“He often used to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep and every path was its tributary. ‘It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,’ he used to say. ‘You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, … Continue reading “The Road Goes Ever, Ever On”
There is a lovely song from Rent called Seasons of Love. As this is my last Sunday with you and the last Sunday before the Rev. Amy Shaw arrives, let’s celebrate the changes you’ve been through this year; the Rev. Khleber Van Zandt retiring, lots of little endings with your monthly contract ministers and a … Continue reading “Seasons of Change–Endings and New Beginnings”
The writings of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. reflected on the need for “…vigorous and positive action”, affirming that, “This is no time for apathy or complacency”. Let us join together to see what necessitates “the fierce urgency of now”! Feel free to send a message with your thoughts to skarlson@uuma.org about what … Continue reading “Fierce Urgency of Now”
Synchronicity as described by Swiss analyst Carl Jung is often defined as meaningful coincidence while the shadow includes those parts of ourselves that are hidden from our direct view. We’ll turn these words around in our minds and hearts and see what becomes clearer. Click on link – https://youtu.be/fvUtPHPETuU
Poet Mary Oliver’s beautiful poem, The West Wind, describes what it means to be resilient. We look at the metaphor of rowing for our lives. Click on the link – https://youtu.be/hJGvs9dO5ik
Join Rev. Susan for her first sermon at UUCOV right before July 4th. Freedom is a loaded word. The word can lift us up and remind us of our core values or create false freedoms that cause harm and divisiveness. We explore what it means to be a Free Church at this time in the … Continue reading “Independence and Interdependence in the Free Church”
Reverend Dennis McCarty’s topic will be Lebanese film director Nadine Labaki’s acclaimed movie, Capernaum. Though set in a particular time and place, Labaki uses generations-old cinematic theory to express human concerns that are ancient and universal. As Rev. Dennis will explain, it’s about more than just Beirut as a horrible place. It’s about people like … Continue reading “Capernaum”
Reverend Dennis McCarty’s topic will be “Diversity and The Shape of Water.” Mexican director Guillermo del Toro’s masterpiece is more than just a gorgeous fantasy/monster movie. Although it’s set in 1962, it is very much about national affairs in the United States today. It even speaks to controversies within the UUA in our own time. … Continue reading “The Shape of Water”
Reverend Dennis McCarty will speak about “The Uplifting Movies of Oscar Micheaux.” In the unrepentantly racist 1920’s and 1930’s, when some movie houses did not even allow Black citizens to enter, so-called “race movies” were made by and for Blacks. The first—and arguably the greatest—Black film director in the United States was Oscar Micheaux. A … Continue reading “The Uplifting Movies of Oscar Micheaux”
Reverend Dennis McCarty will present the first of four analyses, from a liberal religious viewpoint, of classic motion pictures. We begin with legendary director D.W. Griffith’s silent Civil War epic, The Birth of a Nation. Though more than a century old, this movie—and Griffith’s defensive reaction when it was criticized—can still enlighten us about White … Continue reading “The Birth of a Nation”
