December 10, 2023: Our annual December meditation service once again takes the form of a singing meditation circle – singing into silence into singing into silence, in a deepening rhythm. Whether you choose to sing, or hum, or let the sound wash over you, come enter the mystery and magic of the moment. Take a breath before the holiday rush takes hold. […]
December 3, 2023: None of us is ever completely known by another person, and some aspects of our selves will remain a mystery, even to those who love us dearly. But the willingness to know each other meaningfully, and to be known meaningfully, is key to embodying Beloved Community together and to finding ourselves at home in the world. This Sunday, we settle into the mystery and we reach for a bit of the knowing, welcoming UUCM’s newest members in the process. […]
Thanksgiving is a time of gratitude for all that we have received. It is also a time to reflect on our own generosity. Who do we invite to our table of generosity? Who do we leave out? Do we keep our generosity within the bounds of our comfort zones, or are we courageous enough to expand into the realms of discomfort where true generosity lives? Join us as we explore this provocative idea. […]
November 19, 2023: Also available as a podcast on our YouTube channel!
We each take in the world, process what we’ve experienced, and make decisions through a combination of instinct, feeling, and thinking, though most of us over-rely on one of those three. The rub is that the one we rely on most is also where we are stuck and least free. And that means there is hope. […]
Put on your colorful clothes, we’re celebrating Diwali! This is the first day of the vibrant and joy-filled Hindu festival of lights. Diwali festivities include illumination of lights, candles, firecrackers, and diya (clay lamps) to symbolize the victory of good over evil, inner light over spiritual darkness, and knowledge over ignorance. What better day than this for an introduction to the rich spiritual world of Hinduism.
November 5, 2023: Also available as a podcast on our YouTube channel!
We enter the world absolutely dependent upon those fallible humans who are caring for us, and so when we are young, we cannot help but be afraid, at times, that we won’t have the support or guidance we need or be able to survive on our own. This sends some of us on a life-long search for security, and sends some us in what looks like the exact opposite direction. Come, consider your own (Enneagram) sixy self. […]
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 22, 2023: Also available as a podcast on our YouTube channel!
In the midst of current and confounding “strong man” energies in national and world politics, we draw on Enneagram insights (Type 8) to consider the ways that strength, power, and control sometimes arise in each of us as ideals to protect ourselves from feeling vulnerable, uncertain, powerless. […]
Humanism – a “religious” perspective here grounded in the natural rather than the supernatural – finds a unique home in Unitarian Universalism, born of our tradition’s and our ancestors’ long-time commitment to religious freedom, to the use of reason, and to expansive tolerance. No matter your theological stance, consider yourself in good company. […]
In our annual service paying tribute to the Nisenan, on whose ancestral homelands we live and worship, we follow the tribal members’ ongoing journey toward recognition and stabilizing their people, and we attend to the layered legacies we inherit. Tribal spokesperson Shelly Covert will join us once again, speaking from her growing knowledge and evolving insight. […]
