Watch the service HERE. “We have to recognize that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.” – Cornel West. As a wedge is plunged deeper into our cultural, religious and political divides, to whom or to what are you loyal? Family? Friends? A cause? … Continue reading Your Loyalties Are Your Life
Watch the service HERE. During times when we are under extraordinary duress (the pandemic, for example), “putting on a happy face” seems almost suspicious, and yet, social media keeps churning out perky family holiday snapshots and “think positive thoughts” pep talks. Subscribing to the “positive psychology” gospel these days requires us to reject our so-called … Continue reading Happyish: The Upside of Negative Emotions
Watch the service HERE. You’ve seen them everywhere – at peace rallies and Pride marches, in our pulpit and on members of the choir, on our children and our elders, at General Assembly – those vivid gold T-shirts radiating the phrase: “Side With Love.” For Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, we’ll explore the origins and … Continue reading Here Come the Love People
Watch the service HERE. Letterboxing is a quirky hobby combining orienteering, puzzle solving, journaling, and treasure hunting, dating back to the 1850’s in Dartmoor, England. As we begin 2024 with our well-intentioned resolutions in tow, we’ll explore Letterboxing as a spiritual metaphor for getting “lost” (in healthy ways) — stepping off the well-worn paths of … Continue reading Letterboxing: Getting Lost and Found in the New Year
Watch the service HERE. Come unwrap the gifts of words, music and community on Christmas Eve! We’ll gather for one family-friendly service at 4:00pm. Readings, reflections, carols, candlelight, and our Eastrose choir singing a marvelous selection of pieces, under the direction of Mary Reese. Led by Rev. Robin Landerman Zucker, with Worship Associates and Tara Toler.
Watch the service HERE. The Sermon on the Mount, found in the Gospel of Matthew, is perhaps the most widely known and quoted passage attributed to Jesus, a radical Rabbi in his time. As Unitarian Universalists who honor the humanitarian Jesus as a wisdom teacher, the Sermon on the Mount can offer us a universal … Continue reading Blessed Are: A Humanist Sermon on the Mount for 2023
Watch the service HERE. How do we lean into abundance and hope when we have no guarantee of the outcome? How is the story of Noah a hopeful one about creation and a cautionary tale about climate change? And why is the story of Noah and the ark, mythological though it is, an ideal fable … Continue reading Noah Built An Ark Before He Had Water
Watch the service HERE. Mohandas Gandhi once speculated that with so many hungry people in the world, when God next comes to earth it will be in the form of a loaf of bread. My guess is that this loaf will be a simple one, as close to the integrity of wheat and water as … Continue reading Bread, Not Stone: Hunger and Homelessness in the Land of Plenty
Watch the service HERE. Read the service HERE. With destruction and casualties mounting in Ukraine and in Gaza, conflicts with grave global consequences, we’ll ask ourselves some questions this morning: why should we care about wars happening 1000s of miles from us, especially when we are compassion fatigued by COVID, domestic concerns, climate disasters, and … Continue reading Honoring Veterans Day – “Just Cause, Just War?”
PLEASE BRING A MEMENTO OR HEIRLOOM FOR OUR COMMUNAL ALTAR Watch the service HERE. What is it about objects that can evoke such poignant and potent memories? What lost piece of your life might you be grateful to have returned by the “Thrift Shop Angel” of New York City? Why do we keep the memorabilia … Continue reading All Souls and Día de los Muertos – “The Thrift Shop Angel and the Power of Memory”
