“Since time immemorial,” writes Chief Barbara Bluejay Michalski, “we the Lenape people are taught to be respectful, spiritually and physically dependent, grateful, and protective of our ties to the land. We have been taught not by ownership but by stewardship.”
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A day for giving thanks in our calendar is approaching and the holiday itself is emblematic of the brokenness at the heart of our country. In today’s world, there is so much violence, pain, heartbreak, that it’s almost impossible to feel deep gratitude for the … read more.
The tides of conformity are rising and we must learn to resist. As Unitarian Universalists, we celebrate and affirm the diversity of human expression and human experience. This Sunday we will explore how to break the rules of gender and how to affirm and celebrate … read more.
Come this Sunday to be with your people. Come to sing and pray and to put pebbles into water for your sorrows. Come to lament. Come to grieve. Come to know you are not alone and whatever you feel, there’s space for it in the … read more.
Nights are growing longer and our world is heavy with the weight of anticipation and grief. Come be grounded in the faithful celebration of the triumph of light over darkness in the Hindu holiday of Diwali. Better to light a candle than curse the dark.
With the help of garlic (yes, garlic!), we’ll explore important lessons around long growing seasons and putting down roots. As we ward off the vampires, we’ll also create good protective boundaries that keep us safe and give us courage.Â
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How to hold multiple truths at once is an ongoing spiritual practice for any mature Unitarian Universalist. We are always journeying towards accepting the contradictory beliefs that circulate in our bodies, in our communities, and in our world. How do we seek to better understand … read more.
Rev. Kendyll Gibbons writes “faith invites us to seek the healing rather than exoneration.” As a congregation committed to acts of reparations, let us consider what it means to embody healing and repair over exoneration and denial. Unitarian Universalism requires we always seek right relations … read more.
The saying goes “we are born alone and we die alone.” This service will explore the truth and the falsehoods contained in this assumption and the ways belonging in congregational community is an antidote to loneliness.
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Too few spaces in our lives are intergenerational and many of us express gratitude and yearning for places where we can be with old and young alike. In our congregation, how do express the value we place on children and their role in our community? … read more.
