Preaching: Del Carpenter To hear excerpts from this service, click here.

Preaching: Del Carpenter Click here to hear this sermon.

Don’t forget this service is at 11:00 am.  Every act we commit is a contribution to the world; will our actions be a blessing or a curse?  The basic question is not “What do I want?” but rather, “What do I want to give? May you be what’s needed.  May you be of service.  May … Continue reading To Be A Blessing

Are we, in a sense, as nearly done with American Exceptionalism as we are with 2017?  should we resolve to revive it?  The service is at 10:00 am.

Some of us can’t come to the Christmas Eve service, or don’t want to.  So we are also having a short, informal service on the morning of Christmas Eve at 10:00 am.

We are offered many opportunities in our lives to begin again: to find our callings, to begin new relationships, to let go of unhelpful scripts.  And as we begin by making friends with ourselves, the jumble of experience, insight and aptitude what we carry into the abundant reality of the world.  We say yes and … Continue reading Thinking of Beginnings

All of us question, “how should I live? Does my life have meaning?”  Some religious answers are emotionally satisfying but don’t fully make sense.  Some religious answers are intellectually sensible but not emotionally satisfying.  How do we share the journey with seekers who chose a different path?

“The Last Word, Or What To Say About It,” takes place in the Last Chance Bar at the end of No Passing Zone as Rusty & Dusty Augenblick face each other in the last minutes before the end of the world.  The free verse play was published by James Broughton in 1958.  We’ll have some … Continue reading “The Last Word” & First Words (11:00 a.m.)