When our Eliot Chapel was being designed and built almost 100 years ago, one of the scripture passages that was chosen to be inscribed on the building, there on the corner of SW 12th and Salmon, was from the Book of Micah in the Hebrew … read more.
There’s something, something, inside of me
Screaming, let me live out loud
Let me live, let me live
Let me live out loud.
Afraid to be strong
And too strong to be afraid
Is anybody near me?
Does anybody feel me?
Let me live out loud (Let me live out loud)[1]
Let … read more.
In our reading the morning, the poet Joy Harjo says:
“Let’s remember to thank the grower of food
The picker, the driver,
The sun and the rain.
Let’s remember to thank each maker of stitch
And layer of pattern,
The dyer of color
In the immense house of beauty and pain.[1]
In … read more.
We will remember those in our community who have died in the last year and be graced with Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem in D minor.
I learned early on in ministry that the covenant between minister and congregation can be mysterious and complex.
It was early in my time here in Portland. I was certainly still trying to figure out just what in the world it meant to be a minister. … read more.
One day this summer, on a warm Friday afternoon, a dog named Tillie showed up on our front porch. Tillie was a shepherd and collie mix with a beautiful thick black and tan colored coat. We didn’t recognize Tillie from the neighborhood but she seemed … read more.
As we approach the height of summer, many of us, at least in normal times, would be off on some kind of adventure. In the past, for those of us privileged to do so, that would be taking long-planned trips to all kinds of places.
This … read more.
The original plan for this July 4 Sunday was to bring you a special worship service from our recent Unitarian Universalist General Assembly called the Service of the Living Tradition. It honors those who serve in professional ministry in our association. We learned this week … read more.
Our spiritual theme this month is blessing. Blessing.
Earlier in the service we blessed our graduating seniors. What a joy it is to do that every year. And maybe this year they need our blessing all the more. I feel for them. I recall the days … read more.
Our spiritual theme this month is awe. Awe. When you hear that word what comes to mind for you?
Is it a time when you have been in nature, swept away by the beauty before you? Is it a time when you heard a particular piece … read more.
