Category: From the Minister

Minister’s Message for March, 2024

At our February Elders Lunch, it came up that there has been a rise in mental health struggles and feelings of loneliness coming out of the pandemic (those things existed before 2020, of course, and then the pandemic made everything worse). And of courses, in … read more.

Minister’s Message for January, 2024

Our focus for January is body gratitude. #bodygratitude #gratitudepractice #chaliceuuescondido

What does it mean for us to have a congregational focus for the month? It doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll have a worship service on the topic, though that might happen sometimes. The idea for a “focus” … read more.

Minister’s Message for December, 2023

The following is Rev. Sharon Wylie’s homily for the “Chalice Soup and Founders Say” service on November 19, 2023. You can watch the full service on Chalice’s YouTube channel.

Earlier this year, in the spring, the surgeon general declared that there’s an epidemic of loneliness, a … read more.

November Reading for Elders Lunch: Legacy

At our monthly Elders Lunch (held on zoom the second Friday each month from 12 noon to 1 p.m.), Rev. Sharon shares a reading from the book In Later Years: Finding Meaning and Spirit in Aging by Bruce T. Marshall, a Unitarian Universalist minister. The following are … read more.

Minister’s Message for November, 2023

The following are excerpts from Rev. Sharon Wylie’s sermon “Lessons from My Depression” offered on October 22, 2023. You can watch the full sermon on Chalice’s YouTube channel.

As many of you have heard me speak about many times, I worked as a hospital chaplain during … read more.

October Reading for Chalice Elders: Relationship

At our monthly Elders Lunch (held on zoom the second Friday each month from 12 noon to 1 p.m.), Rev. Sharon shares a reading from the book In Later Years: Finding Meaning and Spirit in Aging by Bruce T. Marshall, a Unitarian Universalist minister. The following are … read more.

Minister’s Message for October 2023

The following is an excerpt from Rev. Sharon Wylie’s sermon “Imagining Liberation” offered on September 10, 2023. You can watch the full sermon on Chalice’s YouTube channel.

I have three quick notes for us as we begin this year of learning about the characteristics of white … read more.