Join us on Sunday @ 11:15 on either our Facebook Page or our YouTube Channel “Loving Persons We Don’t Like” – in a society that is increasingly divided, where vitriol seems to find its way into every room of our shared world house, what does it mean to love one another when we do not … Continue reading “Loving Persons We Don’t Like”
Watch and comment on this video – Visit our YouTube channel for other videos For years Christine gritted her teeth whenever she heard Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”—and she heard it playing everywhere for a while, as it became one of his mainstream successes. As much as she wanted to love the song, she didn’t, no matter … Continue reading “When At Last I Sang Hallelujah”
Watch the Morning Assembly premiering at 11:15 AM here The Morning Program is below. Right now, our world is being harshly confronted with two pandemics. First, a once in a hundred-year physical virus and the other a 600-year-old systemic spiritual cancer called Racism. Both are ravaging the globe with death, metaphorically and literally … Continue reading “The Charred House & The Rising Moon”
Watch this morning assembly here In developing the myth of American Exceptionalism, our society has not fully come to terms with the most problematic aspects of our history – systemic racism and the genocide of our indigenous siblings. What might we learn from other societies that have more thoroughly confronted and repented from the … Continue reading “Truth and Reconciliation”
“Revival of Relations, Revolution of Values” The Rev. Danielle Di Bona, preaching (video message) Our sermon this morning was given at the Service of the Living Tradition during last month’s UU General Assembly. The Rev. Danielle Di Bona has served UUism for 30 years and is the 2019 recipient of the Award for Distinguished Service … Continue reading “Revival of Relations, Revolution of Values”
Watch this morning assembly here The Morning Program is below. The little-known third verse of “America the Beautiful” contains these words: “Oh beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife who more than self their country loved and mercy more than life!” Emerging from the liberating strife of the American Revolution, our country has faced strife … Continue reading Liberating Strife: Independence Day 2020
JOIN US ON YOUTUBE Here The Morning Program is below. Quick quiz: When you look at a Jackson Pollock painting, do you see: a) random paint splatter; ii) fine art; or 3) a crime scene? Ask the same question about the whole universe and before you know it, you’re doing theology. Each of us assembles … Continue reading Grace That Must Be Believed To Be Seen
Watch this morning assembly here THE MORNING PROGRAM IS BELOW Food Justice in a Global Pandemic is an exploration of issues of food insecurity and food access during the global pandemic and what local communities can do to help the most vulnerable. The Rev. Dr. Mark Davies is the Oklahoma State Humanities Scholar for the … Continue reading Food Justice in a Global Pandemic
Watch this morning assembly here In this time of significant danger and real possibility, a moral fusion movement is necessary to revive and advance our most precious Constitutional and moral values. Join us to learn more about the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival’s efforts and the digital Mass Meeting Assembly on … Continue reading I Can’t Breathe!
Watch this video HERE The United Church of Christ called their “Welcoming Congregation” process “Open & Affirming” congregations. The Douglas, MI United Church of Christ has been an open and affirming congregation for thirty years. On Sunday we will watch their minister’s inspiring message in celebration of Gay Pride month. Reverend Salvatore Sapienza is the pastor of … Continue reading Thirty-years of being an Open & Affirming Church
