A parable for our times (shared with the congregation during worship on March 23):

Chalice has participated in two beach cleanups in the past five months (in coordination with regularly scheduled cleanups organized by the Surfrider Foundation). Now, when I go for a walk around my … read more.

As many of you have noticed, I am often (not always) preaching without a script on Sundays. I thought this newsletter column would be a good way to answer some of your questions about this style of preaching.

I started experimenting with this different style of … read more.

From the editor in chief of Christianity Today, Russell Moore, from his piece “How to Get Through the Next Four Years.” These excerpts from that piece were shared as part of our January 5 worship service, “Drinking from the Fire Hose, Or Too Much Internet.”

The … read more.

I’m so glad to kick off the new year with some happy news: Rev. Dr. Arvid Straube is Chalice’s first ever Affiliate Minister!

(Pro-tip: Rev. Arvid’s last name is pronounced STRAW-bee.)

The designation of Affiliate Minister indicates the relationship of a Community Minister to the congregation in … read more.

This collection of teachings comes from Unitarian Universalist composer Jason Shelton, from his Sources cantata:

In the Talmud of the Jewish tradition, the sage Hillel said: What is hateful to you, do not do to others. This is the whole of the Law; all the rest … read more.

As I write this, election day is a week away. It is clear that many Americans will be voting in favor of fascism. What is not clear is if fascism will win the day.

Our heartbreak is not so much that we are divided on issues, … read more.

We changed our two Sunday morning worship times (9 and 11 a.m.) to one (10 a.m.) on June 21 in preparation for summer. At the time, I thought we would switch back to two services in September. You will notice that we haven’t done that.

First, … read more.

I was on vacation for part of August, travelling in Ecuador and Peru. These were really two separate trips, with different tour groups and different purposes, but I found they shared a common theme: we can do hard things.

In Ecuador, we spent five days in … read more.

In September 2020, I added a component called “land acknowledgment” to our Sunday worship. I wrote about this in my newsletter column a few months afterward, noting:

For many of us, the commitment to acknowledging land was strengthened after attending the 2020 UUA General Assembly, which … read more.