Rev. Karen Lindvig Sermon "Letting Go & Taking Hold"-Seattle Unity Church-03-02-2014

seattleunity.org-Rev. Karen Lindvig offers her sermon titled "Letting Go & Taking Hold." This sermon builds on the theme for 2014 called "Soul-Trek." The sub-theme in the month of March is Community and Making Room. Karen explores the purpose of Ash Wednesday with repentance and giving up something being important. She explores biblical and Star Trek references for respecting emotions as they are, emphasizing that tears are a form of release, and the stages of grief are part of a healing process.
Karen announced that the Seattle Unity Church beloved accountant, Gail Winsauer, has been diagnosed with a serious illness, and explored how the community at Seattle Unity could help.
Karen then focused on a new music video by Erin McGaughan which included Seattle Unity community members in its creation. She showed the music video and then congratulated Erin for her 10 years with Seattle Unity Church as its Music Director, with a touching ceremony.
Here is a link to that music video:
• Erin McGaughan Song "S...
It is also on the church website here:
seattleunity.org/erin-mcgaugha...
Quotes related to this sermon:
Commander Data (Star-Trek -- Generations): "I do not wish to remove the chip, sir. Although these emotions are proving difficult to deal with...I cannot imagine going back to a life without them."
Michael J. Fox: "My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations."
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross: The five stages of grief are denial, anger; bargaining, depression and acceptance.
Key ideas related to this sermon:
1. Traditionally, Ash Wednesday is a time of letting go. In Unity, we invite you to let go of your limitations in order to take hold of the unlimited possibilities within you.
2. Every moment is a practice in letting go and taking hold: inhale/exhale, hello/goodbye, fall asleep/wake up
3. Emotions are not good or bad. They simply are.
CREDITS
Andrea Lane's website is:
andrealane.org
Erin McGaughan's website is:
erinmcgaughan.com
Sound engineer Nick Charlton did the original sound recording and mixing for these videos, and built Seattle Unity's audio system.
Kelly Gerling did the filming, editing, uploading. written descriptions, and annotating of these UA-cam videos as a volunteer for the Seattle Unity Church. His websites are:
coachingforvisionaries.com
kellygerling.net
kellygerling.org
kellygerling.com
mediation-seattle.com
peoplesconvention.us
progressiverevolution.org

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