Rev. Tandi Rogers
Rev. Tandi Rogers will offer her balcony
view of Unitarian Universalism in today's world, using both recent data and
stories from the field. How does Westside fit into the broader story and context
of the UU movement regarding the breadth and depth of congregational growth?
What do we need to know to understand our place in the larger UU whole,
and to be hopeful about the next chapters in our congregational life.
Listen here.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
"The Total Proper Use of Love" January 10, 2016
Rev. Ann Holmes Redding
Love, as we commonly use the term, can seem to be flimsy at best or vacant, certainly not a dynamic living power that can actually cast out the kind of fear that drives the violence in the world. What I have been pondering is the path of complete love and of the total proper use of love in this day and time.
Listen here.
Love, as we commonly use the term, can seem to be flimsy at best or vacant, certainly not a dynamic living power that can actually cast out the kind of fear that drives the violence in the world. What I have been pondering is the path of complete love and of the total proper use of love in this day and time.
Listen here.
Monday, November 30, 2015
"Responsible Gratitude" November 29, 2015
Crystal Zerfoss, Seminarian
How do we practice responsible gratitude, honoring the gift of our shared experience, acknowledging that all we have is an extension of what others have done for and given us, gratefully naming our place in the interdependent web of all existence.
Listen here.
How do we practice responsible gratitude, honoring the gift of our shared experience, acknowledging that all we have is an extension of what others have done for and given us, gratefully naming our place in the interdependent web of all existence.
Listen here.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
"A House with Two Masters" Oct. 25, 2015
Rev. David Bloom
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus spoke about our ultimate priorities. "No one can serve two masters," he said. "You cannot serve both God and wealth." We live in a society that is obsessed with money, with "making it," usually meaning to get rich. How do we negotiate between our society's emphasis on wealth and the clear demands of religious faith to work for justice for those who live on the economic and social margins?
A treasured visiting speaker at Westside, the Reverend David Bloom is an American Baptist minister with 38 years of ecumenical leadership experience in Seattle on social justice issues.
Monday, September 28, 2015
"The Day All Lives Will Truly Matter" September 27, 2015
Marcus Green
As racial matters continue to grip our national conversation, it's becoming ever common to ask what role each of us can play in dismantling the systems and structures that stubbornly exacerbate racism in our country. In that destruction, it is important for us to identify that racist outcomes can exist without racist people, or else we can unfortunately replicate what we're attempting to destroy. As a faith tradition who holds sacred the dignity of every human being, this sermon will challenge all of us to first look deeply inside ourselves before joining together in solving one of the greatest human rights issues still plaguing our country.
Listen here.
As racial matters continue to grip our national conversation, it's becoming ever common to ask what role each of us can play in dismantling the systems and structures that stubbornly exacerbate racism in our country. In that destruction, it is important for us to identify that racist outcomes can exist without racist people, or else we can unfortunately replicate what we're attempting to destroy. As a faith tradition who holds sacred the dignity of every human being, this sermon will challenge all of us to first look deeply inside ourselves before joining together in solving one of the greatest human rights issues still plaguing our country.
Listen here.
Thursday, September 17, 2015
"Twilight Zone" September 13, 2015
Crystal Zerfoss
Come explore the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition. Seattle University student and UU seminarian, Crystal Zerfoss, will lead us on a journey into the dimension of imagination.
Listen here.
Come explore the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition. Seattle University student and UU seminarian, Crystal Zerfoss, will lead us on a journey into the dimension of imagination.
Listen here.
Monday, August 17, 2015
"The Language of the Heart" August 16, 2015
Viveca Monahan
The literature around spiritual psychology and the human heart consistently discusses two kinds of knowing. There is scientific knowing, which is linear, analytical, rational, verbal and mechanical. And there is poetic knowing or poesis, which is holistic, intuitive and has depth. The heart "perceives" while the brain "knows." Language creates images. What we name a thing, becomes that which we named. The heart has its own language that rises to the surface just when we need it most. This access requires only that we silently ask. And then patiently wait.
Listen here.
The literature around spiritual psychology and the human heart consistently discusses two kinds of knowing. There is scientific knowing, which is linear, analytical, rational, verbal and mechanical. And there is poetic knowing or poesis, which is holistic, intuitive and has depth. The heart "perceives" while the brain "knows." Language creates images. What we name a thing, becomes that which we named. The heart has its own language that rises to the surface just when we need it most. This access requires only that we silently ask. And then patiently wait.
Listen here.
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