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Presenter: Rev. Matt Alspaugh – Service Associate: Jane Castleman We live in an enigmatic world, one that deep down, doesn’t make ‘common sense’ at all. Yet the physical evidence is sound – the world is ‘quantum’ in nature. It’s hard to make sense of, hard to describe (without advanced mathematics). But we can try. Starting … Continue reading Quantum Universe – Part 2
Presenter: Rev. Matt Alspaugh – Service Associate: Jane Castleman We live in an enigmatic world, one that deep down, doesn’t make ‘common sense’ at all. Yet the physical evidence is sound – the world is ‘quantum’ in nature. It’s hard to make sense of, hard to describe (without advanced mathematics). But we can try. Starting … Continue reading Quantum Universe – Part 1
Presenter: Rev. Matt Alspaugh Service Associate: Carol Johnson A few weeks ago, I mentioned Charles Darwin’s concept of the survival of the fittest leading to the evolution of species, which has been expanded to a kind of social Darwinism, the idea that society is best organized around competition and reward, leading to the survival of … Continue reading Cooperation vs. Competition
Presenter: Sue Kelley Service Associate: Lynn Cleek Do you know what The Hand maidens Tale, The Bluest Eye and Tango Makes Three have in common? They are all banned books. Sunday, July 30th we discuss the origins of banned books, why some want them banned, what books are banned and what you can do about it. … Continue reading “Ban Guns, Not Books”
One of our favorite hymns speaks to one of our deep desires as Unitarian Universalists.- “We Would be One”. Our Lake Chapala congregation holds the idea one oneness as a core theological value. Yet as humans, we like to divide up in to self, in-groups and out-groups, amigo and enimigo (friend and enemy.) Schismogenesis means … Continue reading We Won’t Be One: Schismogenesis and Human Nature
Ernest Hemingway once said, “Courage is grace under pressure.” Perhaps with this statement, he knew that courage covers more territory than the battlefield or the bullfighting ring. In this service we explore other kinds of courage, including the courage to say no. How do we make choices, how do we act, when external pressure pushes … Continue reading Grace Under Pressure
Hidden in plain sight. We depart our Mama’s womb with the experience of profound loss. Living a meaningful life we inevitably experience more painful losses. I submit to you that woven into our experience of loss is a tried and true pathway to wholeness. David Roth will be the presenter and Cate Howell will be … Continue reading Pathways to Liberation and Empowerment
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
