This Sunday, join Rev. Aaron Payson, Religious Exploration Director Robin Mitzcavitch, members of the 2026 Coming of Age Program, and their Mentors as we congratulate them on completing their program this year.  We gather to honor those who have exemplified mothering in our lives, in all the forms it can take.  Please CLICK HERE to … Continue reading Becoming, Belonging & Beyond

This week we will explore the tension between fear and the call to transformation through the intertwined lenses of the Biblical story of Jonah and Abraham Maslow’s concept of the “Jonah Complex.” Jonah’s flight from divine purpose mirrors the human tendency to shrink from our highest potential—the fear of greatness, creativity, and responsibility that Maslow … Continue reading Fear and Prophetic Possibility

This Sunday invites reflection on the sacred work of transformation — personal, cultural, and planetary. Drawing inspiration from Vanessa Machado de Oliveira’s Hospicing Modernity and Outgrowing Modernity, the service explores how endings can be acts of care: tending to what must pass so that new ways of being may take root. Thus, we honor the grief and grace … Continue reading When The Ending Is Just The Beginning