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Tuesday is our country’s Presidential election; a time when the populous joins together in celebration of democracy to agree on a national leader. Or, that’s the ideal – although it currently seems as if Tuesday will be a final battle between two warring factions. What can we as Unitarian Universalists do to repair the divisions … Continue reading A House Divided…
Hymn #145 in our hymnal “As Tranquil Streams” states that our religion has “a freedom that reveres the past, but trusts the dawning future more”. What does it mean to honor our past while trusting our future? Maybe it means listening to and learning from past errors and correcting mistakes. October 14 was Indigenous Peoples’ … Continue reading Reveres the Past
Have you ever felt as if someone was listening to you, but not hearing you? Or have you ever zoned out and realized that you had no idea what the person you were talking to was saying? This morning we will look at the art of deep listening and hearing each other’s stories.
The name of our beloved community is Thomas Paine Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, or TPUUF. But what is the “F”? What does “Fellowship” mean? We can start by referencing a dictionary, but that doesn’t speak to the personal understandings and feelings. In order to be invitational it helps to know who we are. Together at service … Continue reading What’s the “F”?
Intergenerational Service and BRUNCH SUNDAY Join in this Unitarian Universalist tradition of water communion to reconnect after the summer. All are invited to bring a small sample of water from a meaningful place visited in the past year (symbolic water is okay too!) This is an intergenerational event and all ages are invited to stay … Continue reading A Faith of Invitation
Prior to coming to TPUUF, Rev. Andrew was the Unitarian Universalist travel coordinator for international church partnerships – that is, he helped lead North American church groups visiting Unitarians in Transylvania and North East India. This July, Rev. Andrew led a pilgrimage from Main Line Unitarian in Devon to visit their partner church in Várfalva, … Continue reading What do Unitarian Universalists and Dracula Have in Common?
The end of June marked a change in our national organization – the Unitarian Universalist Association. On the ballot was a vote on our bylaws, namely the defining principles and values. No matter the outcome of this vote, there will be people who feel hurt, upset or betrayed. The question for us is: what does … Continue reading Through Thick and Thin
In June 1923, Rev. Norbert Čapek created a worship service where everyone was asked to bring a flower to church, and leave with a different bloom. Thus, the Flower Communion service was created, a celebration of each individual and a celebration of the beauty of unity in diversity. Bring a flower from your yard, from … Continue reading Flower Communion
There’s a story about varying views of the Divine illustrated by blind people describing an elephant. They each describe a piece of the elephant, each sharing their personal truth and together they witness to a universal truth. The parallel being that we each hold personal religious truths which, when combined with others, speaks to a … Continue reading Blind People and an Elephant
Being true to one’s values in lifestyle choices is not always easy. There are times when we do a socially minded action so that we will look good to other people (performance activism) or to prove our conviction (virtue signaling). At other times, we sidestep our morals for simplicity or ease – when culture makes … Continue reading The Ethics of Compromise
