Doing My Part (Part 2): Serving Your Medicine | Jake Haber (6.21.26)

Doing My Part (Part 2): Serving Your Medicine | Jake Haber (6.21.26)

What if your purpose isn’t something you have to discover, but something you’ve already been living?   This week at Aldea, we explore the ancient ideas of medicine and dharma as the unique gifts, perspectives, wounds, and strengths that make you you. Drawing from Indigenous wisdom, the Bhagavad Gita, poetry and psychology, we reflect on how our pain can become compassion, how our uniqueness becomes service, and how even the smallest acts ripple outward into the collective.   Quotes:   “A medicine man is not a doctor. He is a man who helps people find harmony.” — John Fire Lame Deer   “Better one’s own dharma, though imperfectly carried out, than another’s dharma well performed.” — Bhagavad Gita 3:35   “No one else has ever lived your life. No one else can bring the particular gift that you were born to offer.” — John O’Donohue   “The things that break our hearts are often the very things that open them.” — Francis Weller   “All flourishing is mutual… In giving to the earth, we are given.” — Robin Wall Kimmerer   “By healing ourselves, we heal the world.” — Mark Nepo   “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” — Howard Thurman

Meditation | Mary Cox (6.14.26)

Enjoy Mary's meditation from the services on June 14, 2026.

Doing My Part (Part 1): Sacred Responsibility | Jake Haber (6.14.26)

What does it mean to "do your part" in a world that seems overwhelmed by problems too large for any one person to solve?   In this message, we explore the tension between personal responsibility and collective transformation. Drawing from wisdom traditions, consciousness studies, and the idea of a modern “poly-crisis,” we consider how meaningful change happens - not through any one individual carrying the weight of the world, but through ordinary people faithfully offering their unique gifts.   At Aldea, we believe that transformation begins within us but never ends there. As we become more loving, aware, and grounded, we help shape the collective future together.   Quotes:   Ken Wilber “The problems facing the world today are not merely political, economic, or technological. They are problems of consciousness.”   Rabbi Tarfon “You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.”   Tao Te Ching (Chapter 9) “Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.”   Parker J. Palmer “Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.”   Damon Centola et al. “When the committed minority is below the critical threshold, the majority of the population maintains the old convention. Once the committed minority exceeds the critical threshold, there is a rapid transition to the new convention.”   Margaret Mead “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

[BONUS EPISODE] Meditation + Alternate Interview w/ Michael Gungor (6.7.26)

For our Sunday with Michael Gungor, we had some fun by doing a semi-improvised interview for each service - which means that the conversation for each ended up coming out quite different. We’ve decided to release the interview from first service, along with Michael’s meditation here as a bonus episode!

Mystic Hymnal | Michael Gungor (6.7.2026)

Check out this eclectic & poignant conversation with Michael Gungor - musician, author, podcaster, and more - as we dive deep into evolving faith journeys, non-duality, and creativity as a spiritual practice. We also discuss the Mystic Hymnal project, which we later experienced that evening at Aldea as an immersive & heartfelt group singing event.    Check out Michael's work: https://www.michaelgungor.com/ [https://www.michaelgungor.com/] https://www.mystichymnal.com/ [https://www.mystichymnal.com/]