Virtue vs. Vice
The conflicts people get caught in usually don’t come from their vices. They come from their virtues! A virtue begins with a good intention, but when it’s pushed too far, it can turn into something harmful.
Speaker: Butch Larcinese
Is Doctor Who a UU?
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Doctor Who is a popular British TV program that has been on the air since 1963. It has also become a cult phenomenon in the US. The character Dr. Who represents the contemporary hero who defeats evil without using violence. His only weapons are his intelligence and a sonic screwdriver which he uses creatively to … Continue reading Is Doctor Who a UU?
The Wonder of Mysticism
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December’s Soul Matters theme is “Wonder”. We will be exploring the places where Wonder and Mysticism intersect. That may be nature, and it may be personal experiences. All the world’s great religions have some element of mysticism. And yet the Transcendentalists rejected organized religion. We claim some of them as Unitarian Universalists. Please join us … Continue reading The Wonder of Mysticism
Next Level Spirituality
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Since 2016, churches, synagogues, and mosques in the United States, have been losing members at a rate of 1% every year. The idea of a supernatural God outside ourselves that can be petitioned is becoming increasingly problematic in our modern world. With both the Bible and Ralph Waldo Emerson as our guides, we might find … Continue reading Next Level Spirituality
The Healing Message of Universalism
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In many UU congregations there is an uneasiness with members on the topic of Christianity. A lot of our members belonged to Christian denominations previously and were wounded by it. Let’s see if we can cultivate a new relationship with Christianity by examining the religion of Universalism, which expresses the best of Christianity’s spiritual wisdom.
Living Myths
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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
Love Your Enemies
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How can we learn to love people we disagree with politically? TPUUF friend, Butch Larcinese, will share what he’s learned from the timely book, Love Your Enemies:How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt, by author and policy analyst Arthur C. Brooks. Butch will discuss social scientist Jonathan Haidt’s five moral foundations, … Continue reading Love Your Enemies