This holiday season brings many challenges. Some are personal–losses of loved ones, losses of relationships, illnesses, changes in employment status, and so on. Others are more political or societal–loss of a sense of safety, increased isolation, divisions among neighbors and organization, etc. How do we deal with these challenges while still finding something to celebrate?

In the wake of a brutal election season, how do we go about repairing and healing the wounds that have occurred? What do we need to do to heal our own wounds, and how might we help others heal? And how do we move from healing to organizing for change?

In the wake of this week’s elections, many of us are feeling a deep need to be held in loving community, to acknowledge our grief, and to discern what we are to do next. This week’s service will focus on the concept of sanctuary—as a place of respite from the whirlwind of fear and hatred, … Continued

As we all wait for the results from this historic election, we will gather together to breathe together, to sing together, and to remind one another that we are not alone.

While thoughts and prayers are often offered as gestures of support and empathy, what is often needed is prayerful action. How can we learn to pray with our feet, our hands, and our actions rather than just our hearts and minds?

All Souls Day is a time to remember everyone who has died, everyone who has been part of the gathered community. The phrase “All Souls” has a particularly Unitarian connotation because of something that one of our own “saints,” William Ellery Channing, said: “I am a living member of the great Family of All Souls; … Continued

Our newly-articulated value of generosity suggests that “our generosity connects us to one another in relationships of interdependence and mutuality.” How can we cultivate this kind of generosity and practice it within and beyond our congregation?

In our current era of discord and strife, empathic understanding and loving-kindness seem to be in short supply. How can we develop these qualities and help share them with others? And how can deep listening help us get there?

Unitarian Universalists and other religious progressives tend not to conform to orthodox views and practices. How then can we expect to unite? This sermon will explore this question and others having to do with moving from a culture of identity to one of solidarity.

Sometimes it seems that there is an immovable stone on the path before us, blocking the way toward any progress. Yet even the largest, most daunting barrier can be shifted, given enough patience, practice and leverage. How might we harness the power of transformative love to move the immovable obstacles before us?