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The early settlers who risked life and limb to come to this land—a land strange and unknown, but full of promise—these early settlers had a dream. That dream included freedom to worship as they wished; it included the opportunity to prosper, if they were willing to work hard; it included the...Sermon | By Marilyn Sewell | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), America, Economy, Justice, Money, Poverty, Unitarian Universalism, WorthWorship element
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Readings An excerpt from “The Sonnets To Orpheus” by Rainer Maria Rilke Wisdom of Solomon 10:15-21 Lyrics to Tracy Chapman’s song “Be And Be Not Afraid” Sermon The character of God said it to the reluctant Hebrew prophets who were always charged with speaking truth to power. “Be not...Sermon | By Susan Maginn | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Courage, Faith, FearWorship element
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Reading Isaiah 58:1-12 (excerpt) Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet!Announce to my people their sins. Day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness… Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day, and...Sermon | By Kathleen McTigue | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), EconomyWorship element
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Earlier this week I was speaking with a member of the church about the sermon I was going to deliver today. She said to me, “What’s the big deal?” This one’s easy. All you have to say is: “You have money. We need money. Give us your money. Then we can all go home.” So, you have money. We...Sermon | By Peter Friedrichs | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Canvass/Pledge, GenerosityWorship element
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Poem Try to Praise the Mutilated World , by Adam Zagajewski (translated from the Polish) Try to praise the mutilated world. Remember June's long days, and wild strawberries, drops of wine, the dew. The nettles that methodically overgrow the abandoned homesteads of exiles. You must praise the...Homily | By Kathleen Hepler | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Beauty, Direct Experience, Judaism, Responsibility, Spirituality, Unity, Wonder, Yom KippurWorship element
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For if they are evil and we are not, if that's how we see things, then we are committing the same kind of error which led to this tragedy. That's the problem of evil. Not so much that it exists — in that it's really just a fact of life, or a force of nature. The problem of evil, as I see it, is...Sermon | By Erik Walker Wikstrom | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebWorship element
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A child I know, when asked this week whether she would answer the call of her elementary school principal to wear red, white and blue clothes on Thursday, was in a quandary. She put down the crayon with which she was painstakingly trying to squeeze the words Peace is Possible onto the white bars...Sermon | By Victoria Safford | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Brokenness, Democracy, Nonviolence, Terrorism, WarWorship element
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“I wondered about what I espoused as a pacifist and as a lover of life. As a Unitarian Universalist I dug for answers. But I had no answers. I still felt scared, horrified, hurt, angry, and shocked.”— Tom Capo How has this attack on our safe and secure country affected us? When a catastrophe...Sermon | By Tom Capo | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebWorship element