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At the 2024 Auction, Cathy Thomas bought the right to choose a topic for a sermon this year, and this is that sermon. We’ll reflect on what it means to forgive someone, including how we forgive ourselves.
A pilgrimage is much more than a simple trip. It is a journey that takes us to interesting places that we may or may not have been before. A pilgrimage entices us to go deeper within ourselves, even as we travel in outward ways. At its best, a pilgrimage challenges us to grow, offering the opportunity for spiritual insight.
What can children’s stories tell us about how children and adults relate to each other in a particular culture? If we start with our own culture, we may be surprised by what we find hiding there. Indigenous worldviews differ from Colonial worldviews in many, many ways – but one of the most significant divergences appears in the approach to adult-child relationships and child rearing practices. Speaking from his own experience growing up in an Anishinaabe household, Caleb Seguin will use stories – both true and imaginary – to explore the core principals of Anishinaabe child rearing, examining concepts like reciprocity, autonomy, community responsibility, and more. Reflect on the lasting impact of Colonial violence in adult-child relationships for Indigenous people and White Settlers alike, and learn how a small shift in perspective can radically change the way we form and maintain relationships with the young people in our lives.
The measure of any spiritual path – or any individual on that path – is how we show up for others. Interfaith/Interspiritual Minister, Rev. Lauryn Axelrod offers a new perspective on what it means to “show up” for ourselves, others and the world around us, especially during these challenging times. Pulling from the teachings of all our great faith and wisdom traditions, Rev. Lauryn shares contemporary and traditional guidance for building a community that “shows up” for all of it: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
It’s two days until elections, which could have huge implications nationally, state-wide, and locally. That’s always true, but the stakes seem higher this year. How can we handle waiting for an outcome?
“…The end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive where we started, / and know the place for the first time.” (T.S. Eliot) The Rev. Dan Warren, an Episcopalian, will explore whether Anglicans are also Unitarians, and suggest we have far more in common than those who cling to forms of doctrinal purity. He came to our first June service and liked us so much that he took up Herb’s invitation to come back and speak to us.
Contained in this judgmental statement, really is perhaps the most important question anyone can be asked. Just, How Do You Live with Yourself? Really, how you the unique person you discover you are along the way gets along with the administrator of your life that is you is precious. We will explore this most intimate and important of relationships.
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