This morning we’ll explore the difference between genuine gratitude and gratitude used as a tool to keep people quiet. Turns out, you can be grateful and still want things to change.… more

The way to hold onto all the cookies: keep everyone else busy fighting over the crumbs. We’ll explore race, class, power, and the stories we are taught about one another, while considering what our Unitarian Universalist faith might offer as an alternative. And there may be cookies involved.… more

Do you ever feel like you are walking around under a dark cloud, like you must be the unluckiest person to ever live? This morning let look at the Bible character of Job. What are the issues with this story?… more

Bring your water from your summer adventures, bring yourself back into connection with your community and bring your stories of moments of ministry. When did you feel something incredible, when did you feel and connection with another person or with the whole of the universe?… more

Originally, Cheat codes referred to hints and helpful secrets to know about video games that can help you play the game better—win. Now, the web is full of cheat codes for everything, cheat codes for cleaning, cheat codes for packing, organizing, all sorts. Lets look at the cheat codes for life.… more

Rabbi Edwin Friedman wrote a book about leadership called “A Failure of Nerve.” Today I will talk about the premise of that book and some of its issues. … more

Location: Adath Yeshurun Synagogue (154 Greenville St. NW). If only we could be certain? About anything. There was a time when people thought they could graduate from high school, go to college or not and still be able to get a decent job and have a decent life, (if they were careful) basically life would be good. That is no longer a certainty, if it ever was, and there are tons of things that are uncertain.… more