Loving Louder
Courageous Love – what does it mean to love outside of ourselves, to love even more boldly than we dare to imagine?
Continue readingJoy to the World!
On the 300th anniversary of the hymn Joy to the World, we celebrate that love arrives again and again to accompany us through struggle and sorrow. We celebrate the blessing of a baby born into this faith community and invite each other to commit sustaining practices of joy together.
Continue readingMorning Thoughts Become Daily Things
Rev. Denise Graves, Healer, Public Theologian, and founder of Peace Ministries joins Rev. Deanna Vandiver, Westside’s Bridge Minister, for an embodied service connecting our hearts and our minds, grounded in our inherent dignity and worth, witnessed by the love of the universe. New members will welcomed into community on this Sunday!
Continue readingThanksgiving in Transylvania: Our UU Partner Church Pilgrimage
In September, four Westside members made a pilgrimage journey to our sister village in Transylvania, Torockószentgyörgyi , where they were able to experience a traditional Hungarian Thanksgiving communion service with that community. This Sunday, we will honor parts of these cultural and religious traditions and learn about the history of the UU Partner Church Movement.
Continue readingSustainability 101: Ecology as Theology
Climate activist and author of “Thank God for Evolution,” Rev. Dowd draws upon “legacy consciousness” to encourage a commitment to “get right with reality.”
Continue readingBearing Witness: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
A member of the Puyallup Tribe, Carolyn will share her own experience of when her mother went missing. Within the context of her personal story, she’ll explore what it means to tribal communities when the official response does not prioritize the safety of indigenous women. She’ll share the facts behind the disappearance of the missing and will suggest actions we can take to help address this crisis.
Continue reading“We Begin Again (and Again and Again) in Love”
This human experience can be messy sometimes. Okay – most of the time. Together we will explore spiritual practices for holding ourselves and each other with gentle patience and humble, holy curiosity through this collective journey.
Continue reading“Knowing My Life is Finite, How Do I Want to Live?”
This is question three of a four-question series by psychotherapist and spiritual director Wayne Muller. Reverend Margo Rinehart will use Wayne Muller’s question as a catalyst to think about how our Unitarian Universalist values can guide us while we choose the most important purposes and actions of our lives. Accepting the inevitability of death can help us focus on what we hold most ferociously and dear.
Continue readingCan Science Answer Everything?
A cognitive scientist and philosopher examines what questions science can and cannot answer.
Continue readingConnect, Relate, Belong: Antidotes for These Times
– “Let’s insist on remembering that we are all kin, and that repairing the world is both our birthright and our responsibility. We can and will do this.” Akaya Winwood Beloveds, let us gather in care and connection, worshiping together as a community of faith, alive in challenging times.
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