Spiritual Practice – April 6
admin2025-03-30T10:25:30-04:00Explore these websites: https://www.journeytreehealing.com/post/gratitude-a-daily-spiritual-practice https://www.everydayspirit.net/post/spiritual-practices-in-times-of-crisis-gratitude
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UU Wellspring Session 7
admin2025-03-30T10:24:16-04:00Love and the Value of Generosity Explore These Resources From Beyond Welcome: Building Communities of Love, ed by LInnea Nelson, Skinner House 2022. “Creating Robust Communities of Care” by Sky Gavis-Hughson from B, pages 121-126. “No One Is Outside the Circle of Love” by Rev. Elizabeth Nguyen p. 127 Explore some of the iterations and etymology of the saying, “Blessed are those who plant trees under whose shade they will never sit.” “Being ‘kind’ seems to take being ‘nice’ a bit further in being gracious, generous, empathetic and hospitable,” Plante said. “It involves action and intentions beyond just politeness or niceness. Both [...]
UU Wellspring Session 6
admin2025-03-21T14:21:50-04:00During session six, on Sunday, March 23 at 11:30, we will focus on covenanting with Interdependence and Pluralism. We will learn about processes of reconciliation as methods of strengthening our covenants around these UU values. Being in Beloved Community is not easy, but the good news is that the work to repair and bring peace to the world can begin with your willingness to engage in the process of reconciliation. Reconciliation is a healing process of strengthening connections. As we expand our sense of interdependence, we will explore how the rifts of separation and exploitation affect the protection of the Earth and all [...]
Spiritual Practice – Connecting With Nature
admin2025-03-21T14:20:08-04:00(From this site) Spring offers a unique opportunity to reconnect with the natural world and deepen our spiritual practice. As the earth awakens from its winter slumber, we too can awaken to the beauty and vitality that surrounds us. Whether it’s taking a mindful walk through a blooming garden, meditating beneath a blossoming tree, or simply sitting in quiet contemplation outdoors, immersing ourselves in nature can be a profoundly spiritual experience. By tuning into the rhythms of the natural world, we can gain insight into our own cycles of growth and transformation. Just as plants emerge from the soil and reach [...]
Spiritual Practice – Create Your Community
admin2025-02-22T12:57:21-05:00Create Your Community by Jessica Lin from the book FaithFul Practices by Erik Walker Wikstrom. Join an existing group or community. This can be a religious community, volunteer group, or a common interest group. Meetup.com is a great resource for interest groups: for hiking, dining out, seeing comedy shows, writing, attending plays or movies, learning how to dance, or doing woodworking. Anything and everything under the sun. Find a hobby that interests you, or try something new. If you have an idea for something that doesn’t exist yet, create it! As in the movie Field of Dreams, if you build it, [...]
UU Wellspring Session 3
admin2025-02-22T12:56:41-05:00Thank you for an engaging last session as we shared how love has shown up for us and in our communities. During our next session, on Sunday, Feb 23 at 11:30, we will focus on love as a spiritual practice. We will learn about spiritual practices, make a commitment to start or restore a practice that will accompany our Wellspring journey. The following resource offers us an opportunity to consider various ways to practice our faith and form a daily spiritual practice to support our journey together in this program. This resource is from the required book list and you may [...]
Spiritual Practice – Loving Kindness
admin2025-02-04T19:19:06-05:00Practicing Loving Kindness- see websites in the meditation resources.
UU Wellspring Session 2
admin2025-02-04T19:17:30-05:00As we approach session two on Sunday, Feb 9, we begin to explore the core theological foundation of our Unitarian Universalist Faith, Love. Graphic used by permission of creator: Tanya Webster (chalicedays.org) Love as a Value: Love is the power that holds us together and is at the center of our shared values. UUA Article II, passed June 2024 In January of 2019, the Article II Study Commission, charged with finding a grounding shared value in Unitarian Universalism, presented their proposal that Love was indeed the powerful value that connects us to one another and to community. Read their [...]
Practice By Lectio Divina
admin2025-01-21T14:37:07-05:00– Directions – Read the poem through once. Read it slowly and reflectively so that it sinks in. Breathe Read it a second time. Which word or phrase draws your attention? Reflect and Breathe Now sit in silence- how does the piece make you feel? Breathe Read the piece a second time but this time out loud. What shows up now? After some silence, change one thing- for instance, for the poem below you may want to put socks on or off. Breathe. Any new insights? There’s a beloved poem by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda about a pair of his socks. [...]
UU Wellspring Session 1
admin2025-02-04T19:12:18-05:00A warm welcome to you as a participant of Love at the Center: UU Values and Covenants. This transformational program will explore the enduring love that is at the core of Unitarian Universalism. You will explore the related values and covenants through the lens of abiding love, building community, acting in faith, rooting in growth, and transforming in love. The Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt has given us permission to share the following quote, which was captured at an open forum at General Assembly 2023 when she was sharing her own long-term experience with spiritual direction: “It is time for all of [...]