Why are humans so drawn to the sea? Why is it so much easier to connect to our deepest selves when we walk along her shores or gaze into her depths? In this introductory sermon, our new Assistant Minister will explore the metaphorical aspects of the sea as she shares the journey that has brought her to QUUF.
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In his brilliant story “The Zax” Dr. Seuss takes fundamentalism to its logical extreme when a North-Going Zax and a South-Going Zax meet on a path and neither will step aside to allow the other to pass. As these Zax stand puffed-chest and glowering, let’s try to discover whether UU values might help loosen this wet-knot situation.
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Vulnerability, Entitlement, Diversity, Fetus, Transgender, Evidence-based, Science-based. These seven words have been banned by our current administration for use in grant writing by the CDC. How do each of these seven words and the need to speak them in love (and loudly, as necessary) correspond with our seven UU principles? And what might Dr. King say to uplift, heal, and support us if he were alive today?
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A music service in which a brave soldier with a fiddle enchants a fair lover, new beginnings come from another beginning’s end, and courageous fire breaks out in five-four rhythm.
About Victoria Poling: Victoria Poling is in her second year of studying to become a UU minister at Seattle University. She is currently working as a Chaplain Intern at a retirement home in Seattle and holding spiritual deepening workshops for social justice activists.
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In our age of polarized and righteous opinions, this sermon considers the wisdom of “The Middle Way” and the astronomical idea of the “Goldilocks Zone,” all the while searching for that sweet spot between brittle extremes.
