Worship Associate
Ever had life all mapped out, only for the Divine to grab the wheel? This sermon is about those moments when you think you’re heading one way, and suddenly—boom!—you’re on a completely different path. Rev. Kari Kopnick is a lover of good books and poetry, a gardener of native plants, and tends a hearty little … Continue reading Divine Detours: Trusting the Way
Springtime and gardening go together and have us imagining Beloved Community as a garden. Imagine the soil of Beloved Community as the ground of being that nurtures Unitarian Universalism. What do we want to cultivate? How do we handle the weeds? Will everyone be welcome? Camille Dungy’s book “Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden” provided … Continue reading Creating the Garden of Beloved Community
What is it like being a teenage Pakistani Muslim in America? Hear from exchange student Aman Fatima, as she shares her Muslim faith and the differences between life in Karachi and Poulsbo, Washington Aman Fatima is a 15 year old exchange student from Karachi, Pakistan. She attends West Sound Academy in Poulsbo.
Life doesn’t always pause when our hearts are heavy, our minds are fractured, or our spirits feel like they’re unraveling. This truth is both raw and universal. And yet, we endure. That’s the miracle of being human–we endure. Somewhere in the depths of our pain, we find reserves of strength we didn’t know we possessed. … Continue reading In the Depths of Darkness: Harnessing Our Strength in Times of Turmoil
