Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash Conversations With the Sacred Throughout human history, one common characteristic of every culture is that there are people within the society who seem to have a special connection with the sacred – and, of course, what is called “sacred” is defined in very many different ways by the world’s religions and philosophies. We often call this type of relationship or bond a “mystical connection” and we call the person who can experience it a

Photo by Jan Huber on Unsplash By Rev. Cari Keith, shared with UUMH with permission May the meditation of my heart and the words that I share be spoken with care and integrity. May they be received with openness, and held or let go as needed. Amen.... I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and in Jesus Christ, his only son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary... Oh no...oh dear...I forgot myself! You are not Presbyte

Photo by Kaushik Panchal on Unsplash Today’s sermon is a topic few UU ministers are willing to talk about. What happens when you die? But – I think it’s a really important topic even though, of course, we can’t be completely certain of the answer. Let me cut to the chase: After a lifetime of study, I have no doubt that in some way, the essence that is each person continues after death. This essence is a person’s consciousness, and I believe it continues. I’ll explain my reaso

Photo by Fuu J on Unsplash Last week I began the fall semester at Nichols College where I teach Leadership in the fall to two freshmen sections. This is a required course for all freshmen regardless of what major they decide to take. I applaud Nichols for requiring this course because there are too few good leaders in the world. I generally follow the mandatory syllabus, but I add some modifications along the way. One of the first topics we tackled last week was the characte

Photo from Unsplash I remember a number of years ago I called an elderly friend of my sea captain uncle to console him on the loss of his...