Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on August 15, 2021. When you meet a person who is LGBTQ plus, you immediately know that there was a time when they realized they were different. They were decisions that had to be made about whom to tell, how to be in the world, in a world that, until a few years ago, didn't have a place for them. This is my coming out story.

Senior High Youth service delivered on August 8, 2021. Join our senior youth group as they lead worship and explore the theme of Nature v Nurture and we celebrate their lives in our annual bridging ceremony.

Sage Hirschfeld and Bear W. Qolezcua's sermon delivered on July 25, 2021. In a world where trusting others feels harder each day, remembering lessons of trust and letting them guide us is an act of revolution. Join our RE Intern, Sage Hirschfeld, and Director of Communications, Bear Qolezcua, as they explore the topic of trusting in others and ourselves.

Assistant Minister Rev. Chris Jimmerson's sermon delivered on July 18, 2021. We live in a culture that often encourages us to project an air of invincibility. Yet research by Brene Brown and others in the social sciences indicates that the opposite may be the key to living whole-heartedly. Being willing to embrace and express our vulnerability may be the source of authenticity, human connection, and empathy, as well as the ability to both love and accept being loved.

Assistant Minister Rev. Chris Jimmerson's sermon delivered on July 4, 2021. For over a year and a half, we have all been on an often challenging journey together, but we are still here as a religious community. As we contemplate an upcoming return to in-person church activities, our journey will change course again. What might we need to consider to smooth the potential bumps and avoid potential roadblocks when we begin that new journey?

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on June 27, 2021. So much of our experience of life is influenced by things we can't control. Weather, illness, coworkers, friends, family. They say we can control how we respond to things, but that does not always feel true. Mostly, Buddhism teaches, we control what we do. Our actions are what we own in the end.

Assistant Minister Rev. Chris Jimmerson's sermon delivered on June 20, 2021. Getting through challenging times like this, working for justice, building the Beloved Community all require serious contemplation, hard work and allowing ourselves to feel the painful emotions that may come up. We must remember also that play, fun, and humor are necessary to sustain us. We must allow ourselves moments of joy. Love is our ultimate source of resilience, and one of the ways we express that love is through playfulness.

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on June 13, 2021. The third strand of the eightfold path is right speech. How do we become mindful of our speech? How do we practice telling the truth, being kind, knowing when to speak and knowing when not to speak?

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on June 6, 2021. The second in our series on the Noble Eightfold Path. In order to reach peace of mind, we understand how the mind and spirit work, and we make powerful intentions to keep impermanence in mind, to hold onto joy lightly, and to remember that everyone dies in the end. Does this turn out to be cheering or depressing, or both?

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on May 30, 2021. Facing Texas' anti-Trans legislation, what does our faith tell us about our responsibility to respond?