Mothers and Grace
Many of us have mixed feelings about Mothers Day. Is it possible to experience this day as a day of grace and gratitude? This service will also include our annual flower celebration. See info below.
Continue readingMany of us have mixed feelings about Mothers Day. Is it possible to experience this day as a day of grace and gratitude? This service will also include our annual flower celebration. See info below.
Continue readingEach of us has experienced the excitement and the overwhelm of entering for the first time. Often it is memorable: first days of school; first day on a new job; meeting your beloved’s family; moving to a new neighborhood; adopting a child; being adopted. So often we were entering in the middle – of processes, relationships, expectations that we do not understand -yet! Let’s explore the possibilities inherent in new beginnings.
Continue readingThe world-wide environmental movement seeks to speak for those whose voices are silent: animals, plants, biosphere. What about other voices that are silent? How do we also hear the voices of people living by Superfund sites or on shores soon to be flooded?
Continue readingThe lay members of this year’s Worship Council: Jill Fleming, Shelby Greiner, Sandra Niman, and Lisa Reitzes, will share what calls each of them to serve Westside by being a worship leader. What are the roots of their UU identities and devotion to UU worship arts? What are their visions of how the Sunday worship experience creates sacred space and energizes the beloved community?
Continue readingReligious Humanism has played a powerful part in UU history. What future does it have in UUism of the 21st century?
Continue readingRinehart Easter falls on April 1 this year, commonly known as April Fools Day. There are those who believe Easter is mythic foolishness, and others who believe the Easter story is still a powerful metaphor. Which one is true for us in 2018?
Continue readingOur Ministerial Intern and several of our children will be talking and sharing stories, experiences, thoughts and feelings about what it means to be an ally, and how to be an ally.
Continue readingIdealism and religion seem to go hand in hand. Are we Unitarian Universalists too idealistic about the goal of world community or do we visualize a future world based on our Universalist heritage?
Continue readingA favorite UU hymn says “Wake, now, my conscience.” What is ‘conscience’ for us in this turbulent era? Can conscience as mindfulness help us navigate the muddy waters of right and wrong skillfully?
Continue readingStories are not neutral. Oral histories are shaped by what we include and exclude in the telling. Empowering memories so none are forgotten, erased, ignored, or marginalized is a radical act of resistance.
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