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Resistance is the theme for January. Going through the Potluck line last Sunday, I overheard several people commenting on how they were already about to break their New Year’s resolution. Just over a week into the New Year, have you resisted the temptation to break your New Year’s resolution, or did you resist making a … Continue reading Fire Communion Ceremony
The Huntsville Feminist Chorus will sing selections from their winter Solstice program, Return Again. The theme’s words come from the song of the same name included in our Unitarian Universalist hymnal, Singing the Journey. In this season of the rich dark, returning light, and celebration of rebirth, we return again to our highest values of … Continue reading Return Again
Although the daylight hours will be increasing, the winter season has just begun. Warm yourselves in the glow of candle light and the reflective, meditative tradition of prayerful song, in the spirit of Taize. Influenced by his grandmother’s tales of helping refugees during the First World War, Brother Roger developed the Taize community of France around … Continue reading Welcoming Winter
Our theological inheritance rests in a tradition that honors the words and deeds of prophetic women and men. Our ancestors from the two previous centuries are a rich source of our religious pluralism and inspiration. This Sunday I will continue to share and honor the history that shapes who we are, and who we may be, … Continue reading Forward Through the Ages: Prophetic Voices of Our Liberal Faith
Our theological inheritance rests in a tradition that honors the words and deeds of prophetic women and men. Our ancestors from the two previous centuries are a rich source of our religious pluralism and inspiration. As promised, this Sunday I will continue to share and honor the history that shapes who we are, and who … Continue reading Forward Through the Ages: Prophetic voices of our Liberal Faith
We can officially give thanks for a full year in our new church home as we celebrate our annual bread sharing ceremony, or Bread Communion. This is a service for all the generations of our church community. Bread is called the “staff of life,” because it is a basic life-sustaining food. I think it safe … Continue reading Welcome Table Bread Sharing Service
Angel Hundley and the Reverend Alice Syltie, featuring photographs by Barbara Hitt, and music by Alli Johnson Intellectually we know if we go back far enough, we are all related. What would it mean though if we really internalized and owned our shared ancestral story? How would our attitudes and behaviors change if we truly … Continue reading Our Shared Story
Our theme for November is Ancestry. One definition of Ancestry is “persons comprising a line of lineage.” Some of the people making up the long line of our lineage are blood relatives, others are part of the ancestral history that we claim as ours. Our Unitarian Universalist faith is fond of the latter. In both … Continue reading Embracing our Ancestry
This Sunday we will welcome Clete Wetli, Executive Director of First Stop, who will speak to us about the work of his organization in responding to the needs of the homeless in Huntsville. Mr. Wetli holds a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling and has served as a substance abuse counselor. He recently spoke out on … Continue reading Empowering the Homeless
Roots affirm our connections to family and significant others, while wings reflect our need to know we are separate individuals, capable of our own thoughts and feelings. While physically we may leave home as young adults, we revisit the metaphorical work of leaving home throughout our lifetime. As we close out our month of Letting … Continue reading Roots and Wings: The Life-Long Process of Leaving Home
