Dear Westwood Family, This past Sunday, I spoke about pausing, resting, and creating spaces for collective healing. We have all been through a lot, and while we cannot predict the future, we know that several of Trump's policies will harm all of us, especially the most...
Sunday, November 10, 2024 Rev. Molly Vetter...
Dear Westwood Community, It's Election Day as I write this, and I've been having a hard time focusing on the task in front of me. I'm aware of the BIG DECISIONS being made today through our democratic process. I know that they will have significant consequences,...
Dear Westwood Community, When, as infants, we went to sleep the very first time without the sound of our mother’s heartbeat reverberating in our ears, we began to say goodbye. These goodbyes are “little deaths” that we will experience for the rest of our lives as...
Sunday, October 27, 2024 Rev. Molly Vetter...
Last Sunday, we talked about how to be leaders like Jesus: ones who put others first. After looking at pictures and discussing Thich Nhat Hanh, Florence Nightingale, Bayard Rustin, and Mr. Rogers, we designed and wrote notecards to leaders we admired. One was to our...
Dear Westwood Community, I'm still a little teary this morning, remembering what a sweet gift it was to be with my parents, as a part of the sold-out crowd at the Hollywood Bowl last Sunday night for the Joni Jam. It was Joni Mitchell's return to the...
Sunday, October 20, 2024 Rev. Molly Vetter...
We had so much fun last week trying to see if we could do impossible things, like walking in one direction with eight arms linked backwards in a circle or making a plastic straw go through a potato or building a paper bridge that held...
