“This Great Pull” – May 24, 2026

Rev. Sophia preaching, with Charlyn Bethell, Jean Gauthier, Debi King, Dani Nordin, Missy Shay, and Guy Urban.

This Sunday we will hear about the ways that some indigenous cultures ritualize community healing and conflict resolution when hurt or misunderstanding descend. Let’s consider how wisdom teachings such as these might speak to our own treasured Unitarian Universalist beliefs and values! Our sacred circle is made stronger because of you–come to church and take your place in it. See you Sunday!

Our reading this morning comes from an essay entitled “Love is a Circle in Time,” by Unitarian Universalist theologian, leader, teacher, and minister, the Rev. Dr. Rebecca Ann Parker:

…When I meet you and you meet me, we do not meet in a void. We meet within an all-inclusive reality that wills our good and supports the possibility that we can be present to one another in truth, unafraid. This kind of love holds us to account, calling us to do right by one another and not to harm. If harm has happened, or is happening, this Love empowers us to change, to resist injustice, repair injury, forgive, and begin again…We get there bit by bit, breath by breath, day by day, generation by generation as we, alone and together, honor the circle of time and keep the faith, through it all, that the journey towards wholeness is possible.