We missed you today! If you weren’t able to make it today the service is available here.
Have a Blessed Week!
Namaste,
Cricket
Words make a difference
“Kid president believes the things we say can make the world more awesome. Here he shares a list of 20 things we should say more often. What would you add to it?”
Yes, Science and Religion can cohabitate
Dr. Mayim Bialik talks about her connection to religion even though she is a scientist in this thought provoking video.
Namaste,
Cricket
Blessed Litha
The longest day of the year has arrived. Summer is finally here. This is a major holiday for pagan communities all over the world.
Have a Blessed and wonderful day!
Namaste,
Cricket
Program 487: Scandinavian Solstice; Italy 2017
Release Date: 06-17-2017
Description
Hear how the summer solstice is celebrated in Scandinavia, where the official start of summer is a big deal. Then listen in as Italian friends discuss the effects of their country’s high unemployment rate — and how Italians are meeting the challenge — before taking listener calls to share tips for a “dolce vita” vacation. And come along as we visit with some Tuscan craftsmen keeping traditions alive in their hill town home.
Guests
- Pal Johansen, tour guide from Oslo
- Nina Bernardo, Italy tour guide from Rome
- Cecilia Bottai, Italian tour guide and vintner
- Ann Long, Italy tour guide from Sorrento
- Feature on Montepulciano, Italy from Cameron Hewitt
Sunday, June 18, 2017: Genealogy as a Spiritual Practice
Prelude: Leader of the Band – Dan Fogelberg
Welcome: The Paradox of Ancestry
We gather together this morning,
Because others came before us.
Some have left examples for us to follow,
Others lessons for us to learn from,
and the paradox is that many have left both pain and joy.
We honor our ancestors this morning, not because they are perfect,
But because, without them, we would not be here,
Together,
Sharing our joy, our pain, our living and our dying.
– Christopher A. Rothbauer Continue reading
Forgiveness
Return of the Prodigal Son
Rembrandt
Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and myself from the community of sinners.
– Miroslav Volf, Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation
Edward Kim on Volf’s Exclusion & Embrace
Sunday, June 11, 2017: Creeds and Other Tests of Faith
Prelude I Believe in You – Don Williams
Welcome The beauty of the whole – Meg Barnhouse
We gather to worship, our hearts alive with hope that here we will be truly seen, that here we will be welcomed into the garden of this community, where the simple and the elegant, the fluted and frilled, the shy and the dramatic complement one another and are treasured. May we know that here, each contributes in their way to the beauty of the whole. Come, let us worship together, all genders, sexualities, politics, clappers and non-clappers, progressive or conservative, may we root ourselves in the values of this faith: compassion and courage, transcendence, justice and transformation.
Chalice lighting Community Chalice Lighting – Atticus Palmer
We call this light before us in hope that we may always remain a strong community,
working together to make the world a better place.
When we are grieving or sad,
When we are challenged,
When we need help,
This flame guides us out of the darkness.
When we are cheerful,
When we celebrate,
When we accomplish a great task,
When we return to a place that makes us happy,
The chalice reminds us to share our happiness with others.)
In case you missed it …
In case you missed today, Sunday, June 4, 2017, the full service is here.
Namaste,
Cricket
PS: We missed you too!
9 Phrases Allies Can Say When Called Out Instead of Getting Defensive
There are many isms we are fighting on the way to equality for all people. Whether is be racism, sexism, ageism, heterosexism, ableism, classism, or any other system of oppression, if we are not from the marginalized group, we are not going to have all the answers or do everything right. As Unitarian Universalists we want to “answer the call of love” and help change the world, but sometimes we have to start with ourselves. This article by Sam Dylan Finch has better ways to deal with being called out by marginalized people, because being defensive does not get us anywhere.
Namaste,
Cricket
Sermon: “Answering the Call of Love” by Rev. Jason Cook
“If you’ve looked ahead on your order service you know we’re going to be singing the song “Standing on the Side of Love” today, only we are going to be singing it as “answering the call of love” instead. The composer, Jason Shelton, has asked us to sing it that way from now on. The question is why?
In a word: ableism.”
Is the beginning of Rev Jason Cook’s Sermon delivered at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Fullerton, CA on November 13, 2016. I hope you find it insightful.
Namaste,
Cricket
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