There is a human need to simplify life’s complexities. Religion, political movements, and even fandom can fulfill this human need. Join us as together we explore what story captures our deepest commitments in life affirming ways that inspire us and others to serve the common good. View / download the Order of Service here. Question to … Continue reading “MAGA, Swifties, and Getting in Formation”
As described in a recent documentary and outlined in multiple books, for the past fifty years Christian Nationalists have been engaged in a well-organized, coordinated effort to overthrow American democracy and replace it with a theocracy. Join us as we explore the history of this ongoing crusade and its anti-democratic organizing principles. View / download … Continue reading “The Moral Minority Report”
A Multigenerational Berry Communion In celebration of summer we’re having a Berry Communion! Here in Virginia, beginning in May, strawberries are the first fruits of the berry season, followed by cherries (ok, ok, I know cherries aren’t actually berries, but …) in June, then raspberries in July, and finally blackberries in July and August. Join … Continue reading “Gifts Given Freely”
This service will explore the question: Does God Have a Gender? (theme purchased in the 2022 Auction by Judy Robison & Suzy Porth). And the service will also explore how to approach difficult conversations– you know the ones, when you strongly disagree with someone and wonder whether you’d be better off just keeping your mouth … Continue reading “Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh”
The Danish idea of hygge is, in some ways, a cold weather thing. There is nothing more hygge than cozying up by the fireplace with some hot cocoa while a snowstorm rages outside. But what does hygge look like in summer? Maybe hygge in summer is lemonade on the porch swing as fireflies fill a summer night sky. Join us this Sunday as … Continue reading “Hygge in Summer”
For this church year’s Water Communion, we learned from Douglas Wood’s story Old Turtle. This Sunday, for this year’s Flower Communion, we’ll learn from its sequel, Old Turtle and the Broken Truth. This year we’ve studied the proposed new UU Values – Generosity, Justice, Equity, Interdependence, Transformation, and Pluralism. We conclude this exploration this month … Continue reading “You Are Loved …”
The proposed UU Value of Pluralism begins: We celebrate that we are all sacred beings, diverse in culture, experience, and theology. The beginning of that phrase is striking to me. We are all sacred beings. What does it mean to relate to each other as sacred beings? It seems to me that this is a transformational … Continue reading “Bearing Witness to Sacred Beings”
Join us for service on Sunday at 10:00 am in-person or online via Zoom. View / Download the Order of Service here May Theme: Pluralism
How do we make our actions to address the climate crisis have the biggest impact? Join us this Earth Day Sunday as we explore how each of us can contribute to caring for our planet. Question to Ponder: “How do you share your environmental commitments with other people?” Join us for service on Sunday at … Continue reading “How to be an EnVIRALmentalist?”
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a botanist who is integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) into today’s ecological thinking. Drawing on Indigenous American traditional wisdom, she calls gratitude our first responsibility. From that beginning place of gratitude, she invites us to explore the question, “What does the Earth ask of us?” Join us as together we reflect … Continue reading Covenant Is The Practice of Reciprocity
There is a joke that Catholics study Mariology and UUs study Mary Oliver. Join us as we look to Mary Oliver’s most famous poem, “Wild Geese,” to see what wisdom it has to offer us about how to relate to ourselves and to the natural world. Question to Ponder: “How do you care for yourself? … Continue reading “Our Place in the Family of Things”
The ancient Sumerian epic, The Descent of Inanna, is among the world’s oldest poems. This foundational narrative likely influenced both the Greek tale of Persephone & Demeter as well as the Easter story. Join us as we explore the themes of the renewal of Spring, the resurrection of Divinity, and the little rebirths we all … Continue reading A Little Rebirth
