“Healing Waters” is a story of perseverance and searching, love, healing, and faith. About the Speaker: Aunt Li-Anne Rowswell Mufson (Pronouns She/Her) is a Professional Storyteller, Teaching Artist and Actor, active in San Diego for more than 25 years. Service Associate: Josh Barret
This is a sermon on the different types of losses we experience and the importance of finding space to process the grief that accompanies them. This message will explore the importance of holding space, of compassion, and care in difficult times. About the Speaker: The Rev. Tania Márquez is a community minister currently serving as … Continue reading What Used to be Here
In his provocative book Cultivating Empathy: The Worth and Dignity of Every Person—Without Exception, UU ministerial colleague Nate Walker calls us to practice deeper empathy in our day-to-day lives. Drawing from his years as a parish minister in Staten Island and Philadelphia, Rev. Walker challenges us all to resist “otherizing” people by either demonizing or … Continue reading Embracing the Possibility of Empathy
A Worship Service Streamed from the UUA Description: Faith in Unitarian Universalism isn’t an intellectual exercise: it’s “heart” work. Since March is annual pledge season for many UU congregations, the UUA is offering a service to be shared with fellowships across the country. Join us to be inspired by a sermon by our UUA President, along … Continue reading Loved into Being
A Worship Service Streamed from the UUA Description: Culminating the UUA’s Thirty Days of Love, which extends from Martin Luther King, Jr. Day through Valentine’s Day, the Side with Love Sunday service will be viewed by UU congregations around the world. It will feature stirring music, deep hearted reflection, and moving testimonies from a range of UU … Continue reading Side with Love
This service is a joint effort among all the Unitarian Universalist congregations in San Diego County. Come hear about how we can live our values during — and after — election season. Together, we are stronger, and together, we can change the world. There is no recording from this service.
Even though we are separated from each other, the community we build daily sustains us and brings us possibility. What can we learn about crafting that community from Ursula Le Guin, M. Scott Peck, and knitting socks? … read more.
Using a phrase from President Abraham Lincoln’s Inaugural Address in 1861, Rev. Owen-Towle will turn to our Unitarian Universalism as a religion of “ever-evolving love” for grounding and guidance during this time of a raging pandemic and savage racism. Rev. Owen-Towle was ordained in 1967 and has served Unitarian Universalist parishes for the past fifty … Continue reading Better Angels of Our Nature
Is love a fundamental power in the universe? If so, how do we connect with it? How is it different from other kinds of power common to the human experience? This Sunday’s reflection will be centered in an open, exploratory conversation between SDSU Professor of Philosophy, Mark Wheeler, and our Minister. After the service, participants … Continue reading I’ll Meet You There
Summit member and Community Minister Rose Harris will give us an inside look at homelessness in San Diego. She will share stories of her work with the thousands of homeless folk at Father Joe’s Village and, after the service, be available to answer your questions. Speakers: Rev. Rose Harris & DRE Mary Carter-Vail Join us … Continue reading Hope in the Time of Covid-19
