honoring the sacred bond between humans and animals, Blessing of The Animals is a time for individuals to bring their pets, celebrate their companionship, and receive a blessing of love, care, and gratitude. The service recognizes the spiritual connection we share with all living creatures and is an opportunity to reflect on the importance of … Continue reading Blessing of The Animals
Betty will lead a service on “The Sounds of Silence”. In ournoisy, hectic world we sometimes fail to take time to appreciate silence and itsvalue. Betty will share some insights about the sounds we can hear when we aresilent and how they can enrich our lives. Please be ready to share some of yourthoughts on … Continue reading “The Sounds of Silence”.
Author M. Scott Peck writes that “True spiritual growth can be achieved only through the persisitent exercise of real love… The principal form that the work of love takes is attention. […] By far the most common and important way in which we can exercise our attention is by listening.” Let us reflect together on … Continue reading Worship with Rev. Ellen Quaadgras: “Listening: Calling out the best in one another”
Parker Palmer says that “We all have an inner teacher whose guidance is more reliable than anything we can get from a doctrine, ideology, collective belief system, institution, or leader.” But how can we hear that inner teacher in the middle of all the noise and confusion around us? View today’s service:
All too often, our relationships falter because we’re not really “hearing” one another (in some deep sense). Deep listening is a technique or, better, a way of life that helps us hear by learning to listen fully with our hearts, listen without judging or jumping to conclusions or marshalling counter-arguments. We could really use more … Continue reading Worship with Rev. Paul Sprecher: “Not Hearing”
