Tag Archives: Hopelessness

Choosing to Love, Anyway – Christmas Eve 2023

Posted on December 25, 2023 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Readings: Homily In Bethlehem tonight, the usual extravagant Christmas celebrations have been canceled. In place of Glorias echoing across the land, there is war and grief, all across Palestine and Israel, and in Gaza. As the Mayor of Bethelhem declared today, Christmas this … Continue reading →

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How We Eat the Stars 10.25.2020

Posted on October 25, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading: Rebecca Elson’s Antidotes to Fear of Death There’s a lot about the Bible that perplexes me. But maybe the most perplexing story in the bible is the story of Moses. I don’t mean the stories he’s most known for – … Continue reading →

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Roots of Resilience: We’ve been here before

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

There’s a phrase I’ve heard a lot in the past few months: we are living in an unprecedented time.   And in a lot ways – it’s true.  No one in our congregation was alive in 1918 for the Spanish Flu…so none … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow Land

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading: The House Called Tomorrow by Alberto Rios  Just over three years ago, we convened an impromptu evening service – the night after the national election.    People poured in to social hall for the potluck meal we invited before the … Continue reading →

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Hope that Breathes

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading from Vaclav Havel  Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Either we have hope or we don’t.  It is not essentially dependent on some particular observation of the world or estimate of the situation. Hope is not prognostication. It is an … Continue reading →

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Waking Up – Sermon 11/13/2016

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Audio podcast of this sermon is available here. Reading – For a Time Such As This by Jake Morrill Sermon  As a part of our monthly theme, this Sunday, we were supposed to explore the question: when in your life … Continue reading →

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