From Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael, Senior Co-Minister “The aftermath of nonviolence is the creation of the beloved community, so that when the battle is over, a new relationship comes into being between the oppressed and the oppressor.” – Martin Luther King Jr., 1960 Brave, compassionate, truth-loving citizens, Our hopes of 2021 being quickly so much better...
Category: Rev. Scott’s Blog
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We Need the Blessing of the Dark as Well as the Light: Imagination, Rest, and Depth
From Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, Senior Co-Minister In these times of pandemic exhaustion, when rest is necessary, we need the blessing of the dark. Also, as a community committed to anti-racism, we recognize the danger of equating light or white with good and dark or black with bad. To affirm the blessing of the dark is...
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The Listening Booth
Theme of the Month: Renewal One hundred years ago, in 1920, our congregation was emerging from a World War, a pandemic, and a fire that ravaged our Sanctuary. The good folks of UUCM dug deep and found the money to build their congregation of tomorrow. Now it is our turn to build our congregation of...
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Homosexuality and the Bible
To all good people of faith, I have felt a need to offer a quick resource for folks who want to know how to understand the messages in our culture that suggest that the Bible speaks out against Same-Gender Marriage. The Bible actually says nothing about Same-Gender Marriage. My response is compiled from many sources,...
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From Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael, Senior Co-Minister While pondering resilience I often think of the word “plastic.” Before “plastic” was a noun denoting materials we should recycle (or perhaps not use in the first place), the word “plastic” was an adjective. It means malleable, shapeable, moldable – resilient. Perhaps this is how we should think of Resilience: the ability...
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From Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael, Senior Co-Minister “Two things awe me most: the starry sky above me, and the moral law within me.” –Immanuel Kant December is here. Another year draws to a close and we are cast into the cacophony and bustle of another Xmas holiday season. May you all find ways to take a...
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