Stop The Money Pipeline @Chase Day Of Action

Hosted by Extinction Rebellion San Francisco Bay Area and Extinction Rebellion South Bay Join us on the streets to demand that JPMorgan Chase -- the #1 US Bank funding fossil fuel projects -- […]

Sunday Gathering: March 1

Urban Sanctuary 80 S. 5th Street, San Jose, CA, United States

Our current message series is Questions about the Bible. Most of us have lots of questions about the Bible that we have parked somewhere and left to collect dust. Is […]

Sunday Gathering: March 8

Urban Sanctuary 80 S. 5th Street, San Jose, CA, United States

Our current message series is Questions about the Bible. Most of us have lots of questions about the Bible that we have parked somewhere and left to collect dust. Is […]

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry

This week I have am sharing some stuff I absolutely love: "Her Monologue of Dark Crepe with Edges of Light" by Norman Dubie. This is an older poem and my […]

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #20

This has been a tough week. Climate change was coming so gradually that the media and our government leaders weren't taking it seriously. And then seemingly all at once: BAM! […]

Interfaith Book Study: “How to Be an Antiracist”!

Interfaith Book Study: How to Be an Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi Facilitated by Rev. Nancy Palmer Jones, Senior Minister, First Unitarian Church of San José Choose either Thursday evenings or Saturdays […]

Jim Thomson’s Favorite Poet is Coming!

Naomi Shihab Nye, my favorite poet (which is saying a lot because I love a LOT of poets), is speaking "here" (metaphorically - it's on zoom) This is a chance […]

Sunday Gathering

This Sunday’s sermon is on Mindfulness, Rut Stories and River Stories Speaker: Jim Thompson Scripture: Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he (sic). Philip Pullman, author of the fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials, said, “After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we […]

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #21

Dear Cool Poetry People: If one were to go by my selection of this week's poems, one might think I have been in a down mood lately, and that is absolutely true. However, I also find these poems hopeful in their speaking to us, the living, to make the most of the time we have […]

Sunday Gathering and Aftersession

Sunday Gathering, October 11 from 10-10:50 a.m.  Pastor Dana will offer reflections from Paul's Letter from prison to the Philippians - chapter 2:1-7.  Paul talks about the unifying qualities of humbleness and consideration of others, and their value in lifting each other up in times of strife and struggle.  We will be having some breakout room […]