Lots of folk try to tell us who we are or who we should be. Figuring out our authentic self and how to live out of that self-understanding can be a challenge and it is a vital part of the journey we are all on. We will have a special Ceremony of Gratitude for all … Continue reading The Authentic Self
The national mid-term elections are nigh! Our country is in turmoil and politicians are running amok! On Tuesday night, we’ll all be glued to our devices, eager, excited and worried about the results. It’s a bit like skydiving. We all jump together, but the location and nature of the landing is uncertain. Then we dust ourselves off and … Continue reading 1, 2, 3 … Jump!
Some dangers are manufactured and others are very real. Is there a way to make positive use of our fears to enrich our lives? Or at least make them easier to live with? For this multigenerational service, everyone is invited to wear a costume in the spirit of the Halloween season (but not too scary, … Continue reading Embracing Our Fears
(Recorded in Panama City) Even as we promote a free and responsible search for truth and meaning (our 4th Principle) we may also succumb to the temptation to make idols out of our beliefs, practices and objects. What is so sacred that it cannot be changed? What is so guarded that it cannot be discussed? … Continue reading Bibles, Religions and Other Idols
The good the bad and the ugly of voting in 2022. What has changed – or not. An election is soon and there has been Florida legislation that makes it more “secure” and less “fraud.” As close to a non-political twenty minutes as is possible. Read the Transcript 2nd Hour Groups: Porch Swing, Your Response … Continue reading Voting and Godliness
Most of the great religious traditions teach something about loving folk who behave like enemies. Such love doesn’t come naturally to most of us. Is such teaching worth considering in modern times? 2nd Hour Groups: Buddhistarians led by Bill Campbell – Library Choir Rehearsal – Harmony Room Porch Swing, Your Response, Please! – led by … Continue reading But I Don’t Want to Love My Enemy
What does “Free Faith” mean? Can UUs believe anything they want? Where does the 4th Principle about a “Free and responsible search” come in?
Carita Smith, Community Outreach Coordinator for the Okaloosa and Walton County Guardian Ad Litem program will speak about how the program is central to fulfilling society’s fundamental obligation to protecting a child’s right to be safe, to be treated with dignity and respect, and to learn and grow in the security of a loving family. … Continue reading Carita Smith
We are living at a time of great discovery about human sexuality. LGBTQIA+ can seem intimidating and all those pronouns breaking the rules we learned in school! Old slurs are now new identifiers, and either/or has turned into both/and/all and why not? We don’t have to understand it all! We just have to accept it … Continue reading Welcome at a Whole New Level
For some, home is a safe place of loving relationships. Sadly for others, it is not. Our Fellowship is a kind of home we have made together, and every time new folk come in they help re-make our faith home. Today we officially return from our summer wanderings and make ourselves at home again! Annual … Continue reading A Home We’ve Created
