Theologian Richard Rohr writes: “Don’t start by trying to love God, or even people; love elements and rocks first, move to trees, then animals, and then humans. …. It works. In fact, it might be the only way to love, because how we do anything is how we do everything. In the end, either we love everything or there is reason to doubt that we love anything.” Join us in exploring what it means to put love at the center of our lives and faith.
Loss shatters our world, but in the fragments, wisdom gleams. We are cracked open, not broken. Join us as we explore the alchemy of loss, transforming grief into strength and wisdom.
Today, we honor Dr. King, who echoed the timeless cry of countless spiritual warriors: Love not in passive yearning, but in fierce non-violent resolve. Like Gandhi’s Satyagraha, like the Buddha’s Ahimsa, non-violence is love in action, fighting against injustice with compassion. Let us open our hearts, join hands, and work for peace by putting love at the center.
Join us this week for an interactive service led by our very own journaling facilitator, Barbara Jimerson. Discover the power of journaling to explore the depths of your inner world. What personal insights can you uncover through the simple, yet profound act of writing? Engage in journaling exercises, guided by Barbara, that will lead you on a journey of self-reflection, uncovering thoughts and emotions while deepening your understanding of love.
New Year brings to mind new beginnings. What if we lived as if every day offered us a chance to start over…to begin again. How might we change our relationship to the passage of time and the mysteries of what the future holds? Join us at our New Year’s Eve service as we explore new beginnings, give thanks (and a toast) for the blessings of 2023 and call in our intentions for 2024.
Tonight’s beautiful family service filled with Christmas joy and music, explores the mystery of Christmas. How did this story of hope and possibility come to be? What are the key messages we learn from this mysterious birth story. Come celebrate Christmas Eve, Unitarian Universalist style, with plenty of holiday cheer, mystery, as well as cookies, cocoa and eggnog after the service. Rumor has it that we may receive a visit from Santa himself, as he flies through the Conejo Valley.
Today, many Pagans still celebrate Yule on the day of the Winter Solstice. Pagans celebrate the rebirth of the sun through gift exchanges, merriment, and deep spiritual reflection. For Pagans, this is a time of new beginnings, rebirth, transformation, getting rid of unwanted habits, and creativity. Please join us as we honor both the light and the dark.
What happens when a latke is told to be who they’re not? A lot of fun shenanigans! Join us during our annual holiday pageant with the telling of The Latke Who Wouldn’t Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story. We’ll also acknowledge the many wonderful holidays of this winter season.
All the world’s religions and philosophies try to explain the meaning of life. Science tries to uncover truth. But ultimately we don’t really know the answers to why we are here, whether there is a God or not, and what happens to us when we die. So today, we wholeheartedly embrace the mystery of this existence, exploring how to live when we don’t know the answers to the most fundamental questions of life.
Disenfranchisement is as American as apple pie. People have been disenfranchised for a variety of reasons, from race to religion, from gender to gender expression, from neurodivergence to disability. How can we rid our society of this one tradition that we would rather not pass down to our children?
