Big Friendship
This Sunday, we’ll look at the renewing the power of friendship, so often overlooked as a central relationship in our lives. How do our friendships hold us, and how can we cultivate “big friendship” even at a distance?
Speaker: Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd Senior Minister
Exhaustion and Renewal in an Anxious Age
This month’s worship theme is renewal. Rev. Nancy will look at what drains us of our power and capacity in this anxious age and what spiritual and emotional tools we can use to open ourselves up to renewal.
Spilled Paint and the Pandemic
Some weeks ago, during maintenance on our grounds, we spilled some paint right next to the crosswalk in front of the River Road building – and just when we thought that blotch was a blemish on the beauty all around us, our facilities manager turned it into a heart. What transformations are happening from the … read more
Being Anti-Racist, a Joint Worship Service
“The opposite of ‘racist’ isn’t ‘not racist.” It is ‘antiracist,” writes Dr. Ibram X. Kendi in his groundbreaking book How To Be An Anti-Racist. How do we become anti-racist as individuals and as a religious community? How are we proactively acting to dismantle systemic racism, and to implement policies that will measurably increase equity, and … read more
For Such a Time as This
How many times during the last few months have you heard someone begin a sentence with a cliche like the title of this sermon? What words do you hear over and over in a loop as people try to make meaning of what we’re living through together? This service will invite us to dig underneath … read more
The Space Between the Logs
A fire doesn’t burn just because of the fuel – but because of the space we leave between the logs. What spaces are you creating between the demands of your life?
Say and Do Sunday
This Sunday, River Road UU Congregation and the UU Congregation of Fairfax will join for a shared online Sunday morning experience that invites us to both speak of what our country can be and act to help bring it toward our highest aspirations. The 4th of July is a time to celebrate America, but also … read more
Love Is Still the Boss of Us
With lots of conversation these days about freedom, independence, and the values that undergird out choices, Rev. Nancy will ask just what and who it is that gets to be the boss of your life. What is it that is worth sacrificing some freedoms for? What it is that you’ll defend, even when it asks … read more
The World Will Be Saved By Beauty
In this annual flower communion and music service, we will lift up the beauty that can bless a broken world. What life rises from the ashes? What words of praise can we offer from our broken hearts?
The Most Beautiful Stories
Margaret Atwood once wrote that “when you are in the middle of a story, it isn’t a story at all, but a confusion.” Yet, out of the confusion, eventually the most important stories do get told. What are the stories we will tell of these times? What is the still-unfolding story of your life?