In this sermon, Lauren explores white privilege, colonial capitalism, and the moral urgency to resist with Love, Compassion and Honesty. Through personal stories, Indigenous wisdom, prophetic voices, and spiritual reflection, she calls the congregation toward deeper awareness, solidarity, and shared commitment to justice grounded in love.
We All Lift Together explores the power of mutual aid, interdependence, and collective care. In a world that often prizes individual achievement, this service invites us to remember that none of us rises alone. Through reflection, story, and ritual, we will honor the networks of support that sustain us and consider how we can more … Continue reading We All Lift Together
Join us for the annual end of year service for discerning what to let go of before entering the new year. A ritual will help you determine what is best left behind so that new opportunities can enter.
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
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.
