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VIRTUAL-ZOOM ONLY!! January 15 is the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and is celebrated annually with a national holiday and day of service (tomorrow). Part of the Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy was using nonviolent resistance to change unjust systems of oppression. How can we follow the example in resisting what we disagree with … Continue reading MLK and NonViolent Resistance
This is sure to be a very fun, exciting and memorable celebration of Christmas. Come to play or sing carols, to hear familiar stories and to hold a few quiet moments of candle light on this special night. All ages, All theologies, All instruments… ALL are welcome (yes, you too!) Do you play a musical … Continue reading Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
In one sense, hope is the belief that the world and our lives will be “okay”. (Consider the opposite – hopelessness – when all seems lost.) We are charged this month to choose hope, but I wonder: Is hope a choice? Can we decide to have faith in personal and world betterment? How does one … Continue reading Choosing Hope
That which we practice over and over again becomes natural and easy for us, it can become a habit. Practice holds true for playing a musical instrument, for learning a language and even for a mindset. It is possible to make patterns of action and thought by repetition. Let’s practice some gratitude in order to … Continue reading Practice Makes Permanent
“Just as millions of snowflakes pile up to create a blanket of snow, the “thank yous” we say pile up and fall gently upon one another until, in our hearts and minds, we are adrift in gratitude.” – Daphne Rose Kingma
Compassion necessitates a level of vulnerability which our culture and circumstances don’t always promote. Rather than putting on a costume for this month, what would it look like to have a peek behind the masks we and others wear? Let us open up with vulnerability so that we can receive and give more compassion.
This weekend our country celebrates Columbus Day, or is it Indigenous People’s Day? The shift from one holiday to another is a movement to increase understanding of the past and compassion for people harmed. The goal of studying the past with truth and compassion means we can be more truthful and more compassionate in the … Continue reading Historical Compassion
There is a big difference between being told that you belong and feeling belonging. It’s like saying “You are welcome here” but feeling that you aren’t welcome at all. Where have you felt this disconnect? Do Unitarian Universalists have a gap between statements about belonging & lived experiences; and how can we bridge that gap?
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 for the entire service. Remember … Continue reading A Faith of Belonging
Unitarian Universalists sometimes focus on truth gleaned from facts and reason while diminishing truths found in fictional stories and mythology. Some of our deepest personal and communal truths, however, cannot be expressed only with logic and facts. This Sunday we look at truths found both from logic (logos) and stories (mythos) and how to be … Continue reading Mythos vs. Logos
