Let’s renew ourselves in a spirit of Thanksgiving by bringing and sharing a bread from our family and culture to share with one another in this reclamation of the spirit of harvest and gratitude. Please bring a bread from your family or culture to share, and we will have apple cider on hand!
Our traditional service honoring ancestors of recent memory. Please feel free to bring a photo or a symbol of someone you wish to honor as we build an ancestor altar.
As a society, we need to develop a new story of motherhood — a story that goes beyond celebrating the love and heroics of mothers and invites us to consider all the ways in which we need to step up support — physically, mentally and spiritually.
This sermon was delivered at a Maundy Thursday service, held at Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church in Greenport, NY, on Thursday, April 13, 2017. Sometimes the gentle moments are the most striking. There’s a lot to grab our attention this week: the crowds at the gates of Jerusalem… the anger of the Pharisees… the … Continue reading With These Hands of Mine – Sermon Text
At times we all find ourselves in the role of “father.” What is it we must rely on for strength in performing that role?
The following responsive reading was shared in the service; the remaining texts were largely stories and tales from the world’s religions. For more information about the book the service was based on, check it out here: Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong. The demands of compassion are daunting – how do we … Continue reading Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life – Reading
Homily: I will be honest with you – I really don’t like Mother’s Day. I used to go through a raft of reasons why – I’m not a mother, my mother has died. I hate how a day calling for an end to war has become a day reminding us to call our mothers and … Continue reading Blossoming – Homily Text and Intro to Flower Communion
