Trapezes and trust, living and letting go…
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Good Endings: Part 2 of 3 – Rev. Emily
A reflection on our five years together.
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Rev. Emily's final newsletter article
Being intentional about endings is a spiritual practice that reverberates into our other endings, past and future, and enables us to more powerfully move into next chapters.
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No Justice, No Peace. Know Justice, Know Peace.
In this service we centered black voices, in particular a powerful sermon by UU minister Rev. Karen Hutt.
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The Healing Power of Art & Music – The Cellist of Sarajevo
OPENING WORDS These opening words and music were recorded through Zoom and shared April 26, 2020.
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"Thresholds"
What in us needs to open and shift, die and wait in order for us cross a threshold and enter a new space full of possibility?
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"While the Earth Breathes…"
Sermon delivered online via Zoom | Rev. Emily Wright-Magoon | April 19, 2020 AUDIO: VIDEO: Have you heard that the…
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Easter: Joy, even amidst Despair
What makes joy the most terrifying, difficult emotion?
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"Conference of the Birds"
Rev. Emily reflects on the congregation’s coming decision about ministerial transition.
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Murmurations: Lessons from Starlings on Resilience, Adaptation, and Community
We can no longer pretend that we are not interwoven.
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Good Endings: Part 1 of 3 – Rev. Emily
All beginnings carry the seeds of ending, and all endings are potential beginnings.
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Rev. Emily's Departure Announcement
February 29, 2020 Dear members and friends of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Midland, I am writing to let you…
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"White Lies" Part 2 – Normal People
We are all normal people who can strive to live lives of integrity.
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"White Lies" Part 1 – Facing Hard Truths with Integrity
For white America, the electric shock that finally led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act was the murder of a white Unitarian minister.
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“Family: The Ties that Bind, The Ties that Liberate”
Rev. Emily Wright-Magoon | December 8, 2019 | Sermon In this holiday season, there are often many family gatherings. I…
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"When You Don't Feel Merry & Bright" – Minister's Musings for Dec 2019
May we remember that we all, in our beautiful variety and complicated living, are deeply loved.
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McMindfulness
Anything that offers success or happiness in our unjust society without trying to change it just helps people cope.
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"Great Expectations"
Believe what you think unbelievable. Blind people can see. A sermon based in science.
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"Facing Our Mortality"
Part 3 of a 3-part series on Unitarian Universalism and the Crises of Life
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"Responding to Suffering"
Part 2 of a 3-part series on Unitarian Universalism and the Crises of Life