As we begin our theme of Liberating Love, we note several catalysts for love held deep within the world’s religions. We further explore, how does love manifest uniquely within our own Unitarian Universalist faith? A life centered in love changes our minds and bodies; it becomes universal and limitless as we offer it to each being in this finite realm.

May we join together in a contemplative Christmas Eve service. Together, we will honor this special holiday with a homily, readings, hymns, scripture, and a much beloved Silent Night candle ritual. Join us in celebration and reverence as we spend a meaningful evening together.

Hanukkah celebrates a time of abundant miracles. This Sunday, we celebrate three: the wonder that the Jewish people made a choice, against all odds, to light that first flame; that there was a quiet spark within guiding them to do so; and that the light inexplicably multiplied. How can these miracles imbue our lives with deeper meaning and an ever stronger faith?

Mysticism, as a way to experience the world, allows us to contemplate the mystery of the relationship between the finite and the infinite. Adherents believe that God is part of everything that is and ever was. The divine is a mystery that we best understand when we realize we do not understand it; it is an essence we intuit when immersed in wonder and awe. How…