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Love Will Endure

June 5, 2011 | Filed under: Sermons

Saying goodbye is a sign that for better or worse, something is changing. As our year with an intern minister draws to a close, let’s reflect on how we struggle with change as part of our congregational life. Click here to listen (file length is 21:40): Sermon 2011 June 5

To Be A Teaching Congregation

June 1, 2011 | Filed under: Church Newsletter, Ministry, Teaching

My internship year with Starr King Church ends on June 12, and my ten months with you come to a close. This has been a truly joyous time for me, getting to know many of you, serving as your minister. I have learned so much and have come into a …

Planning A Move

May 1, 2011 | Filed under: Church Newsletter, Ministry, Pastoral Care

I have moved my household three times in the past three years, and I am reminded each time afresh how much I hate moving. I am fundamentally a homebody, someone who likes to stay put. I like to put down roots, get to know a place, and build a routine. …

Making Sense of Hard Times

April 1, 2011 | Filed under: Church Newsletter, Ministry, Pastoral Care

The recent devastation in Japan was followed, for me, by some difficult news from a dear friend whose family is experiencing a variety of losses. Whether bad news comes from the other side of the globe or from the neighbor next door, there are times when we are face-to-face with …

Why We Sing Together

March 1, 2011 | Filed under: Church Newsletter, Ministry, Worship

The second week of February, the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association gathered for a week in Pacific Grove for the Excellence in Ministry Institute. This event is the first of what will hopefully be an ongoing series of continuing education opportunities for Unitarian Universalist ministers. Katie and I were both fortunate …

Wrestling With History

February 6, 2011 | Filed under: Sermons

Some aspects of Unitarian Universalist history are well known and documented, but the experiences of African Americans within our faith tradition are just starting to be told. In honor of Black History Month, we will hear some of these lesser-told stories of our history and reflect on their meaning. Click …

Building Right Relationship

February 1, 2011 | Filed under: Church Newsletter, Ministry, Pastoral Care

After my sermon for Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, many of you spoke to me about how hard it is to feel love or even compassion for people who have hurt you (or people who are hurting the world, or both). Some of those conversations got me thinking about the …

Wrestling With Privilege

January 30, 2011 | Filed under: Sermons

Understanding race and class privilege is an important part of resisting oppressive systems in our culture, but it’s also important spiritual work. Come consider how understanding privilege and marginalization enhances your own healing and wholeness. Click here to listen (file length is 24:17): Sermon 2011 January 30

Remembering Dr. King

January 16, 2011 | Filed under: Sermons

Martin Luther King, Jr. is celebrated as the pivotal leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. But now it is more than 40 years since his assassination, and it is easy to forget—or not know!—that Dr. King’s teachings still have relevance for us today. Let us gather …

Learning To Love Our Luggage

January 1, 2011 | Filed under: Church Newsletter, Ministry, Pastoral Care

It’s a new year, and there’s lots of talk (as usual) about fresh starts, clean slates, and starting over. The past, it seems, is just luggage weighing us down, and if we can leave it behind, we can move forward faster, lighter, and unencumbered. My experience is that this is …

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