Photography: Seeing Grey in a Black and White World
How to see the beauty in another in a world that wants us to live in the black and white. Click here to view the service. Click here to read the reading and sermon.
Speaker: Rev. Kate Kinney
The Gift of Memory
Today, we remember those who share this earth with us no longer. We bear witness to their lives, and the roles they have played in ours. We pay homage to, and make stronger, that web which connects us all. This Sunday the names of those who died in our QUUF community during the last year … Continue reading The Gift of Memory
On Transition and Healing
What do our own personal experiences of transition teach us about new changes we enter, the metamorphosis of communities, and the state of transformation in the world. Click here to view the service. Click here to read the reading and sermon.
Mama Earth Needs Our Dancing (Earth Day)
Earth Day comes at a time when our fragile earth is suffering and governments are fighting an unthinkable war. Can we celebrate our earth when all seems so bleak? The answer is that we must. Now is the time that the planet needs for us to feed it, rejoice in it, hug it, and tell … Continue reading Mama Earth Needs Our Dancing (Earth Day)
Sustaining the Tree of Life
The tree is a symbol in many cultures of the sacred bond of life. The amazing story of the tree and the forests is both primal and awe filled. Trees have been the center of history, religion, and natural science. They have much to teach us, the latecomers on this home we call earth. The … Continue reading Sustaining the Tree of Life
Feet on the Ground Theology: Embracing the Here and Now
This Sunday is part 1 of a two-part sermon. We will look at the term Liberation Theology and how it differs from a theology that is top down, codified, and force fed. Liberation theology starts with our feet firmly on the ground, centered in this earth, and created in community. It is formed through praxis, … Continue reading Feet on the Ground Theology: Embracing the Here and Now
Shall I Pay for my Speeding Ticket?
Martin Luther King is an iconic symbol for civil justice; a man who forged a movement for racial equality and grew in his understanding of the connection between all forms of justice. Martin was surrounded by a community of men and women who expanded his vision. One of those men was Malcolm X. But as … Continue reading Shall I Pay for my Speeding Ticket?
Is Hope a Noun or a Verb?
In a time of turmoil and lack of certainty, can we create a world where hope is a verb? There are heroes who create hope. How do these wonder workers approach a broken world with light and joy?
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Three Women Who Ignited History
Elizabeth, Mary, and Sophia Peabody were in many ways our American Brontes. The story of these remarkable Unitarian sisters – and their central role in shaping the Transcendentalist thinking of their day – will be told in “the first person.
Living with Our Creepy Crawlies
Kate Kinney covers some history of All Hallows Eve and of the Day of the Dead. Most of the sermon is on the concept of remembering those who have passed before and honoring the spirit of our ancestors. She also reflects on autumn and the passage of nature from season to season…and the “in between” … Continue reading Living with Our Creepy Crawlies