Lebanese poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran wrote “When you work with love, you bind yourself to yourself, and to one another, and to God.” On this Labor Day weekend, we will take time to reflect on how much of our personal identities are defined by the work we do and how our spirituality is informed and … Continue reading It’s a Living
Much of Western religious tradition has been focused on a personal relationship with the Holy while much of Eastern faith is centered on the larger collective nature of reality. What happens when Ralph Waldo Emerson’s individual search for meaning collides with Buddha’s teaching of “no-self”? Rev. Bruce will reflect on the “ME” and the “WE” … Continue reading Emerson vs. Zen
You hear a lot of talk these days about the importance of authenticity and being honest with ourselves and others. It is vital that we not feel pressured to hide our true feelings or forced to pretend to be someone we are not. Yet, when life turns rough and things look dim, perhaps one way … Continue reading Fake It ‘Til You Make It
Dr. McCraney will speak to us about her belief in God’s amazing grace and God’s willingness to accept us just as we are. God does not wait for us to get it all together before God loves us or uses us, but takes us “as is” – broken, burdened, bruised – and gives us purpose. … Continue reading As Is
So much feels broken in our world right now. Join Linette Lowe to explore together what our faith tradition, our own experience, and the arts can bring when we feel broken. Please bring a smallish broken piece or item with you, something that might symbolize for you what you are experiencing as broken. As the hymn says, … Continue reading A Unitarian Universalist’s Theology of Brokenness
