11/29/25 Update: Due to the snowstorm, this joint service with Prairie UU will be virtual only. Across December’s darkness, communities worldwide practice sacred waiting. Christians prepare for Christmas, Jews kindle Hanukkah lights, and Pagans follow the turning of the Wheel of the Year toward and through the Winter Solstice—each tradition honoring hope amid the year’s … Continue reading Waiting Together: Faith Traditions and Darkness
We got to see a brilliant show of color and light earlier this month, and now the days grow even shorter and most of the leaves have let go, and are lying on the ground, brown and crunchy. This reminds us that cycles of change are continual, and change can be ungrounding. This morning, we’ll … Continue reading Letting Go and Falling Apart
As our theme for the month implies, gratitude doesn’t just arise on its own. It’s a practice that we grow, and one of the ways we grow it is through reciprocity – the idea that giving and receiving is an exchange. This morning, we’ll explore gratitude as a relational practice of reciprocity. [Image from: commons.wikimedia.org] … Continue reading Growing Gratitude with the Three Sisters
An ancestor service No matter our relationship with our blood family/ancestors, each of us carries their hopes and actions in some way. This morning, as we begin a theme of “nurturing gratitude,” we’ll explore finding appreciation in our lineage, and what our descendants might appreciate about us as their ancestors. And we’ll honor our ancestors … Continue reading Living in the 200-Year Present
