We’ll explore the question of belonging. How have you experienced acceptance and encouragement to growth? If you were asked what it means to “belong”, what would you say? Also how the polycrisis is affecting your sense of belonging in the wider world…as a Canadian…as a human being… as a member of the interdependent web (our … Continue reading Belonging
What is it like to discover that you not only have partridges in your pear trees, but also on your roof and nesting in your garden? Please join us this morning for a reflection on compassion, community and resilience. Photo credit: Nesting Chukar Partridge © Carla Hewitson, Utah 2005
What values inform your living, what is central to your understanding of how to be an active contributing participant in the great web of life? What is the place of theology in your experience? These questions are inspired by this month’s theme which is one of the CUC ‘s Aspiration Statement to be Theologically Alive: We … Continue reading Living From The Center
To explore the monthly theme of being Theologically Alive, we will dive into one creative realm that is rich with meaning making: science fiction and fantasy writing. Ursula K. Le Guin wrote the short story She Unnames Them in a moment of feeling inspired to “rewrite the Bible.” In this story, the character we know … Continue reading Unnaming, Renaming
With the light of the chalice guiding the way, we explore our aspiration to be theologically alive: seeking to be ever-evolving in our understanding, open to new knowledge. How does our theology respond to the present moment and where might it go in the future? This pre-recorded sermon is part of the Meaning Making series. … Continue reading Beacon Of Light
In 2017, the Whanganui River in New Zealand became the first river granted legal personhood. The concept of granting legal personhood to rivers is based on the idea that ecosystems have intrinsic value and should be protected from exploitation and environmental degradation. This approach recognizes the inherent rights of natural entities to exist, flourish and … Continue reading I Am The River, The River Is Me
What does it mean to be a Unitarian Universalist in 2025? What are we actually choosing? Reverend Anne Barker will invite us into a participatory worship space – where we each get to choose our own adventure! Currently a Congregational Life Lead for BC & Western Regions, Anne has been a UU since 1998, when … Continue reading Choosing To Be UU In 2025
We’re called in this time of climate crisis not just to change our world, but to transform it. In the process, we will need to transform ourselves. Climate change is a wake-up call that heralds the urgency of our third principle as Unitarian Universalists – spiritual growth. We’re called in this time of climate crisis … Continue reading Prophets Of Love: Active Engagement In A Time Of Polycrisis
This first service of the new year, we will look back and forward, in the present moment, collectively and individually. This will include rituals of release (fire) and invitation (earth). Let us welcome the New Year holding in our hearts the monthly theme of being Actively Engaged*. *The monthly theme is engaged in some fashion … Continue reading Endings, Beginning, Cycles And Sparks
