Appreciation and Parting
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Category: Sermons
A Call to the Heart, Mind, and Spirit from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley
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We Will Remember Them
Memorial Day Service, remembering church members who have died.
Revs. Barbara & Bill Hamilton-Holway and Family Minister Merrin Clough with Muse Crossing.
(Audio/video to come…)
Forward Through the Ages
Michèle Voillequé, past President, UUCB Board of Trustees
My mother’s water broke while she was chairing an AAUW meeting, so maybe you could say that I was born to facilitate. But when I was in my mid-twenties, new to Berkeley and UUCB, and Anne Greenwood asked … read more.
House of Music
Reading
Let all creation rejoice and praise.
You have just heard (or in a moment you will hear) composer Benjamin Britten’scelebration of Christopher Smart’s poem For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry.
Christopher Smart lived in London in the 1700s. He wanted to pray without ceasing and was … read more.
What Next?
Barb:
Thank you for being here this morning.
Thank you for all it takes to get yourself here.
If this is your first time here, thank you for the courage to come, not knowing for sure what will happen or how the church … read more.
Praise for What Rises
Dance and Choreography by Sarah Bush
Happy Easter!
I am glad you are here! Poet Gerard Manley Hopkins uses Easter as a verb.
In a poem he hopes the teachings of justice and compassion, the spirit of Jesus will enter our lives. He writes, “Let him easter in … read more.
What Saves Us?
What saves us is our ability to create the stories of our lives. What saves us as religious communities is our ability to covenant with one another to join our stories, to live to promote and affirm life principles.
The land is occupied. Taxes are unbearable. … read more.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You
Today’s reading is from the writings of John Muir.
Many years ago the two of us were introduced to these words by church member Winnie Sayre. Winnie had gathered a collection of poems which supported and sustained her during a tender time.
She included these words by … read more.
Coming Home
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We are all longing to go home to some place we have never been – a place half-remembered and half-envisioned we can only catch glimpses of from time to time.” (From this morning’s reading from Starhawk.)
This longing for home is the desire to feel … read more.
What’s Possible Together?
So much of life is about change and trying to live well with the changes.
We had the good fortune to hear the Dalai Lama speak yesterday at Davies Symphony Hall.
Turns out he really did once walk up to a shop selling ice cream sundaes and … read more.
