“Right now the whole world seems to be going through a dark night of the soul.” – Flannery O’Connor
Trauma Makes Weapons of Us All: an interview with adrienne maree brown
Come together to heal
Inspiration
UU thoughts, sermons, music
November the Month of Healing
Our theme this November is Healing. We will be concentrating on healing through grace and surrender.
There are multiple spiritual practices that help us heal, but we will be focusing on the following
The practice of turning our pain into connection.
The practice of letting go of the life you wished for.
The practice of forgiving yourself for being imperfect.
The practice of moving beyond apology to repair.
Sunday service update
If you missed this Sunday’s service, we missed you. The full service has been updated here:
The Courage to Be Disliked by Lisa deGruyter 20 September 2020
The VUU is Back
Aisha Hauser, Christina Rivera, Rev. Michael Tino, Quiana Perkins, Dawn Fortune, and Julica Hermann DelaFuente host this live Unitarian Universalist talk show discussing today’s topics from an anti-racist, anti-oppressive, and multicultural perspective. The VUU streams live on YouTube every Thursday at 12 pm ET. It is sponsored by the Church of the Larger Fellowship. Here is there most recent episode.
BLUU HAVENS
BLUUBerry Jam & Youth Open House
Got a Minute?
Rev. Meredith Garmon has started a series of UU Minute videos on UU history and ideas. The first one is here: UU Minute #1: Heirs of Alternative Voices
There is a transcript, if you’d rather read, but the videos are worth taking a minute for.
The Foundations of Our Democracy Are Under Attack
We must mobilize now to defend our democratic rights and ideals in the upcoming election – and beyond.
UU Lent 2020 – Day 46 – Rejoice
We don’t live into our redemption very much, or get to win the fight over death. Jesus’ resurrection is a symbol and a promise that we are redeemed and that death’s dominion is not the final word. On Easter the Deep Magic breaks through. We proclaim and sing that love’s redeeming work is done — and then get back to that very work. – Sarah C Stewart
All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child. – Marie Curie
I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. – George Bernard Shaw
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The Easter Egg We Need by Anne S. Howard
On laughter and liberation
“Humor obliges us to have an open mind. It obliges us to empathy and forgiveness. If you lose the power to laugh you lose the power to think. Sometimes only humor can break down entrenched positions and rigid ideology… If we can laugh together, we can live together…”
UU Lent 2020 – Day 45 – Anticipation
Anticipation is the electricity of childhood. – Jason Kotecki
I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins, the anticipation of familiar turns it takes, the familiar moments of suspense, and the familiar climax and ending. – Fred Rogers
Long intros are cool because there’s a little bit of anticipation, you know? – Miranda Lambert
Radical Expectations by Robin Tanner
Meditation on Planting by David Snedden
UU Lent 2020 – Day 44 – Gratitude
Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul. – Amy Collette
The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy. – Henri Nouwen
Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone. – Gertrude Stein
We learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean… and we were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect. – Michelle Obama
A Thanksgiving for the Elements by Eric Williams
Blessed Curses, Cursed Blessings by Becky Brooks
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