The Reverend Dennis McCarty explores ways to navigate difficult times. Anyone who engages the national news may feel as though religious liberals face more defeats than victories these days. But might it help to look at success and failure in a different way? The Rev. Dennis will look at success, failure, and some lessons of … Continue reading Sunday Service- Finding Hope in Choppy Waters

A famed occultist has defined magic as “causing change in conformity with will.” Thatdefinition works as a goal for the arts, too. Especially now, we need art to cause change,and to keep us hopeful in the face of oppression.Presenter: Kevin Rose; Service Leader: Jennifer Blue

Albert Einstein was asked, probably many times, if he believed in god. His reply was “Ibelieve in Spinoza’s god, who reveals himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in agod who concerns himself with fate and the doings of mankind.” Spinoza’s life as a lensmaker and his freedom to be a philosopher to … Continue reading The 17 th Century Life and UU-like Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza