A God We Can Believe In
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At home on a bookshelf we have a massive folio-style slipcover book titled Cabinet of Natural Curiosities by Albertus Seba, a pharmacist in eighteenth-century Amsterdam. In 1731, after decades of collecting strange and exotic plants, snakes, frogs, crocodiles, shellfish, corals, insects and butterflies, as well as a few fantastic beasts, such as a hydra and a dragon, Seba published an illustrated catalog of these curiosities. It’s an amazing display of biodiversity—enough to make anyone curious about why things change and how the same species can vary so much from one specimen to another.
People Ask About God (Excerpt)
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People go astray in their search for God because they do not take the right starting-point. We should never begin by asking, “Is there a God?”—as though God could be something outside of ordinary experience; or, to put it in the old-fashioned way, something outside of Nature. Read more →
If I Were Asked
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If I were asked to confess my faith or my beliefs out loud, and I were scrambling for some place to begin, I would start in the desert, in the lonesome valley, and say that first of all and ultimately we are alone. No god abides with us, caring, watching, mindful of our going out and coming in. The only certainty is chance connections, both chosen and involuntary, that matter most of all and ultimately help and heal and hold us.
Sun/God
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Your missionary ancestors told Indian people that they were worshipping a false god when we prayed to the sun. The sun is the most powerful physical presence in our lives. Without it we could not live and our world would perish. Yet our reverence for it, our awe, was considered idolatry.
A Prayer
Reflections on God
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We asked each of our ministerial interns to share a reflection on what God means to them. Here’s what they had to say. Read more →
From Your Minister
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Are you there, God? It’s me, Meg.
Yes, and if you don’t mind, I’ll keep calling you Margaret. It confuses me when you young people are always taking nicknames. It’s hard enough learning one name for each of you! Read more →
REsources for Living
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If you were going to look for God, where would you look? Would you go up on top of a mountain? Would you look in the crashing ocean waves? Would you be more likely to find God in a giant sequoia redwood tree, or in a tiny plant growing in the pinch of soil between mountain rocks? Would you look up towards the stars or down toward the earth that supports us?
Touching our Strength
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We touch this strength, our power, who we are in the world, when we are most fully in touch with one another and with the world. Read more →
God
February 2013
“God has no religion.” —Mahatma Gandhi
Articles
A God We Can Believe In
At home on a bookshelf we have a massive folio-style slipcover book titled Cabinet of Natural Curiosities by Albertus Seba, a pharmacist in eighteenth-century Amsterdam. Read more »
People Ask About God (Excerpt)
People go astray in their search for God because they do not take the right starting-point. We should never begin by asking, “Is there a God?”– as though God could be something outside of ordinary experience; or, to put it in the old-fashioned way, something outside of Nature. Read more »
If I Were Asked
If I were asked to confess my faith or my beliefs out loud, and I were scrambling for some place to begin, I would start in the desert, in the lonesome valley, and say that first of all and ultimately we are alone. Read more »
Sun/God
Your missionary ancestors told Indian people that they were worshipping a false god when we prayed to the sun. The sun is the most powerful physical presence in our lives. Read more »
A Prayer
World that is my home,Spirit that matters,Speak to me in the voices of Ralph Waldo Emerson,yes, and Florence Nightingale… Read more »
Reflections on God
We asked each of our ministerial interns to share a reflection on what God means to them. Here’s what they had to say. Read more »
From Your Minister
“Are you there, God? It’s me,” Meg.”Yes, and if you don’ mind, I’ll keep calling you Margaret. It confuses me when you young people are always taking nicknames. It’s hard enough learning one name for each of you!” Read more »
REsources for Living
If you were going to look for God, where would you look? Would you go up on top of a mountain? Would you look in the crashing ocean waves? Read more »
Touching our Strength
We touch this strength, our power, who we are in the world, when we are most fully in touch with one another and with the world. Read more »
