Message by Dacia Reid Moment of Perspective – Covenant – AJ Fox The opening words are “The Task of the Religious Community,” by retired UU minister, Mark Morrison-Reed. It is drawn from Morrison-Reed’s book, Black Pioneers in a White Denomination. The central task of the religious community is to unveil Read more
Message by Colleen Appel Moment of Perspective – The 8th Principle – AJ Fox Our opening words have been called “The Unseen Skeleton” and come from Isabelle Wilkerson’s book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. We in the developed world are like homeowners who inherited a house on a piece Read more
Moment of Perspective – Our Seventh Principle – AJ Fox The opening words are Praise the World in All its Pain and Blessing, by Maureen Killoran. We are called today, from the midst of pain and challenge, we are called to praise the world. From a world that appears broken, Read more
Message by Emmie Seaman The opening words are by the Commission on Common Worship. From the fragmented world of our everyday livesWe gather together in search of wholenessBy many cares and preoccupationsBy diverse and selfish aimsAre we separated from one anotherAnd divided within ourselvesYet we knew that no branch is Read more
Message by Babs Garcia Moment of Perspective – Democracy and Meeting the Needs of the People – AJ Fox The opening words are Be About the Work, by Andrea Hawkins-Kamper. May we see all as it is, and may it all be as we see it.May we be the ones Read more
Message by Charles Gray Moment of Perspective – Our Fourth Principle and Our Children – Farrow Carson The opening words are The Great Teachers in Life by Jason Cook. We seekers are on a quest:A quest to discover truth and meaning.Sometimes we think we’ve found it—Wrapped up, glimmering with newnessStraight Read more
Message by AJ Fox with a video from Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray Please click the link below to watch the full video:https://vimeo.com/723579702/46d06b4c8b?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=87370104 Our opening words this morning are titled “In Honor” and come from Amanda Schuber. In honor of the risk takers, those that hold the vision with clarity and charge Read more
Message by Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman The opening words are This Faith, by Heide Cottam Let us be a faith that gathers, reaching for one anotherthrough the walls of hate others build,through the cages of ignorance and arrogance,and through the fear that burns city streets.Let us be a faith that sees Read more
Message by Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman Moment of Perspective – The Big Orange Splot – AJ Fox The Big Orange Splot – Written and Illustrated by Daniel Manus Pinkwater The opening words are The Heart Knoweth, by Ralph Waldo Emerson. We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken.The Read more