Love is the center and foundation of this faith... let fall away all that might distract us from the whole-hearted practice of Love.

love is your song and you are fully loved in turn

May we view each other as partners, comrades, friends on the journey

This chalice is for the living, the changing, the becoming.

May we know ourselves as vessels of infinite possibility

We shall all be free.

You have given us a day unique from any other.

May our spirits be guided by our values.

Change can be uncomfortable. Like any time we learn a new technology, it can take a little while to adjust.

I offer my "Ouch" with hope and trust.

Can we find space for lifting our heads in wonder—that we’re still striving, still trying together

The spiritual touchstones I trust are found in community.

Sing in our hearts all the stirrings of compassion for the oppressed, for those who are scared and hurting.

When covenant / breaks, we need to come home / to trust.

Let it be said by generations to come that when the pain of our separation was revealed, we moved closer to the promised land of our beloved community.

As Unitarian Universalists, our journey is to transform the big and the small, to transform ourselves, and to transform the world.

It is now, when we are called to act on our values, not to hide, not to fear, but to be bold and loud.

The innkeeper isn’t part of most Nativity sets. No one sings carols about innkeepers. There don’t seem to be any paintings that include them. But we can imagine the scene: Bethlehem is crowded with people coming home for the census. It’s late at night when the innkeeper responds to a knock on...

Today, you join in membership. This is a moment of excitement and possibility. And although I don’t wish to pull you out of this moment, I need to talk to you for a bit about a moment in your future....

They say a story can carry a truth far greater than the literal truth. We Unitarians* know the value of stories. We know they carry truth. We know they carry more truth than just the plain truth ever can. Maybe we can’t believe a virgin gave birth to the son of God: but we can believe that all...

This morning I’ve invited a special guest to join us, someone who has quite a story to tell. [Pull out costume and put on hat and blanket/cloak. Prepare to change your voice just a bit, and your manner, so as to be in character.] Good morning. Thank you for allowing me to join you for a little...

Have you ever wondered how it came to be that churches are known as places where you can get a helping hand when you need one? It seems to me that a key source of the charitable nature of churches goes all the way back to the time of Jesus. You see, in the society in which Jesus lived—in his time...