The Perfect Body and Ladder

“The Perfect Body and Ladder" (December 6, 2020) Worship Service The second sermon in a series on our bodies as part of our religious journeys, that is to say of how we find and make meaning in this life. Poet and Movement-founder Sonya Renee Taylor writes and speaks and encourages others to do so about our relations to our bodies and one another. But more so she ties it to a larger notion, a spiritual stumbling block, a dangerous construct that wise folks from the Dalai Lama to Jesus have warned against -- Taylor calls it the imaginary ladder.  And how it hurts and distracts us from what is important and healing and life saving. Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister Meg McGuire, Ministerial Intern Reiko Oda Lane, organist Leandra Ramm, soprano Brielle Marina Neilson, alto Ben Rudiak-Gould, tenor Asher Davison, bass Luis Maurer, pianist Eric Shackelford, camera Shulee Ong, camera Joe Chapot, Social Media Chat Support Les James, Coffee Hour Zoom Thomas Brown, Sexton Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, drums Order of Service: https://content.uusf.org/Order_Of_Service/2020/20201206OSWeb.pdf All Music: https://content.uusf.org/Sound/20201206Music.mp3