Keep on Moving Forward UU Church of the Palouse · January 20, 2019 Audio: click here Video: click here Opening Words Earlier this month, a friend of mine (Heather Rion Starr) invited us to offer up one-sentence summaries of our life’s mission. Hers was, “energetically participating in & carrying forward a Unitarian Universalism that is a vibrant,…
Each Day, One More UU Church of the Palouse · January 13, 2019 Audio: click here Video: click here Opening Words Everyone has habits and preferences and particular ways of being human, and inevitably, if you put more than a few people in a room together, those differences are going to bump into each other. The bigger…
The Parable of Maybe UU Church of the Palouse · January 6, 2019 Audio: click here Video: click here Opening Words If we were to think of our lives are a story, we’d like to think we have some control over the plot as it unfolds. Sadly, life does not work that way. We do make choices,…
The Burning Service UUCP · December 30, 2018 Audio: click here Video: click here Opening Words by Amy Bowden Freedman Our service this morning is an annual tradition…a time of reflection on the year past leading into a ritual space where we let go of some things, and hold onto others. We call it the burning service,…
The Challenge of Christmas Christmas Eve 2018 · 8 pm Audio: click here Opening Words We gather at this late hour With only darkness to mark our path A time when most days we would be pulling the covers up around our bodies preparing for rest Or, checking the day’s news shaking our heads, sighing heavily,…
Holy Night, Holy Child Christmas Eve, 2018 ·4 pm Welcome On this night held sacred by so many around the world, we gather and invite into our midst, into this place, and into each individual heart, the Christmas Spirit…A spirit of generosity, and caring, of hope and of promise. Young and old, male and female,…
Remembering Thomas Merton UU Church of the Palouse · December 16, 2018 Opening Words On a bulletin board inside my office, I keep certain sacred objects. There’s the card from my women’s group, and the picture a chaplain colleague gave me that asks, “Does this pulpit make my behind look big?” Only it doesn’t say…
Heard and Held UU Church of the Palouse · November 18, 2018 Audio File: Click here Opening Words It’s been a rough couple of weeks for me, personally. My husband and I separated after 25 years of marriage, precipitating all kinds of loss and turbulence. My grandmother caught pneumonia and went on hospice. We are still…
That Which is Worthy UU Church of the Palouse · November 11, 2018 Audio File: That Which is Worthy Opening Words Todays service grows out of the intersection of our New Member Ceremony and Veteran’s Day. You know that I love making connections and weaving themes together. Well, in this case, when I reflected on why…
UU Church of the Palouse · 4 November 2018 Stones of Remembrance Audio file: Stones of Remembrance Opening Words How many of you saw the movie “Coco”? Wasn’t it wonderful? I loved the way it celebrated and showcased Mexican culture. If you saw the movie, you know that members of traditional Mexican families, on the evening…
UU Church of the Palouse · 14 October 2018 Walk Softly and Listen Carefully – Indigenous People’s Day Opening Words This will be the seventh year that we have celebrated Indigenous People’s day together. In years past, we have taken a more honest look at the history of this continent- acknowledging that Europeans invaded, rather…
A House for Hope UU Church of the Palouse · October 7, 2018 Audio File: Click Here Opening Words Here in this sanctuary of ancient dreams… Rev. Jack Mendelsohn Here in this sanctuary of ancient dreams and wisdom and beauty we come to grow, to be healed, to stretch mind and heart, to be challenged, renewed;…
