Christmas Eve Service
Join us for an early Christmas Eve service full of music, singing, and a reminder that the kindness we bestow assuages fear and creates hope. Childcare will be offered for this Service.
Speaker: Worship Associate - Johanna Munson
A Celebration of Our Cedars Community
Rev. Margo has been serving Cedars for several months now. We will take this Sunday to eat together, answer a couple of questions that will help Margo get to know us better and make official Rev. Margo’s status as our half time minister. Please bring a brunch item to share. The Reverend Margo Rinehart serves Cedars … Continue reading A Celebration of Our Cedars Community
A Question of Faith
In our global society of multiple faith traditions and diverse spiritual practices, what does the word “faith” really mean? Does one have to accept a particular belief system in order to belong to a community of faith? Or could we revision faith as a vibrant way of life that keeps us morally grounded, yet also … Continue reading A Question of Faith
The Threshold
We are living in the pause between stories. The familiar expectations no longer hold. The new ones are not yet formed. This is the threshold: not a place of clarity, but of courage. Kate Lore is a recently retired UU minister who currently lives is Battle Ground, WA. Prior to that, she served as the … Continue reading The Threshold
The Spirituality of Albert Einstein
This service explores the religious and spiritual beliefs of Albert Einstein and his beliefs about the relationship between science and religion. In Einstein’s own words, “I am not an atheist…I believe in Spinoza’s God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and … Continue reading The Spirituality of Albert Einstein
Imagination: We Are All Artists
This sermon is a kick-off for all the learning and visioning we will be doing together in the months to come. Let us work together in building a co-ministry of support, beauty, and restoration. John O’Donohue says, “We each possess an imagination. Everyone, whether they like it or not, is involved in the construction of … Continue reading Imagination: We Are All Artists
Living with Moral Injury
Moral injury is a human condition, suffered as a part of living in a world where we, others and the earth are harmed by actions or the failure to act. How do we integrate these experiences to be able to continue to live when everywhere we look there are more reasons to cry in agony, … Continue reading Living with Moral Injury
Afraid of attending a dying person? Why you needn’t be.
Visiting an elderly uncle in Toronto recently, I was shocked to discover that he was actively dying and none of his 5 children or other family members was present. I realized that in our culture, we have very little information or encouragement to be present in this difficult but transformational and often deeply spiritual time. … Continue reading Afraid of attending a dying person? Why you needn’t be.
Becoming Midwives to a Changing World
In the Celtic world this is a time called Imbolc, known to bring the gift of insight and inspiration. A time to bring our curiosity, our questioner forward, to act as midwives for what brings justice and truth to a world badly in need. How might we discern between how we live currently and what … Continue reading Becoming Midwives to a Changing World
In the Generous Pocket of Silence
In this season of ding-a-ling-a-ling, what would it mean for us to find ourselves in what poet Billy Collins calls “the generous pocket of silence”? How might we be truly present in this season of anticipation?