The Everything Seed
The Everything Seed, a short film based on Rev. Carole Martignacco’s poem of the same name, touches on life for our Lakeshore SE Youth and Kids during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown.
Category: Past Presentations
Growing Edges
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Heather Fraser Fawcett, 2020-04-05
*Margaret Atwood has written that “ in the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell of dirt.”
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell of dirt.
Let’s ponder that for … read more.
Merry, Happy Whatever
2019 Christmas Eve Candlelight Service – Meditation by Timothy Byrnes
Merry, Happy …. Whatever
Unpacking the meaning of the holidays can be quite the endeavour
A time of great joy and giving
But also a time of sadness
Bringing realization to what feels missing
For Christians, it is a sacred … read more.
Each night a child is born is a holy night
2019 Christmas Eve Reflections by Paul Sullivan: Each night a child is born is a holy night …
On Religious Sensibilities, Termites, and the Dot of Goodness
Compiled by Rabbi Sherril Gilbert rebsherril@outlook.com
Inspired by R’ Chava Bahle, R’ Debra Orenstein, & R’ Avraham Greenbaum, Margaret Wheatley; Judaism Unbound podcast, and R’ Hannah Dresner.
Sermon given at the Lakeshore UU Congregation – 24 November 2019
So there is this … read more.
Two to the Power of One
The being of A one and only one
Amongst thousands of millions of other ones
So many Thems and Those
Sharing a remarkable likeness
All with a heart, head and – mostly – ten toes
With such great sum, individual ones can get lost and hard to see
The greatness in … read more.
Judaism Unbound
Judaism Unbound – What My Faith has Taught me about Building Community in a Multicultural World
Rabbi Sherril Gilbert
April 2018
Lakeshore Unitarian Universalist Congregation
In a sermon I gave recently, I announced to my congregation that I had decided to sign my emails with the tag … read more.
Energetic Love
Energetic Love. The Energy of Love
It can be as difficult to define
As it is easy to feel
The moment now
Where it can feel, even surreal
It is this love we all wish to capture and keep
but energetic love, like … read more.
A Near Death Experience: Dying To Be Me
OVERVIEW
I am going to talk about a Near Death Experience, that is to say, memories from a coma. This is based on Anita Moorjani‘s Dying To Be Me, published in 2012. In my talk, I’ll broach the following points: 1) the life … read more.
Remembrance Today
We honour the soldiers who battled on the front lines
Who sacrificed for a cause and their country
Even ending their time
War is filled with stories of great heroism and valour … but in itself is a shame
All sides claim to be righteous
Often even pray to … read more.