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Linda A. Dove July 28, 2012. I was born on a Saturday. And you probably all know the ditty? Saturday’s child works hard for a living. This morning I’m going to talk about my work and ask you to share about yours. I owe much of who I am today to the different types of work I’ve done in my life. After many other jobs, I was a World Bank official in international aid for 19 years. I’ll use just that job as an example of my theme. In your OOS, there’s a brief (if simplistic) guid

May 13, 2012 Presented by Joni Grady and Norman Lawson The tag on our OOS says “One Journey, many paths.   There are many kinds of journeys but we can assume that this is talking about a spiritual journey, the spiritual journey that we are all on, whether we realize it or not. What might the nature of a spiritual journey be? What is the destination of such a journey?  It is a journey we start as soon as we can talk and perhaps before. As a child we always were asking “why . A

By Lisa Ellison February 5, 2012 To live is to engage in work. The body engages in constant work – the lungs filling with air, the heart pumps. Our minds engage in problem solving, learning, and decision-making. Together the body and mind take action. Life is the only job we do not apply for and the only one where termination is guaranteed after an unspecified number of years. We are not given explicit job descriptions. We may or may not know our qualifications. We may spe

October 30, 2011 by Beryl Lawson At this time of the year when it is said that the separation between the living and the dead is thin it might be good to consider another view on what survives after the death of the body. Readings Bhagavad Gita chapter 2 As the lord of this mortal frame experienceth therein infancy, youth, and old age, so in future incarnations will it meet the same. One who is confirmed in this belief is not disturbed by anything that may come to pass. As a

October 16 by Rev. Emma Chattin First Reading Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to e