Opening ourselves to joy may be the most important part of self-care we can give ourselves. Join us as we explore the possibilities of finding joy both alone and with others in a time when too many headlines are joyless. The church is open for in-person Sunday Services for those who are vaccinated – social … Continue reading Big-Little, Little-Big
In a world that too often feels fragmented, the two most popular ways of navigating it are themselves fragmenting experiences. We can stay true to our beliefs but feel alone, or we can conform to the beliefs of others in exchange for the comfort of a caring community. Unitarian Universalism offers a third option: flourishing … Continue reading The Tie That Binds Without Binding Our Minds
Andrew considers personal and societal growth and healing from interpersonal and intrapersonal perspectives drawing on several sources from Interpersonal Communication theory and our collective belief that each of us has the right to the “pursuit of happiness.” Andrew suggests that hanging on to grievances from harms done to us or harms we have done to … Continue reading To Not Toward – A Humanist View on Choosing Happiness Through Grace and Forgiveness
Imagination as it is expressed in many of our sources is significant in helping us to embrace healthy, imaginative lives individually and together as a congregation. Andrew explores the proposition that religion dies when the imagination fails. The church has reopened for vaccinated in-person Sunday Services – social distancing and masks are requested. Or you … Continue reading Hiding in the Hills…Or Not
Andrew Davis discusses how our memories can serve as foundations for and barriers to the emergence we need to nurture if we hope to create the lives we want for ourselves. And he will offer suggestions to build the foundations and tear down the barriers. Emergence is a tricky idea, usually presenting itself in one … Continue reading More Than Memory
Andrew Davis presents “Gathering the Light.” “Light” has carried symbolic significance to us for centuries, usually focusing on something outside of ourselves like the sun, stars, or even our own chalice. It gives us hope even in the darkest of times. But the real source of light we value so much is not “out there,” … Continue reading Gathering the Light
The church has reopened for in-person Sunday Services through June. Social distancing and masks are requested. Or you may join us for the live service using Zoom Invitation. You may also like to follow along using the Order of Service and the Hymn Lyrics. Andrew Davis will present “The Promise of Play.” There is great … Continue reading The Promise of Play
Although the church is closed through May, please join us online for the live Sunday Service using Zoom Worship Invitation. You may also like to follow along using the Order of Service. Andrew Davis will present “The Woman and the Green Man” in which he contemplates the significance of Beltane as the Cross Quarter Festival … Continue reading The Woman and the Green Man
Although the church is closed through April, please join us online for the live Sunday Service using Zoom Worship Invitation. You may also like to follow along using the Order of Service. In “From What to What: Reflections on Becoming,” Andrew Davis will explore the limits to and the possibilities of becoming our best selves … Continue reading From What to What: Reflections on Becoming
Although the church is closed through February, please join us online for the live Sunday Service using Zoom Worship Invitation. You may also like to follow along using the Order of Service. In “Stewards of a Safe Place,” Andrew Davis explores the challenges and rewards of creating and maintaining a beloved community. Beloved Community sounds … Continue reading Stewards of a Safe Place
Although the church is closed through January, please join us online for the live Sunday Service using Zoom Worship. You may also like to follow along using the Order of Service. Andrew Davis presents “Imbolc as Opportunity.” Andrew will explore the transformative power of Imbolc as an opportunity to ready ourselves for the rebirth we … Continue reading Imbolc as Opportunity
Although the church is closed through January, please join us online for the live Sunday Service using Zoom Worship Invitation. You may also like to follow along using the Order of Service. In “Leaping Justice,” Andrew Davis explores how the imagination can change us so that we can, in turn, change the world.
Although the church is closed through December, please join us online for the live Sunday Service using Zoom Worship. Andrew Davis presents “Find the Stillness, Hold the Stillness,” an explicitly Universalist look at the task of creating productive stillness in a world too full of disquieting activity. You may also like to follow along using … Continue reading Find the Stillness, Hold the Stillness
Although the church is closed through October, you are invited to join us online for the live Sunday Service using Zoom Worship. Andrew Davis presents “Listening Ourselves Into Being.” Andrew draws on the experience of “otherness” to explore how deep listening leads to greater understanding of both ourselves and others.
Although the church is closed through September, please join us online for the live September 6th Sunday Service using Zoom Worship Invitation. Please do not repost this information on social media. Andrew Davis returns with an original presentation, “Shards of Wisdom: Reflections on Renewal,” in which he sorts through the paradoxical nature of wisdom as … Continue reading Shards of Wisdom: Reflections on Renewal
