Kate Braestrup was not intending to be a UU minister. She has happy to leave that for others who dreamed of such things. But when tragedy visited her unexpectedly, she – quite by surprise – heard the call to offer love and solace from the most unlikely source: her own grief. This service will talk … Continue reading Here If You Need Me
Abel Meeropol, like many of us, saw something he could not unsee. And he took it extremely personally. He connected the dots that wove a web of interdependence between himself, black men who were terrorized by racism, the children of spies, and the song no one liked but everyone remembered. This is a sermon about … Continue reading Strange Fruit
Steven Covey wrote the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Habit 2 urges us to begin with the end in mind. That habit, calls us to begin each day, task, or project with a clear vision of our desired direction and destination, and then continue to flex our proactive muscles to make things happen. One … Continue reading Begin with the End in Mind
A Funny Thing Happened on the Road to Bethlehem Rev. Greg Ward leads us through a lessons and carols format transporting us on a journey to Behtlehem. We will meet a host of MPUUC members bringing the main characters to life..Worship Host will be Graham Bell.Peak Performers as well as individuals, groups and guests of … Continue reading Christmas Eve Service
There has been an important conversation going on for the last few years between Christmas Orthodoxy and holiday heretics. And the conversation breaks down like so many do – between the Davids and Goliaths. And it’s all about who gets to control the narrative. But it’s a story best not heard with our heads, but … Continue reading Holiday Wars
One of the things UUs value most in todays world is education – opportunities to learn about how the world really works, especially in areas and on topics that really matter where we don’t have first hand access or information. The Guest at Your Table program is a UU developed enterprise that allows us to … Continue reading Guest at Your Table – A Personalized Tour Into the Interdependent Web
As a nation, our relationship with the land on which we live – and the people who lived on it before us, is awash in complicated and unreconciled conflict. More and more, people are wanting a place of healing. To get there we must walk backwards on a trail of tears to a shared understanding … Continue reading From Doctrine of Discovery to the Beloved Community – Revisiting a Whitewashed History
We live in a world of great disparity. Some get a lot. Some get enough. And some live every day on less than enough. The inequity of distribution of wealth and food and housing and privilege is striking when we look at it. What we do to see this or ignore it will determine whether … Continue reading The Communion That’s Hard to Swallow [Video]
It’s a very tough time in life. For our careers, our families and our souls. There is a pandemic sweeping the country. And it’s having a severe effect on our mood. And our relationships. Certainly, our future and maybe even our theology and religion. Meanwhile politicians are worried about how all of this will affect … Continue reading What’s So Bad About Feeling Good? [Video]
As human beings, we are familiar with things that frighten us. Our original physiological architecture includes a hard-wired system to pay attention to things that threaten our existence or safety. Upgrades to our human operating system have given us overrides to those rudimentary networks, but we are still learning how to use this new operating … Continue reading Dragons, Spiders, Webs and Churches
