Mother’s Day was given a meaningful (albeit forgotten) birth by Unitarian Julia Ward Howe. Today, we call for a re-invigoration of Mother’s Day to its original intent as a holiday celebrating world peace, as well as peace in the home and peace in the heart.
Active listening helps groups grow strong and diverse. But recognizing the layers of what one hears helps us avoid unnecessary pain and unintentional hurt. How we recognize and acknowledge what triggers anxiety and fear reveals how far we have come as an intentional community of compassion.
For the past 50 years, the doomsday clock of our environment has trudged steadily toward midnight. Have we heeded the warning? What must we do to reverse the hands of time? Today we will ask our young people for their thoughts and then determine whether we have answers to which we can commit ourselves.
The Theology of Outrage Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia April 15, 2018 Rev. Jeff Liebmann Opening Words from Faraday as a Discoverer (1868) “Points of Character” by John Tyndall Michael Faraday was one of history’s greatest scientists. His work in electromagnetism, and the popularization of terms such as “anode”, “cathode”, “electrode” and “ion” led … Continue reading The Theology of Outrage
Thicker than Blood Easter Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia April 1, 2018 Rev. Jeff Liebmann Call to Worship from Isaiah 61 and Amos 5 [In the time following the exile in Babylon, a disciple of the prophet Isaiah wrote that] The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent … Continue reading Easter – “Thicker than Blood”
Religion Nouveau Flower Communion Sunday Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia March 25, 2018 Rev. Jeff Liebmann Call to Worship by Norbert Ĉapek How can a person be ready to undergo difficult trials? He must ask himself: “What is mine and what is not mine?” Suppose I am to be imprisoned; must I also then … Continue reading Flower Communion–Religion Nouveau
Sowing Heresy, Growing Spirit Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia March 18, 2018 Rev. Jeff Liebmann Call to Worship From Harvard Divinity School Address by Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1838 And now let us do what we can to rekindle the smouldering, nigh quenched fire on the altar. The evils of the Church that now is … Continue reading Sowing Heresy, Growing Spirit
#MeToo Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia March 4, 2018 Rev. Jeff Liebmann Call to Worship From a Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, March 31 to April 5, 1776 I long to hear that you have declared an independency – and by the way, in the new Code of Laws which I suppose … Continue reading Me Too
What Could Be Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia February 25, 2018 Rev. Jeff Liebmann Call to Worship From Amos, Chapter 5 Hear this word, which I intone as a dirge over you, O House of Israel…you who turn justice into wormwood and hurl righteousness to the ground! …Assuredly because you impose a tax … Continue reading What Could Be
Love 21st Century Style Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia February 11, 2018 Rev. Jeff Liebmann Call to Worship From “Love” from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran When love beckons to you follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, though the sword hidden among his … Continue reading Standing on the Side of Love Day – “Love, 21st Century Style”
