Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship Joseph Campbell taught us that myths are deeply spiritual metaphorical poetry. Myths are not lies, nor are they literal truths, but they are metaphorical truths. For millennia, myths have helped to guide countless individuals across many different cultures and spiritual traditions on their most difficult personal journeys, as each navigates the … Continue reading Power of Myth
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship What do we remember as moments of awakening for us? Despite cynicism in some quarters at the idea of being “woke,” the act of awakening is as natural to humans — and as essential — as the breath. It is part of our lives as spiritual humans, as beings who practice both … Continue reading Awakening
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship Researcher Brene Brown talks about how being truly brave is also being vulnerable. What are some of the bravest conversations we’ve had? Let us walk the edge of courage together.
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship The First Amendment to the United States Constitution states, “Congress shall make no law . . . respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” Yet many Americans believe that religious liberty is under attack as never before. Why do so many believe this to be the case? Are they right? Should … Continue reading Is Religious Liberty Under Attack in this Country Today?
Over the past year our relationship with time changed. We found ourselves with more of it. Not driving to and from, not going out, not travelling – we were suddenly faced with a glut of this valuable commodity. For many of us, this precipitated thought about our own time and a little more work than … Continue reading Taking Our Time
Your stewardship connection to nature: On July 11, I will be leading a service about “environmental responsibility” as featured in the WUS’s short Vision statement. I would love to have your contribution to the subject in a phrase or two. And photos! Do you have a picture that speaks to your hope/fear/passion/role in repairing the … Continue reading Environmental and Social Responsibility
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship On this 245th anniversary of our nation’s independence, we’ll take a look at the Declaration of Independence’s famous assertion – that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” and see where … Continue reading White Supremacy Culture
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship The UUA President invites a distinguished guest each year to address the General Assembly as the Ware Lecturer. Join us this Sunday to hear this year’s Ware Lecturers, Stacey Abrams and Desmond Meade. Stacey Abrams is the New York Times bestselling author of Our Time Is Now and Lead from the … Continue reading UUA General Assembly – Ware Lecture
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship This Sunday, as we commemorate Father’s Day, Linda Copeland shares memories of her father, a man of few words. He “kept going” like the lyrics from the WUS adopted Guyanese song, Woyaya. She learned “faith, flow, hope, resilience, determination” and more from her father.
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship Generations ago, a Unitarian minister created a ritual celebrating the individuality of every person, the power of a number of individuals coming together and the beauty of each individual freely choosing to join the others. This is Flower Communion, a ritual whose meaning has only deepened in this year of national … Continue reading The Transient and the Permanent: Flower Communion
