Our settled minister, Rev. Khleber Van Zandt, returns to the pulpit this Sunday morning, and we welcome Lise Frank, our new pianist to our sanctuary. The biblical story of Noah is, on the surface, about a righteous man and his family who survive the Great Flood. If the flood never happened, and if Noah never … Continue reading “Alone in Deep Water”
In a country that has yet to ‘come of age,’ it’s time for this congregation – whose birthday we celebrate in this service – to leave its adolescence behind. https://youtu.be/bC-PnjHbl8E
Fear is a gift from the universe, an evolutionary benefit that works to keep us safe from actual danger. But it also can work against us when it keeps us in a state of unwarranted anxiety and makes us forget that we are loved. Click to view service: https://youtu.be/B5nZPnx2GHg
Richard Palmer, a long time member of UUCOV, has been asking people, with all that’s been going on, whether or not they are feeling optimistic. It’s an excellent question for all of us to consider. Click to view service: https://youtu.be/ObaNHFjNBNg
Our dictionaries often define racism in terms of individual prejudice, but this does little to explain how social hierarchies are reproduced and perpetuated. While those of us who are white may be against racism, we still benefit from the distribution of resources put in place and controlled by people like us. https://youtu.be/ks35pj4Fkrc
Regardless of what her Buddhist friends told her, she still believed that “you can’t think without thinking of something.” American poet Grace Paley died in 2007 at the age of eighty-four but before she left, she gave us the gift of her penetrating, playful, and profound words. https://youtu.be/TWB8AF_zLnQ
There is no better teacher in all of sports – and maybe in all of life – than failure. This week, as Major League Baseball prepares for its annual All Star game, a paean to the wisdom the universe makes available to losers of all varieties. https://youtu.be/W0FFIf5H1H0
Independence Day. If we’ve learned one thing during these past months of pandemic, it’s that we are going to have to learn to think communally if we want to survive as a free people. https://youtu.be/3666m7_kBUg
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Rev. Khleber Van Zandt In his book, American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, sociologist Robert Putnam says that people of different religious persuasions get along surprising well because they personally know people of other faiths – which I believe affirms our continuing interfaith outreach efforts.
