Quaker educator and activist Parker Palmer writes: “Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.” How might a person find ways to hear themselves, hear their lives telling them who they are, really listening for the answers and the … Continue reading Listening for Yourself
At the start of a new church year, there is no time like the present to begin again. Why not ask yourself: What makes me feel alive? What gifts have I got to sustain myself, my family, my community? What goodness is breaking out of me at this time? Rev. Rita preaching. Our space … Continue reading Renewing Ourselves
September 13—Ingathering/ Water Communion We gather for the new church year, in ways now familiar though still strange, to celebrate our life as a religious community offering compassion to and working for justice for all. It will be good to gather as a people to celebrate the joys of life and to remember what is … Continue reading Ingathering/ Water Communion
Religious Naturalism Can you imagine a religious practice holding that: all is nature, there is nothing but nature, humanity is part of nature, and nature is worthy of our utmost reverence? Join UUFM’s minister, the Rev. Dr. Rita Capezzi, as she explores the theology of Religious Naturalism and its implications for our daily lives. Today, … Continue reading Online Worship Service and Coffee Hour
What is Religion For? Some of us long for a community of like-minded people. Some of us consider ourselves “spiritual but not religious.” Some of us seek “the holy,” or don’t. So what is religion, what is a religious community, what is a reason to practice religion, especially if we can be “spiritual” alone? UUFM”s … Continue reading Online Worship Service and Coffee Hour
Many of us find respite from our overly wired world by gardening or hiking or otherwise reveling in the beauty of the natural world. How might we move from relationship to interconnection, with nature not as a sight for sore eyes and minds but the very ground of our beingness? Why should we do this, … Continue reading Overcoming the Disconnect
Listening for Yourself Quaker educator and activist Parker Palmer writes: “Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.” How might a person find ways to hear themselves, hear their lives telling them who they are, really listening for the … Continue reading Listening for Yourself
