Oh how we can get stuck in the pain! I hate it when people claim it’s as easy as “brush it off” or just “forget about it.” I want to look at what it takes to move past the pain, and in a sense, get in right relationship with it, so we can repair the … Continue reading When Painful Memories Just Won’t Go Away
Our yearly ritual of story and memory come together in this service of celebrating all that we gained from those we’ve loved and lost and bravely moving forward as we integrate those blessings into our living and loving. Split Plate Offering: Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum If you are not able to join us in person, we … Continue reading Lilly’s Legacy
My husband Scott and I have friends who are organic farmers. They’ve ran a very successful regional organic/heirloom seed business for a decade. This summer, they shut it down. They are done with the capitalistic market economy and all it represents. And they are now participating in the “gift economy.” Not a barter or bitcoin … Continue reading Listening to the Seeds
It’s the season of Yom Kippur, the high holy days for Jews. A time to reflect on where we miss the mark, and learn from it, especially when we listen to our guilt. I know that’s a bizarre and unusual thing for a UU minister to do, but trust me, it can be healing, … Continue reading Dinosaur Envy
Join Worship Associates Chuck Madansky and Wilderness Sarchild as they explore what it might mean to listen, not just with our ears, but with our whole bodies; not just through the lens of our beliefs but of our connection; not just to people, but across species. Split Plate Offering: Cape Cod Cape Verdean Museum & … Continue reading Deep Listening
We are living in strange times. All around the country (even in MA), school districts and some public libraries are instituting draconian measures that seek to exclude a great many people from the truth, creative expression, and liberty. If anything, Unitarian Universalism is a faith of open expression and free thinkers. The American Library Association’s … Continue reading Why can’t I read that?
What does it take to live a life wholeheartedly and fully? It seems to me it involves some retrospection and more than a few valiant leaps into the unknown by getting into right relationship with who you are and who you want to be, and then…well, jumping. That’s right. What tightrope are you willing to … Continue reading Before I Die, I Want To. . .
I’m finding myself reflecting on last Tuesday’s debate more and more. Surprisingly, I’m finding a few theological insights that are helping me frame our country’s next steps and a path forward as religious people. Split Plate Offering: Homeless Prevention Council (HPC) If you are not able to join us in person, we will be streaming … Continue reading Fighting For the Soul of America
You’re invited to service with Worship Leader John Kielb and Music Director Kaeza Fearn as they kick off September’s theme of Invitation. The service will be somewhat different than usual. We’ll have more congregational singing than normal. You’ll be invited to share in a Joys and Sorrows ritual, as well as an opportunity to dance! Fear not, friends; participation … Continue reading A Service of Invitation
One of the primary reasons we get tripped up when it comes to creativity has to do with fear and judgment. We may have had an elementary school teacher who told us dogs do not look like pigs or a high school teacher who thought our metaphors were that of a 3rd grader. And thus … Continue reading Fireflies and Genius
