We must look to the rhythms of the natural world to guide and inform our living, especially in these times. Janet Shortall, an ordained UU minister and member of First Unitarian Society of Ithaca, works as an Associate Dean of Students at Cornell University where she leads the university crisis management team. https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Meeting ID: 979 89696520Passcode: 183183One … Continue reading May The Forest Be With You
Have you ever played the ‘telephone’ game in which a message gets passed along the line and jumbled up until it is unrecognizable? Or do you spend extra energy on listening to help you understand and have clarity? We will have First Sunday workshops following our service! https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Meeting ID: 979 8969 6520 Passcode: 183183 Phone: … Continue reading Of Ears and Errors
I miss singing hymns with the congregation. Some of my favorite hymns are also prayers which strikes me as an interesting situation for a faith tradition that is a little ambivalent about prayer. Sermon text and video:https://douglastaylor.org/2020/09/28/prayer-song/ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5749237292 Order of Service: uubinghamton.org/order-of-service/ Douglas Taylor is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Topic: Douglas Taylor’s Personal Meeting RoomJoin … Continue reading Prayer Song – different zoom room
Some people say forgiveness is the best thing in all situations. But is it? Aren’t there times when it is not the right choice, or something else needs to happen first, or it’s not our forgiveness to give? Sermon text and video: https://douglastaylor.org/2020/09/20/unforgiven/ https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Dial by your location +1 929 205 6099 US … Continue reading Unforgiven
Join us for an online version of our traditional ingathering service. The worship team is creating something special since we can’t be in-person yet. There will be music and stories, a twist on the usual water ceremony, and some thought-provoking reflections as well. Order of Service https://uubinghamton.org/order-of-service/ https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Dial by your location +1 … Continue reading Ingathering
What are you carrying around that you need to let go of and how does that affect your mental health? Bring your backpacks, purses, even cellphones to be blessed at our annual blessing of the backpacks! Order of Service: https://uubinghamton.org/order-of-service/ https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Dial by your location +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)Meeting ID: … Continue reading Letting Go of Heavy Baggage
The conversation about racism has shifted among UUs into a conversation about White Supremacy Culture. Why? What does it mean? And what’s new about this way of approaching racism?https://douglastaylor.org/2020/08/31/racism-re-branded/ https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Dial by your location +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)Meeting ID: 979 8969 6520Passcode: 183183 UUCB Zoom Social Hour Each week in … Continue reading Racism Re-Branded
Online Worship started as a response to a crisis and has become a new normal. We’ve jumped started changes that ought to have taken us years to accept. What will the lasting impact be for us about how we ‘do church’ as a UU movement after this?https://douglastaylor.org/2020/08/31/worship-wave-of-the-future/ Order of Service here: https://uubinghamton.org/order-of-service/ https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Dial by your … Continue reading The Worship Wave of the Future
This Sunday, Douglas will offer a sermon from the ‘oldies but goodies’ file. This sermon is an exploration of Wendell Berry’s poem “The Peace of Wild Things.” It was originally delivered back in 2013.https://douglastaylor.org/2020/08/16/the-heron-and-the-despair-2/ https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Dial by your location +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)Meeting ID: 979 8969 6520Passcode: 183183 UUCB Zoom … Continue reading The Heron and the Despair
No matter what’s going on in the larger world, there is always the garden: a timeless, endless place for living, growing, learning, and finding yourself. What lessons do gardens have to teach us? https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Dial by your location +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)Meeting ID: 979 8969 6520Passcode: 183183 UUCB Zoom Social … Continue reading What I Learned from My Garden
