12-21-21 Yes, today is the winter solstice, although to be fair it is also the summer solstice. As with so many things, where you are defines what is going on. Here in Phoenix, north of the equator, the sun rose at 730 am and will go down at 530 pm. In Cape Town, which I…
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Our Christmas Eve Service Begins on December 24th at 7:00 PM Ways to attend: In person: Masked and socially distanced Zoom: Zoom Worship Service Link Live Stream on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmfPpx4vF9Th9jJJVB0QP6A
‘Tis the season of giving, right? And if you think I am about to make a pitch for your 2022 VUU pledge you are wrong. Yes, do make your commitment, but this is a generous congregation in many ways. I know all of you will support VUU well. But speaking of generosity and giving,…
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It is the 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day as I write this, with much attention paid to the fewer and fewer people still alive who remember it. No one, though, seems to have noticed that eighty years before Pearl Harbor was the outbreak of the Civil War. Let that sink in. Not so long…
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