Francis of Assisi was a wisdom figure who fought dualism in his own thought and actions. He challenged the medieval world to move from a human centered universe to one that saw all of nature as intertwined. Click here to watch the service. Click here to read the reading and sermon.
Diana Butler Bass is a long-time observer of religion who has been researching the boundary between the religious and non-religious. She notes that in the West, the path to faith across traditions requires three stages: believe, behave, belong. But Bass says that there’s something odd about this arrangement. It isn’t really the way the rest … Continue reading Threshold Questions
Artist Joe Brainard (1942-1994) created an incredible memory machine with his slender masterpiece I Remember. As novelist Paul Auster writes of the book, “In simple, forthright, declarative sentences, Brainard charts the map of the human soul and permanently alters the way we look at the world.” Using I Remember as a touchstone, this Sunday we … Continue reading I Remember
In William Stafford’s poem “The Way It Is” he writes, “There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change.” In this service we will consider the way in which “this thread” guides and connects us.
“Are we there yet?” is a powerful existential query. In order to answer that question, we need to know where we are heading in the first place. How do we know what to do and where to go when the destination keeps changing?
Subtitle: A Short History of the Building of QUUF.
Remembering how we came together to build two beautiful buildings and how we built the institution together is the theme of this service prepared by Irv Mortensen and Jim Golden and presented by Irv. There will be pictures.
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Gail has been collecting stories of all types of people who live on the shores of the Salish Sea… About Our Speaker: Gail has been a wanderer all her adult life, living and working in different countries where her passion for cross cultural understanding and how communities thrive has driven both her career and personal … Continue reading The Humans Project of the Salish Sea
Large-scale mining provides materials used every day in industrialized society – in our cars, electronics, jewelry, buildings, household products and more. Many of these materials are in increasing demand to support energy transition plans, components of batteries, and also the infrastructure for wind and solar technologies. Join us as Aimee Boulanger, the Executive Director for … Continue reading What is Responsible Mining and Who Decides?
Genuine sharing is vital to a healthy community, and the “Favorite Poem Service” celebrates sharing in deep and personal ways. This annual summer ritual is intimate, layered, and always surprising, structured on a format as simple as it is powerful: A person stands before the congregation, tells why a particular poem is important in their … Continue reading Annual Favorite Poem Service
We take time once a year to give thanks and bless our animal companions in life – cats and dogs, birds, turtles and fish, and so many more! This special service also acknowledges that our lives are made richer by all the creatures that inhabit the Earth with us, not just those that live with … Continue reading Blessing of the Animals Service
