Borders & Belonging, part 2

The book of Ruth is short -- just four chapters – a drama in four acts. Act 1. It’s the time of the judges. A famine comes to Judah. Elimelech, his wife Naomi, and their sons Mahlon and Chilion cross

Sermons Borders/Boundaries Ruth

Borders & Belonging, part 1

Everything needs a boundary to be a defined and definite thing. Dissolution of that boundary ends the thing, its contents spilling out and merging with the surroundings. We need our skin to hold us to

Borders/Boundaries Ruth

Easter! Passover! Ramadan! Liberation! part 2

To part 1 Two ideas in the Passover festival are central: It is a celebration of freedom. Passover is known as “The Season of our Liberation.” It commemorates the escape from enslavement in Egypt. It

Sermons Easter liberation Passover Ramadan

Easter! Passover! Ramadan! Liberation! part 1

Today is a holy day in the Christian tradition. It’s Easter. This week is a holy week in the Jewish tradition. Passover began last Friday evening and lasts until next Saturday evening. And this month

Sermons Easter liberation Passover Ramadan

UU Minute #83

Universalism: Beginnings We move now from our Unitarian story to the Universalist side of our heritage. Universalism gets its name from Universal salvation – that everyone goes to heaven and there is