Albert Einstein said, “It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience.” Yes! And many of us know this idea through the simpler version, “Everything … Continue reading Simple Abundance
Where have we come from, in this last year of shared ministry? And where are we going? We have plans! And still much will unfold in ways mysterious and beyond our attempts to control. How can together we grow evermore trusting and confident that our companionship in spiritual growth and action for justice is good … Continue reading What’s Next?
While, as we are told, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” our Euro-centric culture has some pretty specific definitions, including a dominant one—that what is pretty is beautiful. Process theology, however, defines beauty as “a diversity of forms.” We’ll explore beauty by considering the three-stranded braid at the foundation of these United States—freedom, … Continue reading Braided Beauty
The very first Flower Communion was celebrated on June 4, 1923, which is why we celebrate it on the first Sunday of June each year. This is a uniquely Unitarian ritual meaningful for many Unitarian Universalist congregations. All across the country, the continent, and the world, our religious companions also celebrate today the beauty of … Continue reading Webs and Flowers
How about we entertain some curiosity about ourselves? How well do you know yourself? What gives you joy? To what or whom do you pin your hopes and dreams for yourself? What freezes you into inaction, incapacity, indifference? Let’s imagine together that we can know ourselves more deeply and thus connect more deeply to others, … Continue reading Ultimately, What Makes You Tick?
As we continue exploring our Soul Matters monthly theme, Curiosity, we pause to recognize all the families with children and youth enlivening and enlarging our Fellowship. Please join Carrie Rice, Director of Children’s Faith Development, Rev. Rita Capezzi, and the UUFM Choir under the direction of Peter Kuhlman for this service of gratitude for the … Continue reading Honoring our Families, Children, and Youth
How might we approach global climate change with curiosity rather than fear or resignation? Living with, in the words of Joanne Macy, “Active Hope” may provide an antidote to both our despair about global climate change and our arrogance to believe our despair is a sufficient response. In the mind of the beginner there are many … Continue reading Curiosity Might Save the Planet and Our Lives
Indeed, what does become of Earth’s beauty as our human societies pollute continuously and as the climate warms disastrously? Can we learn a new way to live on the earth? What might a new way look like? Please join us for an All-Generation Service. Coins collected with the offering will go to the Children’s Kiva … Continue reading What Becomes of Earth’s Beauty?
Sometimes it feels like the world is determined to tear us apart, to set us against each other, to isolate us from one another. What can we do to recognize the threads connecting us, to weave stronger strands of relationship, to value the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a small and … Continue reading Weaving Webs
As happens each year, we make another journey around the sun and once again we are on the cusp of spring, and light and dark are again in balance. And yet no one year is exactly like another. What does this spring bring? Soul Matters Monthly Theme for March: What does it mean to be … Continue reading Circle of the Seasons
