Drawing from the rich symbolism and spiritual insights of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Rev. Ritchie explores how Buddhist teachings on impermanence, compassion, and liberation can illuminate our own journeys through grief, transformation, transience and liminality, both individually and as a nation. Join us at 10:30 AM at our newly renovated and expanded church … Continue reading How to Survive the Bardo
Commissioned Lay Minister Teri Cornell is joined by our choir director Molly Watson to share the lessons and wisdom that come from growing a garden, and how this wisdom tied to spirituality, practice, and the interconnected web of existence of which we are all a part. Join us at 10:30 AM at our newly renovated … Continue reading Wisdom from the Garden
This sermon is for all the grown-ups who wish they could have come to our Trail Blazers Summer Camp! Director Noa Weatherwax will discuss the living tradition created during this week of camp, and the importance of learning to blaze community trails even through rough terrain. Join us at 10:30 AM at our newly renovated … Continue reading Show Up, Reach Out, Jump In, Have Fun!
Mysticism isn’t just for mountaintop sages or cloistered monks—it’s for anyone seeking deeper connections. In this sermon, Rev. Ritchie explores how mystical experience can be cultivated and woven into the fabric of ordinary moments, as wonder, intuition, and presence become practical tools for transformation. Join us at 10:30 AM at our newly renovated and expanded … Continue reading Practical Mysticism
The “Question Box Sermon” has become an annual tradition at NUUC. Rev. Susan takes one Sunday in the summer to respond to the questions you ask—and forms a worship service around the answers. If she cannot get to all of the question that Sunday, she uses them to create worship services later in the year. … Continue reading Living the Questions
What do we do when we feel stuck? A point where “new” and “more” aren’t meeting our needs? When our “go to” solutions have become less than effective? It may be a time for unlearning – letting go of past mindsets and behaviors in order to go beyond limits we may have unintentionally set for … Continue reading Progression Through Unlearning
NUUC member and seminary graduate Pete Kelley addresses the classical theological problem of theodicy–or, why is there evil in the world? Pete Kelley’s journey of service began early, rooted in their upbringing within the United Church of Christ, where a distinct calling to help and care for others emerged during high school. He/They pursued this … Continue reading Why is “God” a Jerk?
Rev. Ritchie uses the occasion of Independence Day to reflect on what it really means to be free—both personally and collectively. Freedom is finally less a sense of “don’t tread on me” so much as it is ongoing set of practices shaped by mutual cares and responsibilities. Join us at 10:30AM at our newly renovated … Continue reading On the Future of Freedom
In today’s worship, Rev. Ritchie reflects on our relationship to food- as a form of thinking, creativity, and theological and societal transformation–including the history and of Unitarian Universalist cuisine (yes, there is such a thing, among other things we invented the hot fudge sundae!). Join us at 10:30AM at our newly renovated and expanded … Continue reading Small Fires
What happens when good intentions become harmful obstacles? Last year’s Summer Student Minister, Noa Weatherwax, discusses how humans have a strong and often unavoidable tendency to get in our own and each other’s ways without even realizing it, and how backing up can help us move forward in good work. Noa Weatherwax (she/they) is finishing … Continue reading Traffic Jam Legacies
