This Place, This Time
A reflection on adapting, learning, finding beauty in this strange summer. Grace is a longtime UU and the proud mom of Summit’s DRE, Mary Carter-Vail. …read more
Topic: Community
How Do We Find Hope and Joy to Sustain Us in the Time of Covid 19?
As we isolate, stay inside, wear masks and keep social distance, it can feel as if we are all lost on our own private islands. Even with our virtual miracles, it’s a hard time for our souls. This Sermon explores how we can find hope … read more.
In It for the Long Haul
The pandemic will be affecting us for a long time. Likewise, movements for social justice have long stretches where law and public opinion seem to be motionless, punctuated by moments where all the preparation pays off. In these and other fallow periods, how do we … read more.
Truly I Say to You
As we prepare for his departure on June 30th, Rev. Frank will review his time with us—including a naming of some of the mistakes he has made over the course of his 10 years with us. He will also invite us to remember certain fundamental … read more.
When The Chrysalis Ruptures
Our Summit Mission represents a message of hope and loving faithfulness in a world that can feel as if it is falling apart. Rev. Frank will reflect with us about how a spiritual community like ours is being confronted with a greater need for community … read more.
A New Vision for Religious Exploration
How are we going to continue to serve our children, youth, families and adults as a beloved community in a virtual space? We now have a beautiful opportunity to envision a new way as we support and care for each other. Mary, our DRE will … read more.
A Call For Moral Revival
Today—in large measure due to Covid-19—we are confronted by our society’s fundamental lack of concern for the plague of poverty we now face, and the false moral narrative that has perpetuated and rationalized its existence as an inescapable and necessary condition. Together, people concerned to … read more.
To Whom Do We Belong?
Summit’s incoming Minister, Everett Howe, will challenge us to reflect on questions like: Who is our family? Who is our neighbor? To whom are we responsible? These questions, long of importance to religious communities, acquire new relevance in this time of pandemic. On Mothers’ Day, … read more.
Do Not Forget to Remember
In the European “Dark Ages”–a term which many scholars now consider unnecessarily pejorative—the crumbling of empire led to intellectual stagnation, social fragmentation and widespread ignorance. What can communities of faith and good will do to stem the tides of social regression that are now emerging? … read more.
Apocalyptic Revelations
An apocalypse forces change…It raises up fault lines in the soul…It illuminates areas where growth may be needed in our relationships with ourselves and others…It exposes us to entirely new demands and can thrust us into new, often unforeseen realities. How will you and I … read more.