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It is the end of an era. The Queen died yesterday afternoon, after more than seventy years on the throne. She was a power that was there and worked. As several BBC commentators pointed out last night, she was the one fixed and stable point in a rapidly changing world, and her passing is going … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words by David Usher We come together this morning, seeking a reality beyond our narrow selves; that binds us in compassion, love, and understanding to other human beings, and to the interdependent web of all living things. May our hearts and minds be opened … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words A Year of Life by Cliff Reed, from Spirit of Time and Place From birth to twenty – spring: all riotous, bursting, surging growth. From twenty to forty – summer: maturing, seeding, calming ripeness. From forty to sixty – autumn: slowing, reflecting, greying … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words This week’s service is going to be a departure from my usual order of service. There will be a series of readings from the Tao Te Ching (mainly using Stan Rosenthal’s translation) each followed by a short exposition on that reading, and prayers. … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words Quiet Moments by Gabor Kereki, from Songs of Living (adapted) May these moments of quiet worship renew in us the sense of joy, recreate in us the spirit of peace, revive in us the zeal of service. May we be sincere in … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words by Roger Fritts We gather together at this time and this place to affirm our liberal religious values. Here we believe that it is possible to have joy without hysteria. We believe it is possible to have morality without inquisitions. We believe it is … Read more
1 Annual Lunch: Cressida Pryor reported that she and Simon Hall had attended a four-day residential course with Unitarian College, and as a result of this, had come up with an idea for the Autumn Training Day and proposed combining it with the Annual Lunch, on Saturday 29th October. This was agreed by those present … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words by Geneen Roth (shared on Facebook, July 2022) I believe in love. And beauty. I believe that every single person has something they find beautiful and truly love. And I believe that if you follow this love all the way to its end, if … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words by Rebecca Solnit, from Recollections of my Non-existence Change is the measure of time, and I discovered that in order to see change you had to be slower than it, and that by living in one place for a quarter century, it became … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words from Quaker Advices and Queries, no. 5. Take time to learn about other people’s experiences of the Light. Remember the importance of the Bible … and all writings which reveal the ways of God. As you learn from others, can you in turn give … Read more