November 24, 2024: Can what’s been repaired be more beautiful than what was broken? Kintsugi, the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold is a worthy metaphor for our lives as it reminds us that embracing imperfections can create a more beautiful and resilient “us” where the “scars” of our brokenness can be part of the design, rather than trying to hide them. […]
November 17, 2024: As we continue to come to terms with the realities of the presidential election and our related feelings, we turn our focus for a moment from what has been lost, to “what is left.” We’ll invite a second set of discoveries in the journey toward allowing our grief to become transformative. Again, the deep power of gathering […]
November 10, 2024: We Unitarian Universalists claim that the what, the why and the how of repair in these very human lives of ours is centered in love. This Sunday we will continue to move more deeply into our focus on repair through the entryways of ritual, our current experience of loss, our dynamic Unitarian Universalist faith tradition,[…]
November 3, 2024: This Sunday marks the beginning of a month exploring living love through the practice of repair. We live in a time where there is so much to repair:
How do we even begin? Do we even have the energy to begin? And things are still breaking! What needs […]
October 27, 2024: All Hallows Eve, Día de Muertos, All Souls, and All Saints days invite us each autumn to remember our ancestors and our beloveds who have died. These tender days on the way to winter even open a window to working on our relationships with those who have gone before us. In a service steeped in ritual and music, we will remember with honesty, gratitude, and hope. […]
October 20, 2024: What does it mean to be spiritual? As Unitarian Universalists this is for each of us to define for ourselves. We can listen to wisdom from other cultures, from the natural world, to an internal voice, and to each other. Jenny Dewey has completed “sermon school” with Rev. Kevin and is stepping up courageously to share her sermon with us. We will accompany her on a spiritual journey that began when she was a child and continues to this day. […]
October 13, 2024: Artist and scholar Jordan Reznick interrogates historic photos for what they reveal and conceal about history and cultures. In recent work, he has brought his insightful and skillful eye to Malakoff Diggins, in conversation with members of the Nisenan tribe. On this day before Indigenous People’s Day, […]
October 6, 2024: There is no more powerful, challenging, or rewarding spiritual practice than deep listening,” writes the Rev. Cat Cox. We name this truth and its importance and place in our tradition in our UUCM orientation sessions. With this service, we encourage our deep listening, for the sake of our community, our nation, our world, our close-in circles, and our own selves. […]
September 29, 2024: Unitarian Universalist congregations from across the nation are joining in a two-day Climate Justice Revival this weekend. In solidarity, we too turn our attention to climate justice, and to finding our way in an age of climate change, through the beauty and the hope of the struggle. […]
September 22, 2024: How might we soften to listen more deeply in a culture that devalues contemplation? How might we explore different levels of consciousness and dissolve limiting boundaries? Deep Listening, as developed by Pauline Oliveros, explores the difference between the involuntary nature of hearing and the conscious nature of listening. This practice involves going below the surface of what is heard, expanding to the whole field of sound while finding focus. […]
