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”
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.
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”
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”
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”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. On life post-COVID, doing one’s best, and embracing good enough
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.
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. Join us Sunday to consider how broken things can be beautiful. The title comes from the Leonard Cohen song “Anthem.”
Direct link to YouTube service HERE. “It will never happen,” we think, or “It will never happen to me.” But what about when it – an unimaginable loss – does happen to us? How can we find hope and peace in the “land of never?” This gentle and healing service is offered to everyone who … Continue reading A Blue Christmas Service: The Land of Never
