Stories can offer us ways to strengthen our resilience and build community in challenging times. This morning, we’ll come together to tell some of the stories of our ancestors and our lives, and share the wisdom we’ve learned from them. [Photo by Karen Armina] Worship Associate: Michael Nunley Share the Plate – click here to … Continue reading The Ties That Bind Us
Laura Hershey wrote “…Those with power can afford to tell their story or not. Those without power risk everything to tell their story and must. Someone, somewhere will hear your story and decide to fight, to live and refuse compromise.” This Sunday, as we honor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and ready ourselves for … Continue reading The Power of Story
What does “Turn the Other Cheek” really mean? Or other of the aphorisms that Jesus is recorded as having told his followers two thousand years ago? Erik Gunn draws on the work of Methodist theologian and anti-apartheid activist Walter Wink in today’s service. [Image Credit: Wikipedia] Worship Associate: Stephen Rich Click here to join us … Continue reading Stories of Resistance
This first Sunday of the New Year, we gather in community to reflect on our stories – those we wish to begin, and those we wish to change. This is our annual burning bowl service, in which we seal our intentions in the ritual of the fire communion. (Image Credit: Flickr) Worships Associate: Liz Chapa … Continue reading From the Stories of Our Living
Join us for this service via an on-line Zoom Meeting Today’s service is based on an idea that came up during coffee hour on May 2. We’ll hear inspirational words and music about the role of story in shaping our humanity and how stories can change in an instant. And we’ll create a story together, … Continue reading Plot Twist!
Join us for this service via an on-line Zoom Meeting We are guided by the stories we are told and tell ourselves. And sometimes we tell ourselves old stories that are no longer true, but we don’t know how to stop telling them. This morning, we’ll explore making space for new stories when the old … Continue reading Stories Old and New
Join us for this service via an on-line Zoom Meeting As people of faith we’re called to work together to create the world as it might be. But finding ourselves in the story of change and transformation can bring us through discomfort and troubled water. In the midst of a status quo that can push … Continue reading Before the Song at the Sea
Join us for this service via an on-line Zoom Meeting Beltane is this week – a celebration of the Maiden aspect of the Triple Goddess, most commonly thought of as the festival of flowers, fire, fertility, sensuality, movement, and delight. And, as is the case for Wheel of the Year celebrations, there are many, many … Continue reading The Dance of the Maiden
