In-Person AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620 Meeting passcode: BUF Order of Service Resilient, sustainable, regenerative community doesn’t come out of nowhere, but we are not nowhere. Forests are built and rebuilt on nurse logs. In what ways can BUF’s resources, including our own lives, be nurse logs for forests to come? More details.  

In-Person AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620 Meeting passcode: BUF Order of Service Congregations have found a variety of ways to further the cause of social betterment: advocacy and agitation; caring, sanctuary, learning; support for individuals and community. Post 2020, what might our common vision be for BUF?  More details.  

In-Person AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620 Meeting passcode: BUF Order of Service I’m not sure if empathy comes from our sense of connection with one another, or if our sense of connection with one another comes from empathy. But I do know that if we are open to it, we can experience in our own bodies … Continue reading Empathy

In-Person AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620 Meeting passcode: BUF Order of Service Please bring a splash of water this Sunday (if you will be joining us on Zoom, or are unavailable Sunday, come by on Saturday from 9-11 am. I’ll be outside the front door with our beautiful Water Communion bowl and extra water). In our … Continue reading Water Communion

In-Person AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620 Meeting passcode: BUF Order of Service Do my thoughts, or beliefs matter? Or even my actions and words? How about praying, caring, witnessing? What might it mean that the living tradition we share draws from many sources, including the words and deeds of prophetic people which challenge us to confront … Continue reading Does What I Do Matter?

In-Person AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620 Meeting passcode: BUF Order of Service My sermons often reflect on how we might find the strength and courage to offer more help to one another. Except when, in praise of simplicity, etc, I suggest that we find ways to do less. Neither is inherently better. Today I’d like to … Continue reading Co-Dependence

In-Person AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620 Meeting passcode: BUF Order of Service One day at a time, without apology, we will survive, we will speak our truths, and, grateful for one another, we will do what we can. More details.