Sundays: 12 noon (CT) in-person and online
On Easter morning, we consider a take on the Easter story as one of awakening. What does the mythology of Jesus’ awakening mean for us? Perhaps we are called to see and care for one another in a new way. With Earth Day coming a few days after this service, perhaps we consider awakening to … Continue reading Easter Awakening
This service will look at community outreach and development. We will be challenged to look past our own perceptions of people’s poverty and rather challenge ourselves to come in with a listening pose. What do we hear? What are people talking about? What do they value? This process gives us the ability to appreciate history, … Continue reading Finding Civic Space in Community
REMINDER THAT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS TODAY! How much of the course of our lives is the result of the luck of the draw? Is it all purely chance, or pre-ordained, or maybe somewhere in between? How about the development of our species, or for that matter, all life on earth? We’ll look at the … Continue reading Leaving it all up to Chance
Philosophers, theologians and scientists have considered and debated as to how free we are in our thoughts, choices and actions at least since the time of ancient Greece. From Aristotle, Epicurus and the Stoics through Augustine, Aquinas and Calvin up to scientific investigation of the 1980s, consideration of free will and determinism has raged. The … Continue reading Free Will: Is it All an Illusion?
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was punished for cheating death by being compelled to roll a heavy boulder uphill, only to see it roll back down just as he reached the top. We consider meaningless and difficult tasks to be Sisyphean in nature, and we worry that such tasks in life can lead to depression. How … Continue reading Sisyphus was on a Roll
We have all heard, “It is better to give than to receive.” This service will show just how true this is, and in how many ways, in terms of biology, in the neurochemistry of your brain, in evolution and care for the planet and in terms of powerful personal expression and spiritual growth. Richard Clarke … Continue reading Giving: Sharing Your Gifts
Faith is a complex topic for us Unitarian Universalists. We don’t trust the blind faith that some other religious traditions. We are uncomfortable being told to ‘just believe.’ Yet, over time, many of us have developed an abiding faith, maybe better, enduring trust, in our answers to the deep questions of life. In this service, … Continue reading Faith, Trust & Doubt
The Polio-Covid Paradox is the personal story of the author, Janice Kimball, a polio survivor. It is also a carefully researched and documented article about the correlation between the Covid virus and the Poliovirus, whose variants are now suspected to be fibro- myalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, among others. It explores the effects of Post- … Continue reading Post Polio/Covid Paradox – Zoom Only
Emptiness, sometimes called boundlessness, is the idea in Buddhism that our understanding of world of things is illusory, hiding a deeper, more interconnected reality. This idea is difficult, even impossible, to grasp cognitively, but may come to us through a spiritual experience like awakening. We don’t have to be practicing Buddhists to find appeal in … Continue reading Emptiness – Zoom Only
Our goal is to create a beloved community, and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ~ “The Beloved Community” is a term that was first coined in the early days of the 20th century by the philosopher-theologian Josiah Royce, who … Continue reading Building the Beloved Community: One Drop at a Time – Zoom Only
