Patterns, habits, and culture can bring stability to our lives. They can also anchor us in outdated ways of thinking and doing. With the new year, we reflect on ways of letting go of what no longer serves us. Direct link to service.
Whatever the result of Tuesday’s election (and even if we don’t know it!), we know that to have real democracy — deliberative democracy rather than competitive democracy — we need to reweave the threads of civic engagement. How do we bring our UU values to the table as we strive to deepen democracy in our … Continue reading “It Ain’t Over: The Practices of Deepening Democracy”
Once again, this service will feature a water ceremony. In this ceremony, everyone brings a small container of water that represents a journey (real or symbolic) they’ve taken over the summer. It might be water from a trip to the ocean, or from a favorite fishing hole. It might be rainwater collected after a storm, … Continue reading “Ingathering and Water Ceremony” Celebrating the Beginning of the New Church Year!
One of our foremost theologians, Rev. Theodore Parker, gave an ordination sermon in 1841 about the “transient and permanent” in Christianity. How does this idea of the transient and the permanent reflect in modern day Unitarian Universalism? How is related to our new Article 2? How is it related to our everyday lives? Note: Kids … Continue reading “Transience and Permanence in our Modern Era”
How do we become who we are? Not in a vacuum. We are not self-made despite our commitment to making informed choices for ourselves. Rather we grow in the soil of community and through the sense of connection that is relational power. Explore with Frederick Douglass, Starhawk, Saul Alinski and the Velveteen Rabbit the significance … Continue reading Becoming in Community: Claiming Relational Power
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. From two different cultures come two different concepts of mysterious powers. From Spain, especially from the writings of Federico Garcia Lorca, comes the idea of duende, a powerful force of passion and vulnerability, that seems to rise from the Earth itself and that is utterly dependent on an awareness … Continue reading “Duende and Puhpowee: On Answering Your Calling”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. We explore the Director of Lifespan Faith Development’s favorite winter holiday – new years! What do you need to leave behind in 2023? What do you want to commit to in 2024? Join us for this contemplative and ritual based service at 11:00 am.
