Delight in Difference (audio & text)

READINGS Genesis 11   Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And...

Body Work (Audio & text)

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...

A Great Storm Rising (audio & text)

Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister https://uuasheville.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/180325-A-Great-Storm-Rising-2nd-Service.mp3 READINGS From the Fourth National Climate Assessment, US Global Change Research Program: “Humanity’s effect on the Earth system, through the...

Rising of the Sap (audio & text)

Rev.  Mark Ward, Lead Minister READINGS From “Trees: Reflections and Poems” by Herman Hesse  “For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. . . . In their highest boughs the...