A House for Hope: The Threshold

Sunday, May 9, 2021   Rev.Mark Ward, Lead Minister   We close our journey considering the promise of progressive religion with an invitation to imagine the threshold for our “A House for Hope.” Here’s where we reflect on our mission, what we are called to bring to the...

A Tree Telling of Orpheus

Sunday, May 2, 2021   Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister  Denise Levertov’s poem describing an imagined meeting between a tree and the Greek musician Orpheus invites us to muse on the experience of spiritual awakening.

A House For Hope: Foundations

Sunday, April 11, 2021 Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister This next service in our series exploring progressive religion considers what we make of the question of God or that in which we most deeply trust.

i thank you god

Sunday, April 4, 2021 Easter  Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister  Our service will center on ee cummings’ poem that celebrates the beauty and wonder of simply being and will include a performance by Rev. Ward’s brother Terry of a song based on that poem that was written by...

This Little Light of Mine

Sunday, March 28, 2021   Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister Once again as we confront times of turmoil this simple Civil Rights song rises again in relevancy. What does it have to teach us today?

A House for Hope: The Roof

Sunday, March 21, 2001   Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister Next on our journey to lay out our theological House for Hope we consider how we confront sadness, tragedy, oppression, injustice and evil that we find in the world. The theological word for this is Soteriology:...