To view this service, click here. ———————————————————— As the United States began exploring whether people “are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice,” some people wondered whether Calvinism’s teachings about the “total depravity” of human beings and predestination to salvation or damnation fit with our experiment in self-government. Unitarianism and … Continue reading Called
To view this service,send a request to [email protected] ================================================== When I was a child in the Methodist Church, it seemed that Easter was an ending, in that the Christian story seemed to be completed with the death and resurrection of Jesus. After that, I got the the impression that the main thing left was to … Continue reading Easter is a Beginning
If you would like to view this service, please contact [email protected]. ————————————————————- The theme for March is vulnerability, but for me to speak of vulnerability as a virtue, I need to talk about what I think of as the virtuous path, the path between two extremes. We’re often taught that they’re right or wrong, good or … Continue reading Between
If you would like to view this service, please contact [email protected]. ———————————————————- Speaker: Rev. Elwood Sturtevant Dr. King insisted that “Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.” I want to look at the kind of love he meant, and at how that kind of love involves our … Continue reading The Work of Love
To view this service, send a request to [email protected] February’s theme is ‘widening the circle.’ It seems appropriate to lift up our Universalist ancestors and their thoughts about providing a wider view to include everyone. The Universalist approach presents us with a challenge to widen our circle and to see the world in a different … Continue reading A Wider View
