Hold on. Change is comin.’
Change is comin. Yes. We got that message…even the most resistant of us. Even those of us who want change the least. Those whose age or stage or condition will make change…well, for some of us change is going to make … read more.
Happy Easter. Did you love the story of the Birds’ Gift that Cassandra shared? I loved that it is from the Ukraine. If you can’t find a message about hope rising up in resistance to the violence of empire in the Ukrainian story this year… … read more.
This is an annual tradition at First Unitarian—a service led by our high school youth in YRUU (Young Religious Unitarian Universalists). It’s a wonderful opportunity to experience what our church nurtures in young people. The service will include their musical gifts and insightful homilies.
Later this month around Passover Seder tables, the story of the liberation of the Hebrew people will once again be told. It is a familiar story—and one that deserves retelling. For it reminds us that freedom and liberation are almost never easy.
First there’s Moses, chosen … read more.
“It
is not only in the rose, it is not only in the bird, Not only where the rainbow
glows, Nor in the song of woman heard, But in the darkest, meanest things,There
alway, alway something sings.” These words by Ralph Waldo Emerson, which were
sung by our choir … read more.
May the words of my mouth and the
meditations of all our hearts always be aligned with that greatest love from
which we draw our strength, our freedom, and our very sense of being. Amen.
I struggled for weeks with how to
start this homily about lamentation.
At first, I … read more.
“I have walked the long road to
freedom. …
I have discovered the secret that
After climbing a great hill, one only
finds
That there are many more hills to
climb.”
We celebrate Nelson Mandela for leading
South Africa…for being one of the leaders that helped South Africa end
apartheid, liberate itself from that … read more.
In response to the rise in white nationalist violence targeting places of worship across the country…from synagogues and mosques to Sikh temples, sacred Indigenous sites and Black churches…religious leaders and religious communities are raising our voices.
From the hashtag #Many Voices One Prayer
“Listen, America.
Out of many … read more.
