The poet Rilke tells us not to seek the answers to our questions, rather to live everything, to live the questions now. In this service we will explore how holy curiosity helps us engage our underlying beliefs and yearnings, and the tangles that long to be unknotted in the search for meaning in our lives … Continue reading Awakening Curiosity: Keep Chasing the Questions
We will take a historical look at how the life and death of Jesus changed from celebrating the victory over death to a focus on suffering and sacrifice. This is a message for Atheists, Christians, and spiritual seekers of all kinds. Come and reclaim the Easter season as a time of joy. Reverend Margo Rinehart … Continue reading Easter Sunday: Lessons for Celebrating Paradise
On this Presidents’ Day weekend, we will explore the commitment by many of our Founding Fathers to the separation of church and state and the imperative of protected religious expression. From atheism to theism, let freedom ring! Reverend Margo Rinehart serves Cedars by welcoming people from diverse theological and religious backgrounds and spiritual beliefs on … Continue reading The Faiths of Our Founding Fathers
How do we hold the bittersweetness of life in all its beauty and pain? “Days of honey, days of onion,” as an Arabic proverb puts it. Come join us as we explore the spiritual practice of ritual and renewal as a healing balm in troubled times. Rev Jennifer Alviar is a Unitarian Universalist minister who … Continue reading The Gifts of Ritual & Renewal
Sometimes we think that compassion will make us weak, but all the world’s religions honor compassion as one of the greatest human capacities. Rev. Florence Caplow will bring teachings from Buddhism, Unitarian Universalism, and science to inspire us to widen our hearts as a powerfully unshakable response in these cruel times. Rev. Florence Caplow is a … Continue reading Compassion: Our Secret Superpower
