What does it mean to live in harmony with our precious Mother Earth? To bring our faith into action, we’re called to serve the most precious moral owner of this church: Mother Earth herself. One way our congregation does this is to align with the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Green Sanctuary movement. Under the guidance of … Continue reading In Harmony with the Earth
An “Enter in Silence” Sunday | The calling to cultivate awareness, resonance, compassion and awakened activism feels ever more pressing, knowing the challenges we face in these times. This service, which is the culmination of our 10th Annual Mindfulness Meditation Weekend Retreat, will encourage each of us in developing steadiness of mind and heart, a … Continue reading Mindfulness for Our Times
What might it mean, to live from the center outward? Margaret Fletcher and others will offer ways to wonder into this question. We can each honor our own unique ways of living from the inside, out and maybe learn some fresh possibilities for recognizing, resting in and relating from Center.
Each of us yearns to live a life that is good, true and right. It is essential that we have a way to steady ourselves and touch into kindness, clarity, and strength within, in order to act wisely for our deserving yet hurting world. We can do this, if we’re willing to make space and … Continue reading Wisdom Now!
ONLINE ONLY Today’s service will be doubly unusual. It will be online only AND offer a more contemplative format than most Sundays. You will still get to hear our virtual choir, be part of Joys & Sorrows, and sing along to Calvin playing some of our favorite hymns. So please join us and enter “the … Continue reading Resting in the Heart of Silence
Many of us are initially drawn to meditation practice as a way of finding peace in the turmoil of our own lives and the world we live in. This is understandable, good and necessary. And yet on our cushions, we find that the full range of human experience is present. We find not only peace … Continue reading The Practice of Leaving Nothing Out
For most of us, to live fully and well is our deepest longing. Yet so often in our lives, we’re embroiled in thought, entranced by some distant drama, lost in a past we can’t change or a future that rarely comes to pass. And yet… there is in life the possibility of cultivating awakened presence. … Continue reading Showing Up Fully
