One Precious Life
This Sunday we celebrate one of our young adults as he Bridges from childhood to adulthood, send our Music Director off on maternity leave with blessings, and consider the poet’s question about our one wild and precious life.
Topic: Heritage
Tigers, Mice, and Strawberries, Oh, My!
This Sunday we consider again the Zen story of the Tigers, Mice, and Strawberry, while also welcoming back recipients of the Trenton Microloan. A great Sunday to bring a friend who is curious about Unitarian Universalist practices and values.
Reflections on Hospital Chaplaincy as a UU
Patricia Hennigan recently completed her first unit of Clinical Pastoral Education at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, a Level 1 Trauma Center. On this Sunday, she will share some reflections on her experience as a UU chaplain in an inherently multi-faith and pluralistic environment. She’ll explore how love, and many of our … Continue reading Reflections on Hospital Chaplaincy as a UU
The Land That Never Has Been Yet
Langston Hughes, in his poem “Let America Be America Again” written in 1935, described America as the “land that never has been yet—And yet must be.” How might we as UUs embrace our call to social justice action that acknowledges both the unfulfilled reality of our aspirational ideas AND the prophetic imperative to bring into … Continue reading The Land That Never Has Been Yet
In the Days of Their Flesh
We gather once again for our annual All Souls service: a day of remembering, honoring, and remembering forward. This service will also feature special music by the Crossing Chorale, and Simon Couchoud on oboe and English horn.
On What is Real and Who Gets to Decide
In 2018 Barbara Jensen underwent massive surgery to have a brain tumor removed. Her healing journey has been scientific and explorative. Through this auction-won sermon, Rev. Kim responds to what healing “works” and who gets to decide.
Messy, Marvelous Multiplicities
Who are we? How are we shaped in our lives today and from our past? This Sunday our intern minister, Lisa Schilansky, invites us to consider the many pieces of ourselves that we bring with us each time we gather. This service will also feature special music from the Crossing Chorale, with soloist Rachael Evans.
Helping Each Other Love Each Other Well: Sexual Ethics as a Community Conversation
Jon Carl Lewis offers an invitation and a challenge to communities of faith to engage in imaginative, visionary dialogue that empowers, encourages, and celebrates their members so that they can make individual sexual and relational choices that are appropriate for them, life giving in their particular context, and which bear good fruit for the flourishing … Continue reading Helping Each Other Love Each Other Well: Sexual Ethics as a Community Conversation
Remembering Forward
This Sunday, Rev. Kim invites us to begin our conversation and practice around October’s theme of Heritage.