Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker; February 25, 2018 Many voices speak to us as we chart our life’s path and consider our vocational calling. Whose call upon us matters most? Our parents? God? Our inner self? Or??? In the midst of many demands, how do we choose the “call” that we will answer? And what difference…

Rev. Rob Hardies, February 18, 2018 Mid-life crises: they’re not just for the middle-aged anymore. The poet David Whyte says they can occur “anytime that the tide of life seems to have left us stranded on the beach.” Reconnecting with our vocation and purpose in life can get us moving again.

http://all-souls.org/sites/default/files/02.11.2018%20The%20Gift%20of%20Vocation_0.mp3   Rev. Dr. Joanne Braxton, February 11, 2018 How do we sustain our gifts of vocation and calling through seasons of moral ambiguity? How might wonder and awe help us as we seek to move toward transformative cultures of care and justice?

http://all-souls.org/sites/default/files/01.21.2018%20The%20World%20Needs%20Our%20Presence%20%20and%20Our%20Absence.mp3   Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, January 21, 2018 “In order to understand the world,” wrote Camus, “one has to turn away from it on occasion.” More than anything else, we must be fully present to both the beauty and brokenness of the world, if we are to help redeem it. But to be…

http://all-souls.org/sites/default/files/01.07.2018%20Awake%20My%20Soul_0.mp3   Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, January 7, 2018   To be awake is to be present to the fullness of our lives; ours joys and sorrows, perils and possibilities. This Sunday we take stock of our lives and our world, and ask how to begin the New Year with heart, soul, and strength,…

http://all-souls.org/sites/default/files/12.31.2017%20Kwanzaa.mp3 Rev. Dr. Joanne Braxton, December 31, 2017   We gather together to celebrate Kwanzaa. As a spiritual and religious community, we will give thanks and invite blessings as we move to into a New Year.

http://all-souls.org/sites/default/files/12.11.2017%20Something%20Inside%20So%20Strong.mp3   Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, December 11, 2017

http://all-souls.org/sites/default/files/12-03-22017%20And%20Grace%20My%20Fears%20Relieved_0.mp3   Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, December 3, 2017 The popular hymn “Amazing Grace” includes the line, “Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved.” How does grace give us the courage to face our fears?

http://all-souls.org/sites/default/files/11.26.2017%20The%20Year%20the%20Buddha%20Came%20for%20Thanksgiving_0.mp3   Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, November 26, 2017 How can we cultivate gratitude and mindfulness during the busy holiday season, and throughout the year?

http://all-souls.org/sites/default/files/11.19.2017%20From%20Religiously%20Liberal%20to%20Religiously%20Liberating_0.mp3   Rev. Rob Keith, November 19, 2017 As people committed to love and justice in today’s world, it’s fair to say that we have “counter cultural” aspirations. And yet we’re still products of the larger culture, so it’s easy to accidentally reinforce the status quo rather than challenging it. What would it look like…