Beloved Conversations is a faith-formation, anti-racism program that went virtual last fall, and more than 1,200 learners joined the first phase. UUSM is all-in for for the spring semester! This experience of connection and spiritual development is not to be missed. […]
Beloved community is formed not by the eradication of difference but by its affirmation, by each of us claiming the identities and cultural legacies that shape who we are and how we live in the […]
We tend to consider imagination too lightly, forgetting that the life we make, for ourselves individually and for the world as a whole, is shaped and limited only by the perimeters of our imagination. Things […]
Happy Holidays! “With mounds of greenery, the brightest ornaments, we bring high summer to our rooms, as if to spite the somberness of winter come. In time of want, when life is boarding up against […]
“A cheerful heart is good medicine…” — Proverbs 17:22 Dear Ones, There is much to be cheerful about in this season of giving thanks. The Lakers won their 17th NBA Championship. The turbulent election season […]
Our congregation is alive with so much activity at the beginning of the new church year. Our congregational theme for October is “deep listening.” Deep listening invites us to dive beneath the noise of pundits and politicians, 24-hour news cycles on television, and doom scrolling on social media, to listen more deeply to the sacred within our lives and in the world. […]
I hope everyone had a restorative summer and is excited about the new church year! I missed church and each of you this summer. You were in my heart as I practiced taking a rejuvenating break from the many demands of ministry. […]
May this be a summer of expressing our gratitude and creating spaciousness in our lives and for each other. Wishing you and yours a happy and rejuvenating summertime! […]
“There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.” —Audre Lorde […]
“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet…” —Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life […]
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