Mystical experience is a form of human consciousness that occurs in virtually all cultures, all religions, and to those with no religion at all. What can we learn from this universal human experience? Special Music: Mark Filip, clarinet

In a church that has no creed, is there anything we believe in? Actually there is a wide spectrum of possibilities each of which has been meaningful to UUs and other religious liberals. Today we will explore this spectrum and get a sense of the paths that many UUs find inspiring.

In a church that has no creed, is there anything we believe in? Actually there is a wide spectrum of possibilities each of which has been meaningful to UUs and other religious liberals. Today we will explore this spectrum and get a sense of the paths that many UUs find inspiring.

Kwanzaa celebrates the African cultural wisdom that is available to all people, but especially meaningful for African Americans. Can we see clearly enough to realize that our struggles to live complete and whole lives are all interconnected?

Kwanzaa celebrates the African cultural wisdom that is available to all people, but especially meaningful for African Americans. Can we see clearly enough to realize that our struggles to live complete and whole lives are all interconnected?

Bring your whole family (kids and adults) and your out of town guests to our traditional Christmas Eve service with candles, carols, stories, and treats. Our choir will sing and we are delighted that Emmy Holmes-Hicks will play for us. Bring your grandparents, aunts, uncles, children and grandchildren as we celebrate a night full of hope, light and joy. Bring cookies if you like, but just come! Special Music: Emmy Holmes-Hicks, violin and the choir will sing.

Bring your whole family (kids and adults) and your out of town guests to our traditional Christmas Eve service with candles, carols, stories, and treats. Our choir will sing and we are delighted that Emmy Holmes-Hicks will play for us. Bring your grandparents, aunts, uncles, children and grandchildren as we celebrate a night full of hope, light and joy. Bring cookies if you like, but just come! Special Music: Emmy Holmes-Hicks, violin and the choir will sing.

What we call the holiday season is a glorious mixture of solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, socializing, feasting and economic frenzy. Is there anything that unifies the season into something coherent? And why do most of us find at least some parts of it meaningful? Perhaps we are creatures who have a taste for tradition and ritual.

What we call the holiday season is a glorious mixture of solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, socializing, feasting and economic frenzy. Is there anything that unifies the season into something coherent? And why do most of us find at least some parts of it meaningful? Perhaps we are creatures who have a taste for tradition and ritual.

About two weeks ago the new Pope shocked the world again by declaring that capitalism is becoming a new form of tyranny. Some of our favortie Christmas stories fit well with this theme. What does Christmas say about the rich and the poor? And which way is our American story going? 'Tis the season to take such questions seriously.