Speaker: Jerry Lazzaro

Let UUs All Be Grateful for…Maintaining an Attitude of Gratitude

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Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Let UUs All Be Grateful for...Maintaining an Attitude of Gratitude
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Our Soul Matters theme for November 2025 is Nurturing Gratitude. For several years now, we’ve held a service during the Thanksgiving season focused on gratitude. This year, let’s learn from several members of our religious community how they seek to nurture gratitude in their lives and, perhaps, how others have helped them not only to … Continue reading Let UUs All Be Grateful for…Maintaining an Attitude of Gratitude

Being Both

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Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Being Both
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What is a Muslim doing working at a church? A question Sana Saeed received frequently while working at the UU Church of Arlington, VA. Rev. Saeed, Congregational Life Staff for the Central Eastern Region of the Unitarian Universalist Associate, is among the growing number of people today identifying as UU Muslim. Join her to explore … Continue reading Being Both

Summarizing a Summer Read 2025

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Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Summarizing a Summer Read 2025
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Unitarian Universalists tend to be avid readers. To keep abreast of current events and gain perspective on important issues, they devour news stories, articles, and editorials. They also read books—quite a lot of them, as witnessed by the robust participation in our monthly TPUUF Book Discussion. In this service, several TPUUF members and friends will … Continue reading Summarizing a Summer Read 2025

Stories about Fathers and Fathering: Pathways to Spiritual Freedom

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Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Stories about Fathers and Fathering: Pathways to Spiritual Freedom
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Writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit writes that “We are our stories, stories that can be both prison and the crowbar to break out of that prison.” Stories we create do, indeed, constrict or liberate our spirit, especially when they involve parents and parenting. On Father’s Day 2025, we’ll hear Fellowship members’ narratives about their … Continue reading Stories about Fathers and Fathering: Pathways to Spiritual Freedom

Sing for Joy: UU Troubadours Sunday 2025

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Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Sing for Joy: UU Troubadours Sunday 2025
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Eminent psychiatrist and author, George Vaillant, observes in Spiritual Evolution: A Scientific Defense of Faith that “It is so much easier to sing of joy than to talk about it.” In keeping with April 2025’s Soul Matters theme, The Practice of Joy, this year’s UU Troubadours service will feature music expressing joy and celebrate the … Continue reading Sing for Joy: UU Troubadours Sunday 2025

Let UUs All Be Grateful for…the Gift of Presence

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Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Let UUs All Be Grateful for...the Gift of Presence
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“Your presence is requested.” We’ve all received invitations that began with that clause—a more formal way of saying, “Please show up!” In a broader sense, our “presence,” our “showing up,” in a certain place at a certain time, is a gift, perhaps a priceless gift, we give to others. “Being there” for them—to celebrate a … Continue reading Let UUs All Be Grateful for…the Gift of Presence

Writing as a Pathway to Repair

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Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Writing as a Pathway to Repair
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Our Soul Matters theme for November 2024 is “Repair.” Mending. Healing. Restoring. Reclaiming. Reframing. Rebalancing. Setting right or setting straight. These all involve actions to “repair” what’s out of kilter, worn down, torn or broken. Writing in itself, as the members of our TPUUF Writers Group would attest, is a way to engage in repairing … Continue reading Writing as a Pathway to Repair

Lessons from the Lord (of the Rings)

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Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Lessons from the Lord (of the Rings)
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For 87 years, readers have been captivated by the dragons, elves, dwarves and, of course, the Hobbits of Middle Earth. Called the “father of modern fantasy,” J. R. R. Tolkien created an enduring fantasy world, as well as archetypes ubiquitous in the genre today, in prose, song and verse. You may recognize this poetic excerpt … Continue reading Lessons from the Lord (of the Rings)

Summarizing a Summer Read 2024

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Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Summarizing a Summer Read 2024
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Our annual “Summarizing a Summer Read” service features several TPUUF members and friends sharing their thoughts on a book they’ve read recently. The service provides an opportunity to reflect on the benefits of genuine engagement with the written word and to discover authors and titles we may wish to add to our own reading list.