Church of One Love

Loving God: What Does That Mean?

So many of us were brought up in a belief that God is fickle and untrustworthy, if not downright mean.  Even the non-religious experience Is God punishing?  These cultural beliefs conflict with the idea that God is Love.  Let’s explore how to let go of societal beliefs to come to our own understanding of the Divine.

Loving Relationships: Seeing the Face of God

This Sunday is our annual recommitment ceremony, where we pledge renewed love to ourselves, another, and the Divine. 

What is a loving relationship?  What does it mean to be a “good” friend?  A “good” spouse, partner, parent or child? What about those who have been unkind to us, stood in our way, or even abused us?  Do they “deserve” our love?  What are boundaries, really? And how can they make us MORE loving? 

Loving Ourselves: The Hardest Love of All

How can I love another if I’m unwilling or unable  to love and esteem and value myself?  What does self-love mean?  Is it the same as self-care?  Let’s explore the deepest question we ask ourselves on the spiritual path…Am I Worthy?

Untangling the Old Testament: Noah and the Ark—A New Beginning

This is one of the first stories children are taught in Sunday School, and sadly it portrays God as vengeful, punishing, exclusive.  We know God as the opposite--open, loving, & expansive.  So how could loading pairs of animals onto a huge boat to escape a great flood possibly have any relevance for us? Let’s explore this story and find out.

Untangling the Old Testament: Adam and Eve—The Beginning PT 2

Untangling the Old Testament: Adam and Eve—The Beginning

We will unpack the creation stories in the Bible and see what Adam and Eve - the archetypes of human beings in the early stages of spirituality - really have to teach us.

Special Guest SuZ Ogden

Special Guest SuZ Ogden returns to Church of One Love to bring her special brand of music and magic, sermon and song.

Awakening to Love

What was the real miracle of Jesus’ birth?  Is that really the moment “love came down” to the earth?  Or was the love here all along, but the child who grew into the man Jesus grew to fully realize that love within himself?  Jesus tells us that “The Father” and “the Kingdom” are not somewhere far away, but among us, within us. Let this joyous Christmas Celebration service awaken you to the limitless Love within you!

Awakening to Peace

We sing of peace on earth this time of year. Does it really exist? We will explore personal & planetary peace (and any lack thereof) through the story of King Herod around the birth of Jesus, and find our personal roadblocks to peace, as well as our gateways to it.

Awakening to Wonder

2000 years ago, Mary & Joseph set out on a journey, Mary knowing she was “expecting,” but not knowing what to expect, and Joseph confused but trusting and waiting for what was to be revealed.  As we celebrate Christmas, many of us have expectations and preconceived notions that could limit the joy of the season, unless we are fully awake to the wonder of what if- and what is.