Watch the service HERE (apologies for the substandard video recording). With an enormously consequential election two days away, we’ll examine the rise in conspiracy theories (some downright bizarre) that used to reside at the fringes of society, but have moved into the mainstream. One journalist calls this the “crank realignment.” How do these beliefs take … Continue reading Debunkbot and the Crank Realignment
Watch the service HERE. The famed poet, Rabindranath Tagore reminds us, “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” In this sermon of reflective vignettes about her time in community in Jabalpur, India in 2018, Rev. Robin will share her journey of heart, spirit, service, and discovery. We’ll also celebrate … Continue reading Passage From India – A Special Sunday with Kirtan Chant Singing
Watch the service HERE. The Day of Atonement is the most sacred holy day in Judaism and the culmination of the Days of Awe. It takes places on October 12th this year. As we meet the day after, which is also the day before Indigenous People’s Day, we’ll explore the complex question: Who Will Atone? … Continue reading Yom Kippur: Who Will Atone?
Watch the service HERE. Nobel Prize winner Albert Schweitzer has famously remarked that, “Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.” When it comes to our relationship with animals, how do we balance our seventh principle about interconnectedness with social norms that typically uphold the … Continue reading Inhabiting a Peaceable Kingdom: Our Relationship With Our Plate
Watch the service HERE. How are we made whole? The “1/2” in this sermon stands as a symbol of our incomplete natures, and the need for our human bodies to be made whole in relation to something beyond the physical. This may be something deep and meaningful, or something rational or something mystical involving a … Continue reading The Path, Part III: The ½ That Makes Us Whole
A Sermon with Zen Tales Watch the service HERE. In the early 1980s, psychologist John Welwood coined the term “spiritual bypassing” to refer to the use of practices and beliefs to avoid confronting uncomfortable feelings, unresolved wounds, and fundamental emotional and psychological needs. In the years that have followed, many well-meaning seekers have fallen under … Continue reading The Path, Part II: Keeping to the Path, or How to Steer Clear of Spiritual Bypassing
Watch the service HERE. In a world overrun with words, thoughts, noise and conflict, how might we clear a path to a more heart-centered life? We’ll explore new paradigms for setting deeply-felt intentions for our “homecoming” service that could yield better results than resolutions or even “goals.” The service includes a guided meditation for opening the heart … Continue reading The Path, Part I: Clearing A Path to Heartfulness
Watch the service HERE. The Rev. Kaaren Anderson has written about a time when she put down her book to ponder her own hands, what they touch and experience and create. “I don’t want smooth hands,” she tells us. “I want mine to speak to my person, to my life’s work, to the sum of … Continue reading Move In The Hand
Watch the service HERE. In cities throughout the world, individuals are “checking out” real live people in a program called “Human Libraries.” The goal is to encourage us to engage with others in one-on-one conversations to break down stereotypes and the judgement that comes with focusing on the “cover” and not the “book.” What have … Continue reading Unjudge Someone
Watch the service HERE. Do things really happen “for a reason?” Who can say? Even so, we’ll explore the challenge of living deliberately in an often-random world. When our lives (or country, or world) tilt in directions we had not expected and fault lines open under our feet, how might we strive to loosen our … Continue reading Waiting for the Ice Cream Truck
