Our culture is full of images and narratives about the dangers of cults. What do those narratives reveal about cults? And what do they reveal about ourselves and our values about religion? (Due to the pandemic, we are meeting online rather than in person. Check your email or our private Facebook group for the Zoom … Continue reading What’s in a cult?
Humor plays an integral part in our lives. Brenda Sutton explores the historic, spiritual and literary aspects of The Fool and the importance of a good belly laugh. Have a good joke? Bring it along to share! (Due to the pandemic, we are meeting online rather than in person. Check your email or our private Facebook … Continue reading On Fools and Foolishness
Cuban artist Enrique Martinez Celaya says “Creativity often comes from survival skills, from having to solve problems in inventive ways because you do not have more obvious means at your disposal…creativity is frequently a response to limits.” Psychiatrist Dr. Sue Varna defines creativity as the space between boredom (under-stimulation) and anxiety (over-stimulation). We are almost … Continue reading Creativity as a Survival Skill
Singer-songwriter Ellis Delaney is originally from Texas, but now lives in Minneapolis with her/their family. As a member of the Common Ground Meditation Center and the local Unitarian Universalist Church, musical themes of love, justice, and how to show up in meaningful ways can’t help but be the root of many of her/their songs. The … Continue reading Watering the Roots of Compassion
Regardless of your current comfort or expertise with spirituality or spiritual practices, being human means we all have spiritual potentials and talents. Whether we feel like a spiritual magician or a spiritual muggle may be partly about our frames of reference. Join us as we explore one person’s odyssey from spiritual muggle to wizard and … Continue reading There are no Spiritual Muggles
… Exploring UU Values through Children’s Interests. Many parents and caregivers are drawn to Unitarian Universalist congregations as they seek a community to help raise their children to become kind, caring, and strong adults ready to support social justice and embark on their own search for truth. As a faith that embraces and inspires many … Continue reading An Unlikely Village
Join us as we consider some of our cultural adages about money and the values they convey. Which of those sayings and values might be useful for UUs? Which are unhelpful and in need of modification to better align with UU values? (Due to the pandemic, we are meeting online rather than in person. Check … Continue reading The Value(s) of Money
… What Should We Know? LaToshia will discuss the origins of the BLM organization and the BLM movement and distinguish between the two. She will share personal insights regarding the state of the country and what this movement means to her, including longstanding misconceptions and false assumptions surrounding the movement and intentional disinformation, allyship, and … Continue reading Black Lives Matter
Our culture’s concept of love emphasizes romantic love. The ancient Greeks had six words for different forms of love. How might an understanding of their diverse forms of emotional attachment impact the way we live? (Due to the pandemic, we are meeting online rather than in person. Check your email or our private Facebook group … Continue reading Six Words for Love
In this new year of 2021 we have learned, once again, that simply leaving the old year behind is not a vaccine against challenge and fear. Finding our sources of stability as we deal with the complexity of change is an ongoing “Sankofa moment.” Join singer, songwriter and educator Reggie Harris in story and song as he engages the topic of … Continue reading Finding Our Way to Solid Ground
