• Polly Moore
    • Dr. Polly Moore has been chosen by TCPC to be the part-time Director of the Liturgy Project. Polly has remarkable credentials for the task. She has a PhD in mathematics, was the vice president of Genentech Inc, a major biotech firm, and is a recent MDiv graduate of Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley. She is a candidate for ordination in the United Church of Christ. A gifted musician, she helps create unique liturgies in her church, College Heights UCC in San Mateo, CA.

Open Tables

“Our table is open to everyone because Jesus’ table fellowship was open to everyone.”

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Autumn

Autumn… harvest… Indian summer… waiting for the rains… So many images of this time of year

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Metaphors of the Sacred

Where would we be without metaphors in our spiritual conversations?

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Mental Models

To be on a spiritual journey is to be constantly evolving our “mental models” about how the world works.

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Letting Go

All wisdom traditions understand the need for letting go.  And all wisdom traditions understand how difficult it is to do..

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Peace

If you want to understand how we could live in a world where every religion speaks of peace and yet every nation is eventually involved in war, look no farther than what we teach our children.

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Different Approaches

It is our own specific interpretation that gives each experience its unique flavor and color.

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Change

“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” (Lao Tzu)

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3 am Prayers

When I wake up in the middle of the night and my mind relentlessly gnaws on some bone of contention,

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Forgiveness

The world continues to be rocked by racist hate crimes, some carried out churches and synagogues, of all places.

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Laughter

“Joy is the most infallible sign of the presence of God” … then laughter must be a most beloved emotion.

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Creativity

Creativity, imagination, intuition… they are all related.

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For July 4th – Looking At Who Is My Neighbor?

Would children be able to tell from your actions whom you think your neighbor is?

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One World

Our planet is the same size it’s always been, and yet it is shrinking at an astonishing rate.

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Father’s Day

What makes a father is the relationship — the sustained care and guidance and love.

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Just Do It

Our minds and hearts know the person we want to be and the life we want to live, but it seems awesomely difficult sometimes.

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Gay Pride

Most important for permanent change is what we teach our children.

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Pentecost 2023

Pentecost is often called “the birthday of the church.”

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Farewell Words

A memorial service is a curious creation. On the surface, we behave as if the service is for the person who has just died.

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Mother’s Day

For mothers everywhere, who sense what we really need and provide it even before we  ask for it.

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Peace of Mind

It is often a huge insight to realize how much control we have over our own thoughts.

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Getting Ready

Are you always looking ahead, getting ready for the next event, the next project, the next vacation, the next thing to do?

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Exploration

The restless, curious, ever-questioning human mind… every new door we open leads to new … and more doors.

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Earth Day April 22, 2023

Thomas Berry wrote: We must move beyond a spirituality focused simply on the divine …

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Springtime

Springtime is for planting, one of those everyday expressions of great faith. We plant seeds and water and weed them, and expect a harvest.

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Holy Week 2023

You can’t get to Easter without going through Good Friday.

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Lenten Music

New music telling the ancient story can bring that story alive in our own time.

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Easter Season Poems

Poetry and religion seem to go together: two approaches to the challenge of trying to capture the ineffable in words.

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Simply Allowing

How astonished we are to discover how much of life is actually not under our control!

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More Music for Worship

More music and more composers and lyricists! … Progressive Christian worship music.

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Solitude

Solitude is becoming ever more precious in our overly-wired world. Lent is the perfect opportunity to give yourself the gift of time alone.

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What Is Christian?

Progressive Christians are constantly challenged to claim the title of Christian — in the sense of being a follower of Jesus’ teachings — while letting go of most of the dogma that has been developed over the centuries by the human institution that is church.

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More Poetry

“Less is more.” A carefully crafted poem leaves so much to the reader’s imagination, which makes it the perfect vehicle for spiritual insights.

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“Thanks, Jack”

How many people do you suppose have had their eyes and hearts opened to progressive Christianity because of John Shelby Spong?

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Wisdom

The learning that we pursue with our intellect is one kind, but the wisdom we come to understand through our hearts is another.

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Boundless Love

We search and strive and struggle all our lives, and in the end it always comes back to love. Boundless love.

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