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Sermons by Rev. Jane Bennett Smith (Page 8)

Welcoming the Sacred, Welcoming the World

This Sunday, we deeply engage with the ideas of welcome, spirituality, faith, and religion. Our exploration is multilayered. First, what do we gain when we welcome faith and spirituality into our own lives? Once we have found our own spiritual grounding, I invite us to explore, through the musings of Jewish and Buddhist scholars, what it is that is universal in the…

Sacred Curiosity

This Sunday, we reflect on how a practice of curiosity serves as an act of love and radical welcome. By simply engaging with those in our midst, we illuminate the humanity of those we encounter, an act that is significant in this world of indifference, judgment, and animosity.  Through thoughtful questioning, we invite into our lives myriad stories, blessing the listener and…

Love, Delight, and Pride

Join us this Sunday as we celebrate Pride and exclaim together, “Love is love!” Pride is a distinctive month inviting us into an unabashed celebration of self and into a unique, jubilant resistance. As a religious community joining in this communal delight, we are called to reflect upon and explore the nuances of an affirming, welcoming faith.

Awakening to Delight

There is abundant wisdom held in leaves and petals that reflects the musings of many of us.  I wonder how this season can answer a question both simple and paramount, a query that has made its way through millennia – Why do we exist? Why are we here?

Unfolding Creativity

Authentic creativity produces engaging and life-altering art in all mediums. The craft is felt most intensely by artist and observer alike when the piece is produced with genuineness, passion, intention, and an ability to create beauty from unique and sometimes hidden attributes held within.  This Sunday we ask, how do we cast ourselves as the protagonist or the subject in the unfolding…