Reverend Karen G. Johnston – Senior Minister Dan York – Worship Associate You might reasonably think that the reason Rev. Karen serves our congregation was because the Membership voted to call her in May, 2023. You would be right, but that’s not the whole story. In fact, Rev. Karen was called to serve this congregation … Continue reading “Joshua Young Still Preaches Here”

Reverend Karen G. Johnston – Senior Minister Geoff Duke – Worship Associate “We live in interesting times” is the understatement of the decade. We live in outrageous and dangerous times. There are poets who tell us that we are made for these times; who can argue, since here we are? Yet, as these times take … Continue reading “Choose to Bless the World”

Reverend Karen G. Johnston – Senior Minister Betsy Ferries – Worship Associate Why does cruelty exist? How do we make sense of systemic wrongs? When does an error turn into a wrong turn into evil? Can a person be evil – or only their actions? How do pop culture messages – like from the musical … Continue reading “Wicked Ways”

Matt Meyer – Worship Leader Mary Beth McNulty – Worship Associate Join us for a multi-generational celebration of faith and doubt through story and song. Matt will reflect on a high stakes wager, a secret doubt, and what it takes to stand up to bullies in heaven and earth. Matt Meyer is an itinerant troubadour … Continue reading “Holy Doubt”

Reverend Karen G. Johnston – Senior Minister Warren Baker – Worship Associate Boy, is it heavy out in the world! And it may well be heavy in your heart. Let’s explore and embody humor, play, & silliness and how they can serve, not as an escape, but as chances for respite and to feed our … Continue reading Humor, Play, & Silliness: Joy to Get Us Through

Reverend Karen G. Johnston – Senior Minister Mary Beth McNulty – Worship Associates The paradox of abundance is that when we give some of what we have, we end up generating more. What does that mean when it comes to windfalls that we experience in our lives – when people help us out when we … Continue reading “Five to Thrive”

Reverend Karen G. Johnston – Senior Minister Mark Power-Freeman – Worship Associate   What if your relationship with mortality – with the eventuality of your own death – brought curiosity? At least in equal measure as fear, if not more? What amount of autonomy do you wish to exercise at the end of your life? … Continue reading “On Not Waiting to Be the Hummingbird”

Reverend Karen G. Johnston – Senior Minister Liam Hart – Director of Music Dan York- Worship Associate Our current hymnals, the gray (Singing the Living Tradition) and the teal (Singing the Journey) are not the only hymnals we Unitarian Universalists have had. Did you know we have a Spanish-language hymnal? Did you know that we … Continue reading “Sing Out Love”

Sensei Joshin Byrnes – Guest Preacher Warren Baker – Worship Associate Silence can be practiced as a radical form of inclusivity, a practice of non-participation in harm, and a force of disruption. Drawing on Zen practice, Joshin invites us into silence not as withdrawal, but as the boundless harmony where healing and compassionate action can … Continue reading “From the Silence That Holds Everything to Actions That Heal”

Reverend Karen G. Johnston – Senior Minister Betsy Ferries – Worship Associate The Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, has just passed. Let us accept the invitation Yom Kippur brings to explore how we encounter and process hurt and harm in our own lives and the communities where … Continue reading “Ouch, Oops, Thank You, A-ha!”