Try Softer
Poet Andrea Gibson’s words lead us into a reflection on how to be good, and even to live a good life. Click here to view the service. Click here to read the sermon.
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The Land of Expectations
As we begin our Developmental Ministry, what can we expect? We’ll use an image from Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth to get us started. Click here to view the service.
Approaching Sacred Space
What is sacred space and what happens to us when we are truly present within? This Sunday, with open hearts and minds, we approach sacred space and feel how deeply we can be. Click here to view the service.
My Wild and Precious Life
Dr. Anna Maria Wolf talks about her wild and precious life lived as a veterinarian, parent, photographer and seeking human, filled with many animals both wild and not so wild and the many lessons she has learned along the way. Click here to view the service. Click here to read the reading and sermon.
Drumming for Fun and Spirit
This sermon will describe John’s 75 years of playing drums. He will call on several traditions including the Tama talking drum from Senegal, the Djembe from Ghana, the Tar from Iraq, and a few others. There will be live demonstrations of the techniques and how the spirit enters the drums. It will end with “The … Continue reading Drumming for Fun and Spirit
From the Inside Out
From Shame to Disability Justice and Pride. Travel from the ‘inside’ of disability of silence and shame – to the “out” side – of Disability, Justice, and Pride. Journey to a spiritual place that welcomes us all. Sandy is retired from a career in education, but very active in disability justice work. Her activism stems … Continue reading From the Inside Out
Yellow Light
What Biology, Physics and Art Made Me Question About Human Perception. Human vision is a wonder, especially our ability to see colors. It provides us with so much information about the world around us and most of us rely on it as our primary sense, believing what we see is true. But digging deeper actually … Continue reading Yellow Light
It is Enough, It is Plenty
This sermon stems from Jeremy Wood’s experience as a student in religious academies in Jerusalem. Each week, Jews chant and study a portion of the Torah, as they have for millennia. In the portion this week, Moses stands atop a mountain on the precipice of the land to which he has led his people for … Continue reading It is Enough, It is Plenty
Story as Truth
Aly’s been telling stories for over 30 years and telling bad jokes for even longer. If you ever had to endure one of the jokes, just remember, it’s storytelling practice. Sometimes ‘facts’ clash with belief and fall unexamined to the ground. Aly appreciates the way ‘story’ touches people and becomes part of their inner landscape. … Continue reading Story as Truth
How to Mind my own Business and Stay Where My Feet Are
Vickie Dodd is a story teller and body worker who uses sound teaching to find your own hum to come back to home. She engages in embodied work and will teach us to be more present through story and song! Music by Aly and John Galm. Click here to view the service.