Human beings are relational by our very nature. We rely on others to hold up a mirror and help us become aware of obscured spots in how we show up. But some reflections are distorted, like mirrors at a carnival funhouse. How do we distinguish the trustworthy mirrors in our lives and allow them to invite us to a more centered way of being?
Share this post:When we can honestly name our emotional reactions to change and uncertainty, we might more easily find our center in our life-affirming values.
Share this post:How can the very active commitment to affirm and promote something invite us toward a personal creative vision? As a community, our vision for the future might flow naturally from the powerful life-affirming values we hold in common.
Share this post:In this special service introducing January’s theme of Finding Our Center, we engage in a spiritual practice to help us return to our personal center so that we remain nourished as we do the work of nurturing the world around us toward greater wholeness.
Share this post:On Christmas Day, many households around us will have floors littered with wrapping paper. Of all the gifts we might give and receive, though, we each hold something that the … Continue reading An Infinite Unwrapping
Share this post:We celebrate Christmas Eve as a community with a single service this year, continuing the tradition of our Tableaux and holiday music as we consider together why the birth and … Continue reading Love Came Down at Christmas
Share this post:As a national association of congregations, we are exploring what it might mean to revise a portion of our bylaws that defines our shared principles and sources. In other words, … Continue reading Values Beyond Words
Share this post:It feels good to be certain about something. Our brains love certainty. When we’re sure about something, we don’t have to think about it or figure it out. We just … Continue reading Surrendering to Mystery
Share this post:Our congregation is evolving. We are learning new ways of being with one another and with the world around us, but what exactly is changing? If we recognize that we … Continue reading Building a New Way
Share this post:The practice of breaking bread together as a spiritual community is an ancient tradition. It has meant many things to different people throughout time. What does it mean for us, as Unitarian Universalists gathering in physical and virtual spaces in our particular and peculiar time? Are we using an old recipe for the bread we break together? Or are we willing to consider what ingredients will yield the sort of Beloved Community for which we yearn?
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