Sermons

Continuing with the Soul Matters theme of embodying resilience, Pastor Joshua

will share the Japanese art of Kaizen – literally “change for the better.”

Remember spinning as kids until the world blurred and we could barely stand?

Sometimes life feels that fast now. We stumble, unsure which way to face or where

to step. The beloved community at Pacific Unitarian helps us find our direction and steady

ourselves — even slow the spin together. There’s nothing more valuable to me, and I

hope you feel the same, as we begin our pledge drive this Sunday with the theme

“Turn the World Around.”

2025 was a tough year in many ways. 2026 will also have its challenges, so let’s begin the year with hope. Pastor Joshua will help us think about how to have hope.

When we counter hate with hate, the haters feel like it validates their hatred. They say things like, “See, I hate them, and you hate me, so everybody hates someone.” But it doesn’t have to be this way. When we counter hate with love, we show that a more loving world is possible and, in time, we might just eradicate hate for good.

Guest Speaker Matt Vask

We have retained the name “Pacific Unitarian Church,” so let’s talk about Unitarianism. This week is the anniversary of the signing of the Edict of Torda which officially recognized Unitarianism in 1568 in Transylvania. It declared there is no one way to be religious or to be free.