This is an anxious time in our country and in the world. Our guest in the pulpit, Rev. Florence Caplow, will offer some simple spiritual practices, drawing from both her Unitarian Universalist and Buddhist understandings, that can be supportive in these times. Rev. Caplow was an intern at QUUF in 2014-15, and one of our … Continue reading Spiritual Practices for Anxious Times
How the practice of savoring simple pleasures and joys can help us even through difficult times. Rev Florence Caplow served QUUF from 2014-2016 as Intern Minister and Assistant Minister. She also served congregations in Colorado and Illinois. Click here to view the service.
In this time of turmoil and challenge, compassion for oneself and others is needed more than ever. But it’s easy to confuse compassion and its near-cousin, pity, or for compassion to become debilitating, if we are overwhelmed by the suffering of others. What are some Buddhist teachings that can help us connect with the power … Continue reading The Power of Compassion
This is Rev. Caplow’s last sermon as one of our ministers. The title is taken from The Four Quartets, T.S. Eliot’s book-length poem (a favorite of hers). In this service she attempts to express the depth of her appreciation for QUUF and her time here, and she shares her hopes and blessings for our future. Her last day with us is June 30.
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For the final service of the programmatic year, Revs. Florence Caplow and Bruce Bode read submitted your questions and give brief responses. Questions may be theological, philosophical, practical, personal, organizationally-related, or whatever.
On this Memorial Day, we honor those we have lost over the years from our QUUF community, and remember how very close loss and love are to one another. “Grief and gratitude are kindred souls, each pointing to the beauty of what is transient.”
This service explores and celebrates women’s wisdom, particularly the lively, surprising, and wise teaching stories of Buddhist women, collected in Rev. Caplow’s book, The Hidden Lamp: Stories From Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women.
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Every Earth Day our Green Sanctuary Environmental Action Committee honors a local Eco-Hero or Eco-Heroes. This year the committee honors all those from our area who traveled to Standing Rock as Water Protectors. Earth Day is a good day to consider what we will do to protect the waters and lands of our beautiful Earth. Come give a standing ovation to the Water Protectors and learn how the inspiration of Standing Rock matters for our future.
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Our Easter Sunday service begins with a “Flower Communion” ceremony, for which you are invited/encouraged to bring a flower. Rev. Bode speaks on “Resurrection” and Rev. Caplow speaks on “Consolation of Spring”. Click here to listen to the two sermons. Click here to read the two sermons.
This service, held in the middle of the day in our sanctuary, adapts and universalizes the Good Friday tradition. In a culture that forever wants to be up, this service provides the rare opportunity to drop down. Both Rev. Bode and Rev. Caplow give reflectionson the Good Friday theme. Click here to listen to the … Continue reading A Good Friday Service
