Fear is a word we all are all accustomed to in some degree or another. For me, it is something I know far too well.
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Daydreaming, astral travel, planning ahead — they’re all related
About a month ago I was sitting in the sanctuary readying myself for the weekly worship run through. Looking over the script up in the Tech Booth, I immediately see the headline for that week’s sermon — daydreaming.
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Full Land Acknowledgement
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair occupies the traditional, ancestral and contemporary lands of the Lenni-Lenape. We acknowledge the Lenni-Lenape as the original people of this land and their continuing relationship with their territory. The Lenape People lived in harmony with one another upon this territory for thousands of years. During the colonial era and...
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125 Years of Relentless Love
Join us for a year of special events as we celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair. Rev Charlie Ortman’s (Belated) Retirement Party – Saturday, June 10, 2023, 6-9pm, Fletcher Hall. Join us as we finally hold that retirement party we planned on holding for Rev Charlie in Providence, 2020 –...
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My Pagan view of the deities — what God is and what they are not
A recent Sunday morning, the Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael, senior co-minister of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, NJ had us thinking. He asked, “What would you say God is? What would you say God is not?” in his similarly titled sermon.
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Change happens — let it roll — go with the ebb and flow
The only constant is change. This is true with everything that we do in life.