Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. That’s because to do things well, or for goodness’ sake, or ‘for good’ we must begin where we are – which is often with little experience and a lot of heart. The Zoom link and Order of Service will be provided at mpuuc.org/zoom.
Invite those who are 80+ if they would like to share testimonies about their most meaningful moments and the wisdom that they have drawn from these experiences that they feel needs to be passed on to the community. SERVICE RECORDING.
There are a lot of questions facing the world – and Unitarian Universalism. How well do we remember and understand the past sometimes determines how well we will do in facing the future. (And showing some humility by phrasing our responses in the form of a question) The Zoom link and Order of Service will … Continue reading THIS is JEOPARDY!
The ‘blues’ is a style of music born from oppression that couldn’t help but sing. It has a quintessential American history – the painful and forgotten side of our rugged individualism. In this service, we will explore some of what gave birth to this music and what it says about who we’ve been and who … Continue reading Learning How to Sing the Blues
2000 years separate their lives, but they both sacrificed much in their own life to dream about what might be possible for others to know a bigger life than what they had ever been able to imagine. What is the secret to breaking through and transcending our limitations such that, in our wake, others will … Continue reading What They Dreamed Be Ours to Do
The greatest of epiphanies provide something amazing – something we couldn’t imagine. But they also take from us something we thought we would always have… something we couldn’t live without. The greatest periods of growth always come when we are ready to stop holding so tightly to ‘what is,’ long enough for ‘what can be’ … Continue reading A Life Less Ordinary
Give up on all the Gods ‘out there’ who’ve promised to save you. There is only one thing that will save you. That CAN save you. And that one thing requires all your acceptance, all your reverence, all your perseverance and all your commitment. People have been looking for it and yet stepping over it. … Continue reading Finding Happiness
We are in a moment that matters. Our eyes fall upon countless examples of corruption, ideological extremism, environmental degradation, systemic racism and every form of division imaginable. It’s overwhelming to realize we are at the point of no return. Even more to realize, it’s on our generation to turn everything around. But most overwhelming is … Continue reading Loved Into Being
There is a liminal space of time – between listening and healing – where we get a glimpse of our soul. Bill Monroe, one of the father’s of Bluegrass, called this space, ‘the high lonesome.’ He watched soldiers walk home along railway lines while mourning and moaning about all they’d lost. This is a service … Continue reading The High Lonesome
Don Quixote travelled the world fighting windmills. He had a keen eye for the romanticism of what was ‘right’ and ‘just.’ So much so, few others recognized what he was so ardently trying to point out. As he would make a charge against injustice, others would accuse him of fighting windmills. Sancho Panza would, ever-so-carefully, … Continue reading A Tad Too Much Sanity
