Courage to Speak, Finding Your Voice

Rev. Peg Morgan

January 15, 2012

It is not always easy to speak the truth.  For some of us, we were brought up to err on the side of making people happy, others of us were taught to be bold.  Today we will explore this further, reflect on our own lives, and learn about Margaret Fuller, good friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson, who taught others to find their voice.  Who today do we see being courageous in speaking moral truths?

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Sources of Inspiration

Rev. Barbara Morgan, Marcus Green & Wendy Swyt
 
January 1, 2012

Let us begin a new year by reflecting on those who have inspired us to live lives of love, compassion, and justice. Congregation members Wendy Swyt, Marcus Green, and Rev. Barbara Morgan will reflect upon those who have inspired them, and how that inspiration has impacted their lives. Chaplain Mark Newton will lead the service.
 
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The Second Half of Life

Rev. Mark Newton

December 11, 2011

We live in a society with clearly articulated markers and rites of passage for the first half of life. But what of the second half? Do we meander unconsciously through it, or thoughtfully embrace it and walk through the thresholds to elderhood and wisdom it offers? Today's service explores the second half of life through the lenses of cultural anthropologist Angeles Arrien, and Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. Their seminal work offers a vision of elderhood as a time of unparalleled inner growth, engagement, and contribution to the world we will leave behind.

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Healing Our Democracy

Rev. Peg Boyle Morgan

November 6, 2011

I doubt there is any one of us who is happy with our country’s political landscape. It is easy to feel discouraged, and cynical at the competitive paralysis in Washington D.C. It would be easy to assume that our country too will decline into oblivion, as have all the great economic and political powers. Today I’ll reflect on how we can wrestle with these thoughts and feelings in our spiritual lives.

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Moth to the Flame: Michael Servetus

Rev. Peg Morgan

October 16, 2011

Today we honor the 500th anniversary of the birth of Michael Servetus, author of “On Errors of the Trinity.” Michael was committed to ideas, regardless of the ultimate cost of his life. Is there anything you would give your life for?

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No Room for Correction

Rev. Peg Morgan

October 2, 2011

Given the recent death of Troy Davis, I will reflect on moral issues of capital punishment.

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Conspirare: To Breathe Together

Lisa Reitzes

September 25, 2011

There are many reasons that we gather on Sunday mornings, perhaps as many reasons as there are people in the Sanctuary. Whatever brings us there, what we do together in that space creates something that is different than what we can experience on our own. However diverse our spiritualities, we agree for that time to be bound to each other by the common air we breathe. 

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