Service Leader June Cerveny will share insights for living in our changing world from reading the acclaimed writer of science fiction. Octavia Butler’s fiction offers a blueprint for inhabiting our world and calls us to resist empire and work for love and justice. To join the service via livestream on YouTube at 10:30 a.m., please click … Continue reading “God is Change: Reading Octavia Butler in 2025”
Service Leader Wendy Engelhardt will share thoughts on how Sesame Street reflects changing views on childhood education and cultural diversity. Creators Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett aimed to help viewers connect with Jim Henson’s characters and learn about themselves and the charging world around them. To join the service via livestream on YouTube at … Continue reading “Sunny Day, Sweeping the Clouds Away”
Service Leader Jim Calkins will relate the journey of Sichan Siv, a Cambodian who escaped from a Khmer Rouge death camp, arrived in the United States as a refugee with $2.00 in his pocket and was eventually unanimously confirmed by the US Senate as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. To join the … Continue reading “I Was a Stranger and You Took Me In”
We look at musical transitions as a way of understanding how we navigate change. How does one travel from the familiar to the unknown? In music, transition from one idea to a new idea can be a smooth ride or a rude shock. Peter and Deede investigate musical transitions as a way of understanding how … Continue reading “Transitions in Music, Transitions in Life”
This service is the first of our summer series on the theme of “Adapting to Change.” Saimoen Anderson will share a tale of how biology and bio-medical engineering have helped her adapt to change and enforced better habits. Her siblings, Gia and Edmond, will provide the music, accompanied by John Seppala. To join the service … Continue reading “The Quest for Personal Homeostasis in Times of Change”
