In Taoism, the concept of wu-wei can be translated as ‘effortless action’ or ‘doing nothing.’ But it is not really about doing nothing – it is about allowing what is needed to arise naturally, without clever manipulation or meddling. See also: Winnie the Pooh. We hope to see you in person! Our COVID policy has been suspended … Continue reading Poohsticks Is the Way
Join us for our beloved end of the year service in which we welcome New Members, Bridge our youth, and celebrate the births, marriages, and deaths from within our congregation that have happened over this past year. Our Annual Meeting follows this service, after which we host our Annual Picnic! We hope to see you … Continue reading Passages
We will have a Child Dedication ceremony, distribute the 3 Sisters seeds, and we’ll have our annual Flower Ceremony. Please plan to bring a flower to share. We will spend some precious time together in communion with the flowers and the messages we can find among the blossoms. We hope to see you in person! … Continue reading The Colors of Communion
“Cancel Culture” continues to be a problem. It is the urge to remove, silence, or ‘shut down’ a person, a group of people, or an idea that is deemed harmful or dangerous. It is a desire for consequences in response to a perceived menace. But what is the spiritual value in ‘canceling’? We hope to … Continue reading Whom Would Jesus Cancel?
What is the source of the creative energy we are sometimes able to tap into? Some people say we make our own magic or that all of life is brimming with the miraculous. What does that really mean? And how can we have more of it? We hope to see you in person! Our COVID … Continue reading Magic, Miracle, or Just Me
The truth is that a pro-life stance would protect our earth and our water. A real pro-life stance would fight against poverty and champion healthcare for all. That other crowd is really just pro-birth, which is too small and stingy to truly serve life. We hope to see you in person! Our COVID policy has … Continue reading Real Pro-Life Is Pro-Earth
All are welcome to join in our annual communion service. Gathering in our chapel, we use elements of the traditional Christian communion ritual with a Unitarian Universalist twist. Our historic UUCB communion silver will be used. We hope to see you in person! Our COVID policy has been suspended and masking is now optional. Online … Continue reading Maundy Thursday
The world around us grows more divisive and draining. We find ourselves as ‘consumer’ even as we feel ourselves as one of the things being consumed! We are longing for a dimension of depth in our living. We hope to see you in person! Our COVID policy has been suspended and masking is now optional. … Continue reading Deeper into the Well
Not all anxiety is bad or unhealthy – often, but not always. Systems thinking has given us the phrase ‘non-anxious presence’ as personal goal when dealing with conflict. But a good level of anxiety is healthy for a system and an individual to aid in healthy functioning. We hope to see you in person! Our … Continue reading Faithful Anxiety
Hope, Tolerance, Peace, Self-Respect and even Love. At times we are fed a message that these important, guiding values of our liberal faith are dangerous and bad for society. And some of the arguments make a lot of sense! It makes me think there is a cruel game afoot in which we grow complicit in … Continue reading The Distortion of Our Best Values
