Winter is a time of reflection, a time to consider the past year and make plans for the future.  Our theme for this year’s Winter Solstice is Reflection, and for this evening's gathering we will engage in personal reflection.  We will also reflect our own inner light to the world and hold a mirror so that others might see more clearly their own light of goodness and spirit.

Rev. Lori Kyle joined the UUCD family as our congregation's spiritual leader in October 2014.  Following her recent successful interview with the Ministerial Fellowship Committee in Boston, Lori was ordained at Toronto First on June 14, 2015.  Lori is a native of Kansas City, Missouri and moved to Canada in 2009 with her family.  Currently she resides in eastern Toronto with her fiancée Margaret, her children Maddie and Nathan, and their yellow lab Sally.

​In Unitarian Universalism, a primary source of wisdom is “direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life.”    Does this mean that, in effect, we “write” our own sacred scripture?   What is the seat of “authority” when it comes to religious insight?   How might we all discover a personal “Good Book” that leads to wisdom?

Lynn Harrison was ordained on Sunday, November 22nd, so is our newest UU minister.  Lynn has been very active in the community of Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation.  A singer-songwriter in the Canadian folk music tradition, Lynn has composed numerous songs and hymns inspired by Unitarian values, which she shares in worship services and gatherings of all kinds.  Lynn welcomes the opportunity to strengthen and support the CUC through the nominating committee, while working with her Canadian Unitarian colleagues.

Many of us find our way to our UUism by way of a Christian beginning, and many of us have wounds from our Christian past.  Such wounding can at times limit our openness and appreciation of the religion from which UUism emerged.  This Sunday we will take a candid look at our wounds, and consider a path toward healing.

Rev. Lori Kyle joined the UUCD family as our congregation's spiritual leader in October 2014.  Following her recent successful interview with the Ministerial Fellowship Committee in Boston, Lori was ordained at Toronto First on June 14, 2015.  Lori is a native of Kansas City, Missouri and moved to Canada in 2009 with her family.  Currently she resides in eastern Toronto with her fiancée Margaret, her children Maddie and Nathan, and their yellow lab Sally.

​The complete sermon can be read below: