Beginning Again: Starting a New Year
It is the season of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. We are also beginning a new church year. How do we reflect upon beginnings?
Speaker: Rev. Denise Tracy
Thoughts on AI (Artificial Intelligence).
Long time member of the Joliet Church, Paul Brumbaugh asked me to preach on AI. I have been reading and thinking. I am curious what I am going to say.
Traveling Mercies: What can we learn from travel?
What gifts does travel give us?
The Battle for the Heart of Our Faith.
Right now there is a discussion happening that will determine the future of our faith. What are the Issues? What are our choices?
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
What does music teach us? What are the songs that accompany us through life?
Thoughts on Holy Week and Easter
How did this holiday become what it is today?
A Meditation on Being Open
Looking at the world, there is much turmoil about change. How do we as UU’s think about, adapt and set limits to change?
Radical Happiness: The Life and Theology of Thich Nhat Hanh
In creating my service on the people who died in 2022, I realized that I wanted to explore one person more fully. Thich Nhat Hanh’s wisdom and faith is a gift to humanity.
“Good Bye Olivia, Angela, Elizabeth, Sidney and Thich.”
In this service at the beginning of the New Year we will honor those famous folk who have died as well as those near and dear to us. We do this as a part of welcoming The New Year— 2023!!!
The Theology of the Wizard of Oz
America’s most beloved movie.
What does it present to us as believers? What can we learn from this story?