Something Judges Us, Something Accepts Us – Video

Guest Speaker: Rev. Bruce BodeWorship Leader: Terra Anderson “You are perfect the way you are … and you could use a little improvement,” writes Japanese Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki. This sermon, given at the University Unitarian Church of Seattle, WA on July 9, 2023, explores our interior sense of being both judged and accepted. (This […]

Stargazers, Lightseekers – Video

Guest Speaker: Rev. Dr. Catherine FooteWorship Leader: Ruth Richards The Christian tradition, and most especially the Eastern Orthodox Church, celebrates January 6th as Epiphany. It is a remembrance of the fabled visit of Magi, being led by a star, to honor the birth of a new monarch. Rev. Foote will use that story as a […]

How to Make a New Year’s Resolution – Advice from a PRO (Video)

With Ken Merrell and Mark SimpsonThinking about making a few New Year’s resolutions? How did last year’s fare? Always good to think through what you are asking of yourself. Ken will talk about the ways the word "resolution" is used. The word means one thing to a musician and something totally different to a chemist. […]

Two Stories of Christmas

Please join us in person, there will be no Zoom for this service. With Terra Anderson, Effie Brown, Mary Goolsby, Jay Taksony Hewitt, Judy Kaplan, Remmel Nunn, and Patricia Pocock Guest Accompanist: Karen Heather Star Mother’s Youngest Child  by Louise Moeri is the story of a grumpy old woman who has never properly celebrated Christmas […]

Opening the Barn Door (Video)

Guest Speaker: Joseph BednarikWorship Leader: Toyan CopelandSpecial Musician: Eileen Soskin In his poem "the lamb was bleating softy," Juan Ramon Jimenez imagines being in Bethlehem two thousand years ago. "I opened the barn door to see if/He was there/He was!" As we approach the generous mysteries of Christmas, let's pull open the barn door of […]