the sky
sliding down the spectrum
what i want is to be
aware of the spaces between stars, … read more.
Our spiritual theme this month has been democracy. And when you get a few layers underneath democracy you quickly come to the theme of power. Democracy is, after all, a form of governance that attempts to create an orderly way to share power among some … read more.
This being the first Sunday of summer and all it seemed like a sermon on summer spaciousness was appropriate. After all, isn’t that what summer is about? Out of our usual routines, out of our ruts, time for a anew perspective, time to get away … read more.
