When you hear the words “whole” or “wholeness” what comes to your mind? Wholeness can be like pie; something that’s broken when a piece is removed. Maybe you think of something being made whole again, something or someone being repaired or healed. There’s also a sense that wholeness happens when a process has been completed,…
This service – celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day – will focus on the need for compassion and heart-based approaches to solve the climate and larger environmental crisis. It will include three mini-homilies on different aspects of this topic (including linkages to the current COVID-19 pandemic), along with a selection of related inspiring music.…
Parables and stories about Jesus can help us to find meaning as we live through times of great change and uncertainty. The stories may or may not have happened in a certain way, but we can find truth in the possibilities of surprise, inclusion, and the active creation of hope. Homily 1: The Smallest of…
During stressful times, we may be tempted to retreat into notions of “us” and “them,” yet liberation and spiritual growth ask us to think about the inter-relatedness of all people. In the words of the Rev. Theresa Ines Soto, “all of us need all of us to make it.” This on-line worship draws from the…