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A Talk By James J. Geary Delivered before the Harrisonburg Unitarian Universalist Church 16 May 2010 Chalice Reading The chalice is a symbol. We need symbols in our lives; we can’t do without them. We utilize hundreds of symbols every day, including the words we use. What does the chalice symbolize for you? For me the chalice symbolizes itself ” fire. Think about fire. Fire is energy. Fire is the essence of the universe. Fire is everything. Everything is from fire. Our su

By Rev. Emma Chattin March 14, 2010 First Reading John 6:1-13 Feeding The Five Thousand Some time later, Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee-- also called Lake Tiberias --and a huge crowd followed him, because they saw the signs he gave by healing the sick. Jesus climbed the hillside and sat down there with his disciples. It was shortly before the Jewish feast of Passover. Looking up, Jesus saw the crowd approaching and said to Philip, 'Where are we to buy

Sunday service by Robin McNallie 3.28.2010 Readings: 1) “thy eyes look to me mild. Out of maize @ air/ your body’s made and moves. I summon, see, / from the centuries it./I think you won’t stay. How do we/ linger, diminished, in our lovers’ air, / implausibly visible, to whom, a year, / years, over interims; or not;/ to a long stranger; or not; shimmer @ disappear. John Berryman, “Homage to Mistress Bradstreet 2) “Sometimes the sun is only shadowed by a cloud that we cannot

Eric LaFreniere addressed HUU members and friends gathered for the Stewardship Sunday luncheon. His comments follow. Greetings! In case you don’t know, my name is Eric LaFreniere, and I’m chair of your HUU Membership Committee. Recently I’ve had the opportunity to reflect on the idea of HUU membership as membership in a kind of extended family, with all the challenges, rewards – and food – that entails. Our HUU family encourages us to be our best selves: to adhere to core pri

Encountering Divinity Through Community (Or ¦. Is It The Other Way Around?) January 10, 2010 by Rev Emma Chattin Words of the Mystics - Thoughts for Reflection “The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.“ ~ Jalal ad-Din Rumi (Persian Poet and Mystic, 1207-1273)~ “You are not a human being in search of a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being