BRING A FLOWER FOR FLOWER COMMUNIONReflections on Flower Communion, Mothers Day, and the news coming out of the US Supreme Court. During the first part of the service we will celebrate our beautiful annual Flower Communion ceremony with all ages together. Please bring a flower, if you can, to add to the community bouquets. We … Continue reading Blessed Be the Flower That Triumphs at Last
There are huge stones, heavy weights, in each of our lives that may well hold us down and entomb us in our own caves of despair. Nevertheless, this Easter morning, we will celebrate the ways that we are able to find courage and new life and – often with help – roll away the stones. … Continue reading Leaving Your Cave
Rev. Dr. Victoria Weinstein, Parish Minister, Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lynn (MA), Video of Sermon originally presented March 29, 2015: Soul Commitment: Not As The World Gives Do I Give to You. Please join us IN PERSON as we explore the Christian event of Palm Sunday and what we can take away from the teachings of … Continue reading Soul Commitment: Palm Sunday And Holy Week
“Hope is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul -And sings the tune without the words -And never stops – at all.” The poet Emily Dickinson’s words will be at the heart of this sermon and service, as we wonder, together: As our bodies age relentlessly, as politicians and pundits screech lies and … Continue reading Hope vs. Despair: Where Shall We Place Our Bets This Year?
Video sermon from Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd, Senior Minister, River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation presented March 6, 2022 The March theme for Soul Matthers is Renewing Faith. The cornerstone of progressive theology is evolution – the fact that what we believe and how we practice it is always changing. As we explore what it means to find … Continue reading Semper Reformada
When her uncle Mordecai spoke these words to Queen Esther, he was challenging her to use her voice and her power to save her people who were about to be destroyed by a tyrant. The Purim story, told of events 2,500 years ago, was celebrated this week by Jewish people around the world. It is … Continue reading It Was Just for Such a Time as This…
Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, two trailblazing women whose names areforever anchored in the legal history of our country, lived lives and careers to fight for genderequity. As Unitarian Universalists, or faithful seekers, and in the current climate where women’srights to choose what happens with their bodies is under deep threat, what … Continue reading Women’s History: Pauli Murray and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Unitarian Universalism Calling Us towards Reproductive Justice
With Covid still abounding among us are you not feeling quite in the Mardi Gras spirit, this year? Are you wondering how you might overcome real health concerns and find some way to join in the spirit of the season? We are not the only people in history who have attempted to celebrate Carnival in … Continue reading When Chaos Reigns: Mardi Gras 2022
Sermon written by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, IIAs we recognize Black History Month join us on Zoom as we listen to the words of Rev. Dr. William Barber, II. It is difficult to find a sermon from him that is around 20 minutes and this one is a call to action which is difficult … Continue reading Preaching Is More Than Words
There are hard days and sleepless nights when, no matter all of our efforts, love feels elusive and unreal. These are the times when we sometimes discover that a greater Love might just slip in through the cracks in our lives. This Valentine’s Day service and sermon is for everyone who might just have had … Continue reading When Love Slips Through the Cracks
