“Prayer and Poetry” August 7, 2011—UU Congregation of Marin Prayer is an ancient spiritual practice embraced across myriad religious traditions. We pray in praise, contrition, petition, and thanksgiving. We pray as individuals and as communities. We pray…even if we aren’t sure who or what we’re praying to. Let’s gather this …
Unitarianism and Universalism both began as Protestant Christian traditions. Our beliefs have broadened beyond these origins, but what is our relationship with Christianity today? What does it mean when we sing Christian hymns during worship? Let’s reflect together on what our relationship to Christianity might be. Click here to listen …
Most of us are happy to help our friends in times of crisis, grief, and loss. But how many of us are able to ask for help when it is we who are struggling through hard times? Let’s consider together the risks and rewards of sharing our vulnerabilities. Click here …
As religious liberals, we value our freedom to seek truth and meaning wherever we might find them. But sometimes our freedom can leave us feeling unanchored. Do Unitarian Universalists have any shared beliefs? Let’s mark Independence Day together as we ponder the gifts and challenges of freedom. Click here to …
Sometimes it seems that Unitarian Universalists are able to talk about anything and everything but God. We have so many varying beliefs, it can feel safer not to share our ideas about God with each other (including the idea that there is no God). But we are not people to …
Being in community sounds good but isn’t easy. Being in church community can be especially challenging because we have high hopes and expectations of what our shared church life should be like. Let’s reflect on the challenges and rewards of putting down roots together. Click here to listen (file length …
Neopagan traditions recognize the cycles of the moon as visible expressions of how the Goddess works in our lives. Let’s honor tonight’s new moon with reflections on the visibility and invisibility of the Divine Feminine. Click here to listen (file length is 22:46): Sermon 2010 July 11
The history of Unitarian Universalism is full of stubborn, opinionated people who died fighting for the right to practice freedom of religion. This Independence Day, let’s savor our own freedom to believe as we choose and remember our forebears who helped make this freedom possible. The audio begins with the …
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