Soulful Sundown at Shelter Rock UU

We have each been challenged by these days of COVID-19. But there is another truth: this too shall pass. ~Rev. Jennifer L. Brower The Cosmic Orchestra... Farmôr/Erica Leigh: vocals Eugene Ruffolo: vocals/acoustic gtr Jonathan Preddice: vocals/cello Chris Marshak: drums Ben Wisch: keys Pat Falco: bass Marc Shulman: electric gtr Mixed by Ben Wisch Video edited by Adam Forgione This Too Shall Pass written by Sinclair

Valentine's Day can be delightful, and it can be deeply disappointing and downright painful. The love we need most in adulthood comes from within. Love's seeds were planted and cultivated - or not - when we were young. No matter which, the seeds are still there and are ever-fertile. As is so often said and sounds cliché and is easily dismissed: love yourself and the rest will fall into place. ... I hope you'll give it a try. ~Rev. Jennifer L. Brower I Love Me as performed by The Cosmic Orchestra Erica Leigh Stenquist: vocals Eugene Ruffolo: vocals Jonathan Preddice: trumpet Chris Marshak: drums Pat Falco: upright bass Marc Shulman: electric guitar Ben Wisch: keyboards Produced and Mixed by Ben Wisch Song by Meghan Trainor Video edited by Bobby Shortle at Pennylane Productions Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock (UUCSR)

Soulful Sundown is the monthly collaboration between the Rev. Jennifer L. Brower and The Cosmic Orchestra. This month features new music by The Cosmic Orchestra as well as music from Aztec Two-Step.

In Whose Image?! The world offers us plenty of ways to divide ourselves into "us" and "them," to focus on our differences. But as members of the human family, part of creation, there is far more that we share than what separates us. Today, the Rev. Jennifer L. Brower delivers an adaptation of the Rev. Cynthia Frado's prayerful words.

In our times of fretting and days despair, may we never forget that there will be better days. ~ Rev. Jennifer L. Brower

The Rev. Jennifer L. Brower offers "Clarity" from The Book of Qualities by Ruth Gendler. May these many months of living through a global pandemic help us to see, with clarity, what is most precious and essential in our lives and for our global community. ~Rev. Jennifer L. Brower