The words and deeds of prophetic people provide a powerful source of our Living Tradition. Let’s consider some of our many prophets and what they have contributed to our faith and how they have expanded our Unitarian Universalist Living Tradition. Join Zoom Meeting at 9:45 a.m. for some fellowship before the virtual service Click here! … Continue reading Ringing In Our Ears
Unitarian Universalists follow a Living Tradition that is dynamic and still evolving and which adapts, grows, expands. Our Living Tradition is open to new and ongoing revelation from our Six Sources of wisdom and inspiration which we will review this Sunday. Join Zoom Meeting at 9:45 a.m. for some fellowship before the virtual service Click … Continue reading Unitarian Universalists follow a Living Tradition
It’s a new year and it’s time to unclutter, to clear out all that stored up stuff we no longer use or need, and it’s a good time to open up our inner, spiritual closets and let the sun shine into our dark inner spaces. When we empty it all out, we will find plenty … Continue reading Let the Sun Shine!
Life presents us with unexpected conundrums, and we find ourselves suddenly making decisions under pressure without much warning or guidance. How do we decide what the next right decision is? What does “right” mean? We’ll look at moral, faith-based and gut-level determinations for decisions we will inevitably face. Join Zoom Meeting at 9:45 a.m. for … Continue reading The Next Right Thing
Most of us will have our hearts broken sooner or later. It seems to be the cost of love and connection. Heartbreak may be inevitable, but despair is not. As we begin a new year in very precarious times, let us find a way to carry our broken hearts bravely into the future. Members can … Continue reading A New Year for a Broken Heart
From Thanksgiving through New Year’s, we are offered and sometimes overwhelmed by a series of holiday options. As Unitarian Universalists it may seem like a smorgasbord of celebrations, and it is tempting to try them all. What are holidays really about and how can we find spiritual nourishments amid the flurry and frenzy of the … Continue reading Pick Your Holiday
We are entering the season of long, cold nights. Is there a connection between our retreat from the dark and our cultural history of aversion to dark skin? Let’s explore the anti-blackness which permeates our society, how it affects all of us, and what we might do to re-imagine darkness and blackness as beautiful and … Continue reading The Beauty of Darkness
It’s our second holiday season during the pandemic and while some things are better, other things still look grim. How do we avoid the frenetic determination to have the most amazing holiday ever and find and share some genuine seasonal gladness? Members can join the service on Zoom at 9:45 am to chat before the … Continue reading Any Jolly in Your Holly?
Shared sermon with Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bay County: As we consider what it will be like to re-open our fellowship (soon!) let us begin to think about what we want to do the same and what we might do differently. Here is our chance to re-invent ourselves and UUFEC. In the same way that … Continue reading All Together Again
We have no control over the family we are born into, but we can create a family of choice. Most of us will connect with friends in various environments like school, work, and faith community who will become as important to us as any blood family ever has been. What does family of choice mean … Continue reading Family of Choice
