Message by Holly Madden Moment of Perspective – The Courage of Love and Trust – AJ Fox The Opening Words are Witnesses of this World, by Tania Marquez. It is now, when we are called as witnesses of the world.To mend it, to change its course, to restore it.It is Read more
Message by Guest Speaker Joe Pitts Moment of Perspective – The Courage of Working Together – Colleen Appel (Written by AJ Fox) The Opening Words are: Giving each other courage, by Rev. Gretchen Haley. Come in, all who long to knowhow to love this worldHow to keep eyes openhands unclenchedarms Read more
Message by Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman Moment of Perspective – A Blessing of Courage – AJ Fox The opening Words are Courage Is by Rev. Dr. David Breeden We gather together here, now,summoning our courage to be.We gather, bringing ourweariness and our energy.We gather, bringing ourwariness and our visions.Like trees in Read more
Message by Dr. Nina Barudzic The opening words are It is all very well…, by Rev. Rod Richards It is all very well to speak ofan interdependent web of all lifeand remind us that we are allConnected. We are.But there are times when the lonelinessStrikes so deeply that the onlyThing Read more
Message by AJ Fox with Guest Speaker Matt Baker This month we are exploring the theme of belonging. But belonging cannot exist in a vacuum. The sensation of belonging can only come from the sensation of not belonging. And belonging and not belonging are not binary experiences but instead depths Read more
Message by Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman Moment of Perspective – Water Communion – AJ Fox The opening words are River Call by Manish K. Mishra-Marzetti Between rocking the boat and sitting down;between stirring things up, and peaceably going along,We find ourselves here,in community.Each calledfrom many different journeys,Many differentlife paths,onto this river Read more
Message by Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman Moment of Perspective – Belonging – AJ Fox The opening words are “A Place of Belonging and Caring,” by Kimberlee Anne Tomczak Carlson. It is not by chance that you arrived here today.You have been looking for something larger than yourself.Inside of you there is Read more
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