“Estrangement in a Strange Land”
Estrangement in families is increasingly common, and devastating for all involved. What’s more, the political climate isn’t helping. How do we navigate our personal issues and find peace? Direct link to service.
Topic: Healing
“Transforming Hate to Compassion: Transgender Day of Remembrance”
Transgender Day of Remembrance recalls people who have lost their lives because of their gender identity. And it gives us an opportunity to reflect on how to transform hate to compassion — in ourselves and in others. Can we increase the amount of love and care in our lives and in our world? Direct … Continue reading “Transforming Hate to Compassion: Transgender Day of Remembrance”
“Seeds of Memory, Acts of Hope”
On Sunday, November 3, we will reflect on the power of memory to shape our lives and guide us forward. How do we honor the wisdom of those who came before us? What role does memory play in helping us face the challenges of today with courage and hope? Drawing inspiration from figures like Norbert Čapek, … Continue reading “Seeds of Memory, Acts of Hope”
“For Pity Sake”
Pity can be condescending or even selfish, but it can also be a consoling virtue. William Blake places pity as a great virtue, and it can be when it leads us to compassion, deep caring and even care taking. Virtues are those things that lead us to be the best at what it means to … Continue reading “For Pity Sake”
“Chiron Redux: the Return of the Wounded Healer”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. Rev. Diana’s final sermon, a love letter to First Unitarian, its past and its future. This service will include the minister’s leavetaking ritual.
“Duende and Puhpowee: On Answering Your Calling”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. From two different cultures come two different concepts of mysterious powers. From Spain, especially from the writings of Federico Garcia Lorca, comes the idea of duende, a powerful force of passion and vulnerability, that seems to rise from the Earth itself and that is utterly dependent on an awareness … Continue reading “Duende and Puhpowee: On Answering Your Calling”
“When the Veil Is Thin: Remembering the Dead”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. It is said that at this time of year, as we move into a time of cold and long, dark nights, the veil between the living and the dead becomes thin and it becomes easier to communicate with those who have passed from this life. Many cultures build shrines … Continue reading “When the Veil Is Thin: Remembering the Dead”
“Holy, Broken Pieces”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. Jewish scripture tells of the time when Moses first received the Ten Commandments but shattered the tablets upon which they were written when he saw his people worshipping an idol. Those broken pieces were placed in the Ark, along with the second set of (unbroken) tablets. But why? What … Continue reading “Holy, Broken Pieces”
“That’ll Do Pig, That’ll Do”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. On life post-COVID, doing one’s best, and embracing good enough
“So Many Sunflowers: On Reckoning and Remembrance”
Direct link to YouTube Stream HERE. On this Sunday before Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) and the anniversary of the Murrah Building Bombing, we consider the sacred responsibility of remembering and we wonder if and how repair can ever be possible.