The image of the Rugged Individualist has a strong pull in our national psyche. It is a story of personal liberty and independence through self-reliance and resourcefulness. Unfortunately, it does not serve our goal of a just and thriving society. Let us consider wisdom of a different source on how to be a community. We … Continue reading I Am Because We Are
Join us in-person or online for our annual “Ingathering Sunday” worship service Sunday. Through story, song, and reflections, we will celebrate the regathering of our community. Plan to bring some water with you from a place that has been spiritually nourishing to you recently. We hope to see you in person! Masks required. Here is … Continue reading Ingathering Sunday
This is an old sermon I wanted to record. I figured you might want to hear it again too. Our UU tradition says God is Love and we should be loving as well. But do we really have to love everyone? There are some problematic people out there in the real world (and in our … Continue reading Do I Have to Love Everyone?
The Buddhists say, “All is dukkha,” a word that literally means suffering. Join us as we explore this Buddhist concept and how we can acknowledge it as part of our own complicated and joyful journeys. For this service, we visit May Memorial UU Society, Syracuse Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94188516719?pwd=OW9xbWFOOENBZ2RQaXdRMTd6UFQ2UT09Dial by your location +1 929 205 6099 US … Continue reading All Is Dukkha
In recent years, I have come to see the concept of ‘Consent’ as a Rosetta Stone of ethics. Primarily (but not exclusively) in questions of sexual intimacy, consent allows everyone clarity, dignity, and agency. https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Meeting ID: 979 8969 6520 Passcode: 183183Phone: +1 929 205 6099 Order of Service: uubinghamton.org/order-of-service/ UUCB Zoom Social Hour We also host … Continue reading Covenant and Consent
https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Meeting ID: 979 8969 6520 Passcode: 183183Phone: +1 929 205 6099 Order of Service: uubinghamton.org/order-of-service/ UUCB Zoom Social Hour We also host a Zoom Social Hour at 11:45 after our service. In that session we will take a minute for any special announcements before doing our usual break-out rooms. Same Zoom information as for the service.
We all deal with a lot of “compost” in our lives, and how we choose to respond is just as important – if not more important – than what actually happens to us. We can either spend our lives being miserable, playing the victim, blaming ourselves, blaming others, or complaining about the unfairness of … Continue reading Compost Happens
https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Meeting ID: 979 8969 6520 Passcode: 183183Phone: +1 929 205 6099 Order of Service: uubinghamton.org/order-of-service/ UUCB Zoom Social Hour We also host a Zoom Social Hour at 11:45 after our service. In that session we will take a minute for any special announcements before doing our usual break-out rooms. Same Zoom information as for the service.
Note the early (10am) start time. See details, below. The word “inspire” has many connotations. It can mean to breathe in or to breathe life into. It can mean to excite or inflame, to put life into the human body; to impart reason to the human soul. How do we inspire? How are we inspired? … Continue reading Learning to Breathe
The opening creation poem of Genesis is filled with binaries. Gender is one of them. “Let Us create them…” God says. That might be the ‘royal-we’, a holy committee, or a Non-Binary Deity. https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Meeting ID: 979 8969 6520 Passcode: 183183Phone: +1 929 205 6099 Order of Service: uubinghamton.org/order-of-service/ UUCB Zoom Social Hour We also host a Zoom … Continue reading In Our Image We Create Them
