Messages on Belonging & Connection (Page 7)
Love Endures
For Easter, Rev. Lee shares a story which challenges the way we might see Thomas the apostle. Known as a doubter, perhaps he was more rightly labeled as a person who had simply seen too many bad things to have hope.
Loving Beyond a Lifetime
Lay preacher, Kathy Burke Howe, shares a story about her late sister. She explores how her complicated feelings towards a relative have changed and come into a different kind of focus.
The One About Companionship
Rev. Lee introduces “Every Kind of Love” stories from two congregants about the special love they each have for a 4-legged friend in their lives.
Labors of Love
Ministerial Intern, Nick Sanchez, reflects on how some of the small things we do in our lives, are done out of love. Something as simple as offering a cup of coffee is actively putting more love into the world.
Growing Everywhere
Rev. Lee introduces our new message series “Every Kind of Love,” inspired by an elder we lost last year. She reflects on all the different ways love can show up in our lives, and also shares some of her favorite Meet Cute NYC clips
Sacred Spaces
Ministerial Intern, Nick Sanchez, talks to us about how we can make any space into a sacred space. Beginning with the story of his recent move to the area, and his final sunset seen from his Florida balcony, all the way to Bell Hall – a space with no religious iconography, stained glass, or religious texts – he assures us that we can find the sacred anywhere we need it.
First Thing
Rev. Lee introduces our new message series, Daily reminders, by sharing the results of the poll she took online, asking friends “What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?” And spoiler alert: no matter what the answer is, you are already being spiritual, in anything you do.
Original Blessing Sunday
As Unitarian Universalists, we believe not in Original Sin, but in Original Blessing – that all of us are born inherently whole and holy. Today’s service offers blessings to our congregants, to remind them of this.
Christmas Eve Service
Rev. Lee talks to us this Christmas Eve about the movie Klaus, and its message that one truly selfless act always begets another.
The God You Need
In today’s message, lay preacher, Rodney Whittenberg, asks us to consider the god we need in our lives – and that perhaps the different ideas of god over the centuries have all been in response to what the people of the time needed in their lives.
Impossible Miracles
Inspired by a conversation with an Atheist friend, Ministerial Intern, Nick Sanchez, shares a math lesson with us which begins with a deck of cards. By the end of this message, Nick will have you convinced that you are a miracle.
The Most & The Biggest
Rev. Lee shares a message about how humans define their various ideas of “the most and the biggest” thing – that being god. She shares some interesting definitions of different theologies, and also tells a very funny story about what a college friend thought Unitarian Universalism was.