West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church

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December 29, 2019 Christmas by the Book: A Selection of Holiday Readings
by Martha Blachly-Cross and Ryan Rosu, Worship Leaders
Vicki Warden, Worship Associate
For the shortest, darkest weeks of the year, human beings have, from the beginnings of time, created festivals of light to brighten their days. Christmas, Hanukkah, Epiphany—each anticipates the longed-for return to spring, each has its rites, symbols and above all stories. For the holidays, then, a reading list. Chaucer urged, “To read and drive the night away.”
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39min
December 22, 2019 Dear Mary: Letter to the Mother of Jesus
by Reverend Anthony Makar and
Gerry Meader, Worship Associate
The Christmas Story involves any number of fascinating figures: Joseph and Mary, the wise men, the animals in the stable, the angels, King Herod, and so on. There’s more to each than meets the eye. This year, I will share my personal letter to Mary.
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42min
December 08, 2019 The Spirituality of Money
by Reverend Anthony Makar and
Vicki Warden, Worship Associate
What do spirituality and money have to do with each other? Everything! Come and find out about how we might relate to money (and talk about it!) in healthier ways.
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42min
December 01, 2019 Live to the Point of Tears
by Reverend Anthony Makar and
Michael Miller, Worship Associates
Religions around the world honor the gift of tears and have found ways to ritualize it. During the Passover Seder, when Jews remember their escape from Egypt, they bring salt water to their lips to symbolize the tears of bondage. In ancient times, when a person died, mourners put their tears in bottles and sometimes even wore them around their necks. Over the ages, the weeping of tears has been a sign of the mystical experiences of saints and repentant sinners. These transcendent moments go beyond what the mind can comprehend; tears are a response of the heart. Today, we explore the role that tears might play in our Unitarian Universalist faith life.
All songs are played in their entirety at the end of the service
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59min
November 24, 2019 How Many Days to America?
by Reverend Anthony Makar,
Judy Montgomery and
Ryan Rosu, Worship Associates
In this time of unprecedented migration all around the world, what does it mean to find home? This Sunday we invite people of all ages to experience a powerful Thanksgiving service centered around Eve Bunting’s story, “How Many Days to America?” While acknowledging that some will show up to this holiday time with celebration in their hearts, others will be feeling emotions that are decidedly mixed. Come to a service that makes room for all of this and will send you out into the world inspired and hopeful.
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36min
November 17, 2019 Building a New Way
by Reverend Michelle Ma and
Gerry Meader, Worship Associate
Unitarian Universalists talk a lot about "living our values" and "building a beloved community.” West Shore strives to be a radically inclusive, multicultural, anti-oppressive community, and so does Denison UCC. We are two very different churches with different ministries and very similar goals. Affiliated Community Minister Michelle Ma will talk about her work with Denison UCC and how and why West Shore should get involved.
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32min
November 10, 2019 Is All Hope Lost?
by Reverend Anthony Makar and
Ryan Rosu, Worship Associate
This past September, Jonathan Franzen wrote an article in The New Yorker entitled, “What If We Stopped Pretending?” His essential argument was that the destruction of the plan-et by human-induced climate change is inevitable and that environmentalists and climate change activists are delusion-al for trying to stop it. This is just one example of defeatism about the environment, and defeatism these days is pervasive. But is defeatism truly reasonable? Is it possible to affirm hopefulness as a more rational position?
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43min
November 03, 2019 Showing Up as Wonderful: Letter to Wonder Woman
by Reverend Anthony Makar and
Worship Leader Elizabeth Gerenscer
Wonder Woman is a comic book superhero whose story inspires people of all ages. An essential part of this story is her struggle to come into her power and to be powerfully herself against the efforts of others to keep her small. In his personal letter to Wonder Woman, Rev. Makar explores this and the challenge all of us face to be wonderful in our own unique way.
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54min
October 25, 2019 Our Universalist Heritage: Entering Paradise in This Life
by Reverend Anthony Makar and
Jeff Modzelewski
Worship Associate
This is the third and last sermon in a series entitled “Our Universalist Heritage." What if I said that Paradise is not lost but already here and now? And that spirituality is about entering it in this life, through a renewal and restoration of one’s mind and senses? Three hundred fifty years ago, that’s what Universalist Jane Leade preached, and her vision has been taken up in our time by Unitarian Universalist minister the Rev. Rebecca Ann Parker. Let’s take a closer look.
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35min
October 20, 2019 The Spirituality of Dementia from the Inside-Out and Upside-Down
by Kathy Strawser and
Marty Blachly-Cross
Worship Associate
The Very Reverend Tracey Lind and
Emily Ingalls
Guest Speakers
In 2017, the Very Reverend Tracey Lind stepped down as Dean of Cleveland's Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, following a diagnosis of early-onset dementia. What changes did this bring to her personal life, her activism, her ministry and her spiritual life? We welcome Rev. Lind and her wife Emily Ingalls to our pulpit to share their learnings and a message about what it means to be human.
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42min

FAQs about West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church:

How many episodes does West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church have?

The podcast currently has 217 episodes available.