We all have times when we need to still our “monkey minds” and connect to the deeper, quieter dimensions of life. In this special service, we will forgo the sermon to experience an hour of comforting music, soulful poetry, inspiring stories and silence. Pianist: Pat Rodgers Special Music: Dana Weir, flute
Silence is a spiritual practice and an ethical requirement, but only when balanced by outward expression. We go within (in meditation, contemplation, prayer) in order to come out, to bring to full volume, full love, full integrity and the full power of our convictions.
How do we summon the love required to build Dr. King’s vision of a Beloved Community living in the Promised Land. What is “intersectionality” and how will it help us get there?
Choir conductor Marj Iuro speaks about her time at QUUF. Click here to listen to the reading and sermon. Click here to read the sermon.
If there were a bright star shining in the East right now, where might it be directing us? What kind journey would it be calling us to begin?
We humans are complex beings, with two decidedly different instincts: to compete against and to collaborate with one another. On this 159th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, QUUF member and Evolutionary Biologist Stan Cummings joins Kate Lore for an exploration of human evolution.
The soul is a messy thing for Unitarian Universalists. We are burdened by whatever childhood definitions or images of soul we have had imposed upon us or picked up by osmosis. But what if the soul was not a thing but a quality or dimension of experiencing life and ourselves?
Music: QUUF choir conducted by Marj Iuro and accompanied by Ikue Goldstein
The causes of human suffering, as explained in Buddhist terms, are greed, anger and ignorance. These negative traits are called the Three Poisons, because they are dangerous toxins in our lives. How do we transform these toxins into sources of enlightenment?
How do we nurture insight, wisdom, resilience and joy in challenging times?
Quote: There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about. – Margaret J. Wheatley Economist Charles Eisenstein describes our society’s current narrative as “The Story of Separation”. This is a story that increasingly defines us as separate souls in a universe of “other”. In a world of otherness, how … Continue reading What Holds Us Together?
