by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 21, 2017 | Weekly Message
Abundance was our church theme last month. We talk about our congregational themes with our Religious Education (RE) kids, too. Take a listen to what they said about what our church has an abundance of: chalices, fun, love, stories, kind people… kind people,...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 18, 2017 | Sermons
READING “The Legacy of Caring” by Thandeka Despair is my private pain Born from what I have failed to say failed to do failed to overcome. Be still my inner self let me rise to you let me reach down into your pain and soothe...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 14, 2017 | Weekly Message
Last month, my nephew, Greg, called from Santa Barbara. “Hey, Uncle Dale,” he exclaimed, “I won the lottery!” “No way,” I said. “Way!” he said, “I won big time. No kidding.” “That’s great. How much did you win?” “A lot,” he responded… Long pause…then the punch line....
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 7, 2017 | Weekly Message
Up until now, it’s been an odd autumn for this part of the world, with temperatures hovering around what we’re more accustomed to for September. But in the last week, the early winter grey visited, and daytime highs tumbled to a more seasonal chill. And so it feels...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 4, 2017 | Sermons
READINGS From “You Can’t Go Home Again” by Thomas Wolfe “Pain and death will always be the same. But under the pavements trembling like a pulse, under the buildings trembling like a cry, under the waste of time under the hoof of the beast above broken bones of...
