August 2, 2015: "Translations of Cheer"

Jessica Clay, with Jason Stearns, Worship Associate

Sometimes faith feels like the telephone game. We each have our own experience, but when we try to convey it to another we end up getting lost in translation. Throughout our rich history there are stories of our elders reaching to find their truth and translating it for us. Come let us worship together as we explore the past and let it inform the present to guide each of us on our spiritual journeys. 

August 9, 2015: "Chewing on Climate Change; is our diet a moral choice?" 

Carol Crabill, with Joel Gluck, Worship Associate

What we eat is a matter of personal taste, isn't it? Or are our decisions about what to eat actually moral choices?  How does the food we eat impact the planet?  Do our food choices have anything to do with Climate Change? Sure, the greenhouse gas methane is produced by animal agriculture but isn't the bigger problem carbon dioxide? Why bother with methane? And what do our food choices say about our "respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part", the Seventh Principle of Unitarian Universalism? UUs love to sink their teeth into hard moral choices so let's chew on all this together.

Carol Crabill is a member of the Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma congregation and she is a member of the Climate Diet Team of 350Marin. Carol moved to Petaluma two years ago from Davis in order to be near her daughter and grandchildren. She has been politically active most of her life and has worked for several nonprofit organizations, including the California Institute for Rural Studies which focused on food, water and agriculture issues. Carol has a BA in English and an MA in philosophy from the University of California, Davis and briefly taught contemporary ethics at California State University, Sacramento.