The majority of 2020 was much like the Christian holy days of Good Friday and Holy Saturday: isolated, disconnected, even entombed. Join us this Sunday as we celebrate our sacred ritual of Flower Communion and the many ways we have grown in the past year.
“Inevitably in our lives we commit ourselves to something, whether worthy or not” (quote by Henry Nelson Wieman). This Sunday we will explore how our commitments shape who we are and where we find belonging.
Brian Andreas writes, “Anyone can slay a dragon, she told me, but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again. That’s what takes a real hero.” This Sunday we will reflect on our commitments to our community and each other.
This Sunday marks a year of quarantine and living into virtual community. We will celebrate our innovation, creativity, and commitment to each other. Join us in making the most of this Quarantine-aversary!
None of us are perfect. We all come with imperfections, growing edges, regrets, hopes, and dreams. Beloved community does not require us to be perfect. It requires us to live in our truth, to embrace the truth about ourselves, and to join each other in our perfectly imperfect lives. Join us this Sunday to learn … Continue reading Beloved Community and Acceptance – Interdependent Imperfections
Conflict is part of our personal, professional and congregational lives. Avoiding it is unfair to everyone. This Sunday we will explore how conflict is part of the rich soil in which Beloved Community grows.
Feminist Sharon Welch wrote, “We need to learn that failure to develop the strength to remain angry, in order to continually love and therefore to resist, is to die.” This Sunday we will explore anger and creative rage as sources of wisdom to do the hard work of justice.
Paul Rogat Loeb wrote, “Those who make us believe that anything’s possible and fire our imagination over the long haul, are often the ones who have survived the bleakest of circumstances.” This Sunday we will explore how such a life can bring about seemingly impossible social change and the wise ones who imagined it into … Continue reading Using Our Imagination to Make Social Change
In her famous poem, Wild Geese, Mary Oliver proclaims, “Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination…”. This Sunday we will consider how to Use Our Imagination in the Service of Connection.
The spiritual theme for the month of January is Imagination. In The Re-enchantment of Everyday Life, Thomas Moore said, “We tend to consider imagination too lightly, forgetting that the life we make, for ourselves individually and for the world as a whole, is shaped and limited only by the perimeters of our imagination.” This Sunday we … Continue reading Using Our Imagination to Free Ourselves
