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n recognition of June as Pride Month, we’ll host Jenn and Cheryl Katon, former members of TPUUF now living in Boston, who will share their journey that spans 27 years of marriage. They spent much of their journey presenting as a straight couple with all the classic white, middle-class, cisgender normative elements. Eventually, through Cheryl’s gender … Continue reading Love is Love
What qualities and what emotional and spiritual resources must we develop to remain steadfast as the pandemic continues and uncertainty reigns? Healthcare chaplain, Rev. Megan Lloyd Joiner, joins us as we consider “grit” as a quality of resilience that requires both imagination and creativity. Rev. Joiner serves as a Compassion Centered Spiritual Health Fellow at … Continue reading Genesis in Reverse: Grit in the Face of Chaos
Sometimes we may be limited by the stories that we tell and retell—about ourselves, our relationships, or the world. Often, we are not able to step out of our stories. In our personal lives, we can discover alternate stories within us that have yet to be “storied.” In our social and religious lives, we develop … Continue reading Bringing New Stories to Life
In line with the Fellowship’s current monthly Soul Matters theme of “Stories,” TPUUF friend Angelo (Butch) Larcinese has noticed that myths have been present in his life and in the lives of his mother and father. Mythologist and author Joseph Campbell has encouraged us to find our myths and live them. Butch will tell the … Continue reading Living Myths
When I started to write a spiritual memoir, I was surprised how many of my memories included circumstances with my mother and the stories that I heard from my mother. I treasure these stories as, I suspect, many of you may recall and savor the stories from or about mothers or mother figures in your … Continue reading Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us
Around this time of year, more specifically around the anniversary of the birth of Pete Seeger, we honor Unitarian Universalist troubadours, the singer/songwriters who create music that helps make our liberal religious faith more accessible and inspires us to greater heights of spiritual awakening, compassion, and social action. It’s become a TPUUF tradition! And on … Continue reading UU Troubadours – Ballads: Our Stories in Song
In this service, we’ll remind ourselves to experience what Buddhist teacher, Tara Brach, calls “a sacred pause.” She reminds us that when we cultivate pauses we can find a natural intelligence and a wise heart. There are many ways to commit to these pauses. We’ll experience some practical ways to experience them in everyday life, … Continue reading Create a Sacred Pause
Our Seventh UU Principle calls on us to affirm and promote “Respect for the interdependent web of all existence,” and most of us are proudly all about ecology and environmental protection. At the same time, our Second Principle is “Justice, Equity and Compassion in Human Relations,” and most of us are equally proud of our … Continue reading An Opportunity to Marry Ecology and Justice
Our Soul Matters theme for April is “Becoming.” An interesting word. It suggests a transformation is occurring, a change is in the works. Inherent in that meaning is the idea that we have left a starting point and, while we may not be sure of our destination, an irreversible process is underway. Often, the only … Continue reading Poetry as Becoming
This year, I just don’t feel that one resurrection is sufficient. Don’t we need to encourage one another to keep bouncing back, to keep unfolding and bringing forth what we can? Sure, it’s been an exhausting year. Yet, after reclining, I say—resurrect again and again. Mary Oliver offers this image in her poem, “Poppies”: The … Continue reading Time-Released Resurrections: An Easter Sunday Celebration
