Sunnyhill Unitarian Universalist
Episodes
13 episodes
There Will Be Enough
How do we remain generous in a world that constantly tells us there isn’t enough? Drawing from his experiences accompanying immigrant families and his Catholic faith, Jaime Martinez reflects on abundance, grace, and dignity, exploring how the w...
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Dugout Theologians
In his baseball novel “The Natural,” Bernard Malamud wrote: “We have two lives, Roy, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness.” Whether you agree with this sentiment or not, there...
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Music as a Through Line
Through personal stories, we’ll explore how music can serve as a powerful through-line throughout our lives. Its remarkable ability to engage both the brain and body fosters healing, strengthens relationships, and creates a sense of belonging. ...
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Flower Service
We will celebrate the flower ritual, which was created by Norbert Capek, the founder of the Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia, and which honors the beauty and uniqueness of each individual and the bouquet we create by joining together with one...
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What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do
Most of us have experienced moments in our lives when we are caught off-guard by something big for which we were not prepared. In fact, over the past few years, some of us have experienced many such moments. This sermon will offer some suggesti...
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The Voyage of Discovery
A reflection on how our lives are shaped by the surprises we never asked for — the wounds, the wonders, and the strange gifts along the way. Through story, science, and the poetry of Naomi Shihab Nye, Will invites us to see our journeys with ne...
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John 3:16 Revisited
In recent decades, John 3:16 has become perhaps the most famous (or infamous) verse in the Bible, and has served as shorthand for a fundamentalist understanding of Christianity. But there are other ways of reading this Bible passage that might ...
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The Summer Day
If contemporary Unitarian Universalism were to have its own Book of Common Prayer, it would almost certainly include some of the poems of Mary Oliver. This service will explore why one of Oliver’s poems, “The Summer Day,” is especially powerful...
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Transformation, Interdependence, and Justice
The Sunnyhill High School Youth Group will discuss the Unitarian Universalist Values that they connect with the most during their time together. We will also celebrate Bridging, which honors our high school seniors as they move into their next ...
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First Contact
For generations, humanity has been fascinated with the question “Are we alone in the universe?” This fascination has recently been further piqued with the release of government files related to possible extraterrestrial life. In this service, w...
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Moralizing and Memorializing
National holidays in America have largely become occasions for shopping mall sales, sporting events and backyard barbecues. Many of these holidays have also become celebrations of materialism and militarism–and a good bit of narrow moralizing a...
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