Postmodern philosophy asserts that we humans inhabit different realities.  Leftist in origin, postmodernism’s most recent incarnation enables the bullying rhetoric of the American right.  This service will ask us to ponder what courage might mean in a world without a single, solid reality.  Drawing on experimental psychology, Buddhist ethics, and 20th-century philosophy, we’ll be called … Continue reading Courage in the Time of Postmodernity

Sometimes life sends us careening in a direction we didn’t choose and didn’t want.  How can we find our way back to joy?  Today we’ll look to the gentle, playful example of the Dalai Lama and the historical Buddha, who found ways to root and heal themselves and their communities again. Minister:  Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig … Continue reading Often Torn But Always Healing

Compliance, trauma and information overload can thwart attempts to show up as courageously “righteous” in the face of suffering.  Today we explore both modern and ancient biblical sources for inspiration. Minister:  Rev. Stefanie Batya Dale Worship Associate:  Thomas Witz