Spiritual Practice – Create Your Community
Create 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 [...]
UU Wellspring Session 3
Thank 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 [...]
Spiritual Practice – Loving Kindness
Practicing Loving Kindness- see websites in the meditation resources.
UU Wellspring Session 2
As 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, [...]
Practice By Lectio Divina
– 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 [...]
UU Wellspring Session 1
A 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 [...]
Sun, Oct 29 – “Grimm and Grimmer”
with Rev. Tracy Sprowls Scary stories help us know fear in our bodies and how to use our intellect and our innate resilience to overcome it. There is plenty to fear in the real world. While we can’t fix everything, we can become more resilient and more compassionate. Scary stories can help. All ages are invited to dress up in costume for our Sunday service! Adults are encouraged to wear [...]
Sun, Oct 22 – “Leveraging The People’s Power”
With Rev. Tracy Sprowls Our democracy is in peril. Timothy Snyder, the acclaimed historian and author of books like On Tyranny, tells us that one of the primary things the average person can do to keep a democracy strong is commit to an institution. Right when we find ourselves in the midst of a political crisis, membership in congregations and other organizations is dramatically down. Let's talk!
Sun, Oct 15 – “Now Is The Time”
with Rev. Jules Taylor The state of our world, our nation, our lives can feel overwhelming. So much is needed, it is inevitable that overwhelm can lead to shutting down, doing what is necessary for survival. And—as people of faith who recognize the web of all existence, our survival is connected to others’ survival. We can’t wait. Rev. Jules Taylor is a Unitarian Universalist community minister specializing in critical [...]
Sun, Oct 8 – “Unlikely Friends”
With Rev. Tracy Sprowls I collect stories about animals that have become unlikely friends from a hippo and a turtle to an old grey parrot and his scientist friend. This morning we honor our animal friends and all of the earth’s creatures with our annual animal blessing. Bring photos of an animal you live with or love or admire or lost. Bring your well behaved dogs and cats or chickens, [...]
Sun, Oct 1 – “Imagination”
With Rev. Leah Ongiri Humans have the capacity for both cruelty and kindness, which can lead us either to hope or despair. In such a confused and fractured world, creative imagination can help us embrace our traditions as we move into a shared future. --- Rev. Leah Ongiri (she/her) has served congregations in California, New Jersey, Florida, Wisconsin, and Colorado. She is a graduate of Starr King School for the Ministry and [...]
Sun, Sep 24 – “The Value of Connection”
With Rev. Tracy Sprowls and Ashley Hamlin, DLRE Summer was bookended by the UUA General Assembly in June and the Parliament of World Religions in August. Come hear some highlights from both these conferences and a conversation about the power of religion in the 21st century.
Sun, Sep 17 – “The Things We Carry”
This morning we celebrate the High Holy Days of Judaism. The High Holy Days offer all of us a time to reflect and to heal and to begin again. These days are about relationships and connection and forgiveness. Whether Jewish or not these days offer us the time to really consider ourselves and our relationships to ourselves, to each other, to the community and to the world and try again [...]
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