by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Apr 16, 2018 | Sermons
READINGS From “Cages” by Jane Kenyon And the body, what about the body? Sometimes it is my favorite child, uncivilized as those spider monkeys loose in the trees overhead. They leap, and cling with their strong tails, they steal food from the cages—little bandits. If...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Apr 12, 2018 | Weekly Message
I have been thinking of our April theme of Emergence. Emergence surely implies hope. Without hope, how would emergence be possible? At our April meeting, board member Diane Martin opened with some words from the Christian “theologian of hope,” Jurgen Moltmann, who...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Apr 5, 2018 | Weekly Message
We enter April this year working on the theme of Emergence in worship and our small groups. It’s a powerful religious concept that embraces growth, renewal, hope, and surprise. And we see it this time of year realized in the celebration of Easter as well as the...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Mar 29, 2018 | Weekly Message
Recently I preached about what Isaac might have said, if his voice had been part of the story of Abraham’s sacrifice. As we approach Easter Sunday, which, of course, focuses so much on Jesus’ voice and story, here is my imagining of how Simon of Cyrene...
