Join us for Winter Hope, an inclusive Christmas Eve service that celebrates light, community, and resilience across traditions. This warm, family-friendly service weaves readings and reflections from Christianity, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, earth-based/indigenous winter traditions, Buddhism, and Islam. The sermon (≈35 minutes) is followed by about 45 minutes of music, carols, and fellowship.
Join us for Yule, a celebration of the Winter Solstice. On the longest night, we gather in celebration to honor the turning of the year—drawing from Coast Salish winter traditions and Celtic observances of the solstice. Together we affirm that even in the deepest darkness, the first light is already on its way. Through story, … Continue reading From Darkness Toward Dawn: A Winter Solstice Celebration
This year the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah is celebrated from the evenings of December 14th-21st. This service is a reflection of two miracles: believing in limitless light and the choice of hope for restoration of what is essential in our lives.
Psychic numbing is a tendency for individuals or societies to withdraw attention from past experiences that were traumatic. It’s not just negative emotions that we mute through psychic numbing, it’s all feelings. In confronting the threat of nuclear war, as unfathomable as it may be, we are making the world safer, moving resources to human … Continue reading Reversing Psychic Numbing
What counts as a Unitarian Universalist miracle? Finding a bottle of ibuprofen when you most need it? The visitation of a heron? Coincidences and synchronicity? Developing a practice of noticing miracles can help us deepen gratitude, honor mystery, and open to the abundance that is already here.
Come and experience the style of worship that is provided in the Cathedral in Taize’ France. The service will have a repetitive, smoothing rhythm, with cello performances, that invites us into relaxation and gratitude. Click here to learn more about this style of worship and here for it’s history
Through stories from my service in the Army, I explore how personal identity can both align with and resist the expectations of institutions. This sermon reflects on what it means to live authentically in spaces that often demand conformity, and how embracing one’s truth is a form of courage in itself.
What is enough? It is something difficult to quantify but really all we need. How do we know when we have enough? How do we know when we’ve done enough? How do we know when we are enough? And what happens when it’s more than enough? .
We are all wrong from time to time, and we are living in a world that demands that we be right or face the consequences. It’s no fun to contemplate being wrong, but considering our (and other’s) future, wrongness is something we should do more often as we strive to grow, seek truth, and communicate … Continue reading Being Wrong
In a world that prizes doing over being, this service invites us to pause, breathe, and open our hearts. Together we’ll explore how stillness and rest can nurture compassion—for ourselves, for one another, and for the wider world. Through reflection, music, and silence, we’ll practice cultivating a gentler way of being present to life’s challenges … Continue reading Finding a Stillness: Compassion and Rest
