Many have fled Florida for safety, but many cannot. This sermon honors those who remain: immigrants, disabled people, caregivers, and justice workers practicing resistance simply by staying, organizing, loving, and building community in hostile terrain.
King rejected gradualism in the face of suffering. This sermon names the danger of delay…especially for immigrants facing deportation, people denied reproductive care, and disabled individuals waiting for services that never come.
Justice, welcome, and care don’t happen by accident. This sermon names the often-unspoken truth: our values require resources, and stewardship is how we make beloved community real.
Culture is to humans what water is to fish. Fish don’t know what water is, because they don’t know what water isn’t. Cultural proscriptions are so endemic that we’re unaware we’re following them. We can think, “this is what it is and that’s all there is to it.” Though human beings are inherently growthful, most do not reach … Continue reading Renewal: Embracing the Unknown
On this tender Christmas Eve, we gather in the soft glow of candlelight to step gently into the quiet of the night. In a world weary with conflict, grief, and uncertainty, what does it mean to seek peace? Not as silence or avoidance, but as a living practice rooted in compassion, courage, and justice?
This morning, join us as we explore the ways spiritual wisdom is found in darkness.
This morning, we will explore the Hanukkah miracle as a story about having just enough…enough courage, enough hope, enough unity, enough love.Rev.
Even in silence, the soul finds a song. Drawing from Jewish wisdom, poetry, and her own music, Cantor Abbie Strauss explores the courage it takes to hope when the world feels uncertain. Through story and song, she invites us to rediscover faith not as certainty, but as resilience, the quiet decision to believe, to love, … Continue reading When Hope Sings Anyway
This week’s message explores gratitude not just as a feeling, but as a way of living in the flow of giving and receiving. Drawing from the Talmud, Kabbalah, and even a touch of modern philosophy, we will reflect on how we can learn to receive with the same grace we give, recognizing that every blessing … Continue reading The Art of Receiving: Gratitude That Flows Both Ways
