Watch and listen to the sermon on Facebook: “It is easy to admire someone of grace and elegance, to have one’s eye caught by the sleek drape of a skirt or by a sidelong glance across the room. In certain circles it is possible to live through an entire affair which is composed of nothing … [Read more…]
Watch and listen to the sermon on Facebook: I cannot, in good conscience, offer you this sermon today without pointing out that I am a white woman in 2017 speaking to you about the lived experience of a Black woman in 1946. I am claiming her story in the fulfillment of my work, using … [Read more…]
Watch and listen to the sermon on Facebook: Today’s service grew out of a learning group in this congregation devoted to stewardship. They met throughout last year, and as you heard in our meditation today, their experience was much more than just memorizing facts from books and videos. These dedicated members of our community … [Read more…]
Watch and listen to the sermon on Facebook: One of the things you’re taught when you’re training to be a religious leader, no matter which faith tradition you call your own, is to figure out what spiritual practices nourish you so you can serve others, and to try to always find inspiration and connection in … [Read more…]
Listen to the sermon here: With a Lion at Her Feet or watch and listen to the sermon on Facebook. Thekla. A young woman, caught up in a culture wherein she is denied all control over her life. Her mother makes her decisions for her, and she is engaged to a man who believes he … [Read more…]
Listen to the sermon here: Big Magic or watch and listen to the sermon on Facebook. You may have figured out by now that my usual preaching style is to start with an opening — a story, a quote, a news story. Build it up into larger context, link it to one or more of … [Read more…]
Listen to the sermon here: Distributed Denial of Service or watch and listen to the sermon on Facebook In his reflection, Steve spoke of experiences in which he witnessed the immense gulf between different populations in our world, a gulf that is only growing as our ability to innovate technology increases and the very valid … [Read more…]
Listen to the sermon here: The Courage of Creativity or watch and listen to the sermon on Facebook Y’all would not believe the time I have had writing this sermon for today. Oh, the irony of getting writers’ block on a piece about creativity! But there you go. Stuck on that blank, white page. Kids … [Read more…]
I was born in 1979. Return of the Jedi was one of the first stories I remember being obsessed with, and as you know, the stories we tell are what make us human. In Princess Leia, I was given a woman who lived bravely and compassionately, who was composed when thrown into unknown situations and … [Read more…]
Watch and listen to the homily on Facebook So Amaterasu has run away to hide in her cave. Chelsea has taken us through how she might be feeling, and how those feelings are felt in her entire body — just like we feeling our feelings not just with our minds, or our hearts, but also … [Read more…]