Friday, August 15, 2014

More Than the Sum of Our Wants- July 27, 2014

Revs. Jaco and Barbara ten Hove

In a radical animated movie from a few years ago, the robot WALL-E helps humanity come to its senses after generations of luxurious meaninglessness. Can we, too, learn to become "more than the sum of our wants"?

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Monday, July 28, 2014

2014 Question Box Sermon - June 22, 2014

Rev. Peg Morgan

How do I hold in my mind and heart both my own joys and the awareness of the suffering in the world?  What life lessons have our WSUU Spiritual Study Group been pondering?  Come hear Rev. Peg’s answers to these and other questions.


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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Pastoral Prayer April 6, 2014

Rev. Peg Morgan

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Honoring Connection

Susan Howlett, Guest Speaker

April 6, 2014

Love isn’t just a state of being, it’s a way of acting in the world.  Love isn’t a sort of bliss, it’s a kind of work.  What, then, does it mean to love a place where you belong?  Susan Howlett is a proselytizing Unitarian Universalist.  A member of University Unitarian Church in north Seattle, Susan headed the local UU Pacific Northwest District’s Chalice Lighters grant program at the time of Westside’s last grant ($20,000+) which enabled us to establish our first Music Director position and to bring our Minister to full time.  Author, speaker, and UW faculty, Susan has consulted with over 1000 nonprofits nationally, and is known for her liberal use of humor, stories and chocolate. Chocolate?  Now we know why Rev. Peg likes her so much!

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Thursday, April 3, 2014

Our True Relations

Rev. Peg Morgan

March 23, 2014

We hear how Unitarian churches first were formed in Transylvania in the 1500’s.  How are we related today?  In beliefs?  In partnership?  In being human?  This sermon occurs the weekend of our Partner Church celebration, with a Gala event on Saturday March 22

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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Does Anyone Really Know What Time it is?

Bill Coniff

March 16, 2014

Some of our stress in life is created through our focus on either the past or the  future, when the present is really all there is. Can we break free of our time shackles to make the most of our lives?

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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

How Emptiness is More

Rev. Peg Morgan

March 2, 2014

Growing up, most of us didn’t learn how to truly be a healing listening presence for others.  We worry about what thoughts we should share, and what things we should do.  But in reality, less is more, empty is of greater weight, and just being is holy.

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