Watch this morning assembly here In this time of significant danger and real possibility, a moral fusion movement is necessary to revive and advance our most precious Constitutional and moral values. Join us to learn more about the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival’s efforts and the digital Mass Meeting Assembly on … Continue reading I Can’t Breathe!
Watch this video HERE The United Church of Christ called their “Welcoming Congregation” process “Open & Affirming” congregations. The Douglas, MI United Church of Christ has been an open and affirming congregation for thirty years. On Sunday we will watch their minister’s inspiring message in celebration of Gay Pride month. Reverend Salvatore Sapienza is the pastor of … Continue reading Thirty-years of being an Open & Affirming Church
Join us at 11:15 am on our YouTube channel (redriveruu) all one word WATCH NOW HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiVA9cGMXrU THE MORNING PROGRAM is below We live in perilous times. Between now and November We, The People, will become even more fractures and distrustful of one another. Two leading scholars of democracy, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt explain … Continue reading “The Erosion of Forbearance and Mutual Toleration”
Join us at 11:15 am on our YouTube channel (redriveruu) all one word THE MORNING PROGRAM IS BELOW Sometimes thinking in terms of moral absolutes overlooks the complex and often conflicting choices, values, obligations, and principles that we face in the process of moral decision making. What are some effective ways to determine the most … Continue reading “Contextual Ethics: What is the fitting to do?”
Join us at 11:15 am on our YouTube channel ‘redriveruu’ (all one word) All congregations are gathering on line. This Sunday our morning assembly is a video from one congregation who has developed an unusual, yet meaningful way to be together while sheltering in place. Of their gathering, their minister writes: Gather with us on … Continue reading “Comfort Me: Finding Comfort in A Time of Pandemic”
Join us @ 11:15 am on our YouTube channel – RedRiverUU (all one word) There is an indigenous teaching that states, “There won’t be peace on earth until the voices of the grandmothers are heard.” On this Mother’s Day weekend, we will turn toward the grandmothers – those who affected social change by their words … Continue reading “The Wisdom of Grandmothers”
Join us at 11:15 am on our YouTube channel ‘redriveruu’ (all one word) Scientific expert on gratitude, Robert Emmon’s research demonstrates that practicing gratitude has significant physical and mental health benefits. People who practice gratitude have fewer health complaints, more energy and determination, greater satisfaction with life, and more optimism and resilience. He knows this as a scientific … Continue reading “Living With Gratitude”
Streaming @ 11:15 am on our YouTube channel The Morning Program In June 1982 I underwent a right frontal-temporal craniotomy for a congenital aneurysm just off the right internal carotid artery. The aneurysm ruptured just after the neurosurgeon had it sighted. Although I survived the event and although I could walk, talk and function in … Continue reading A Stranger to Myself: Living with An Invisible Disability. Streaming @ 11:15 am on our YouTube channel
Streaming @ 11:15 am on our YouTube channel How can communities find ways to be closer in spirit in the midst of our physical distance? What can we learn from communities throughout history and around the world that have found ways to stay in relationship and find resilience in times of extreme challenge and difficulty? … Continue reading “Creative, Intentional, and Resilient Community” – Streaming on our YouTube Channel
“A Flower Communion and Jesus, too.” Available now on YouTube Today is the day we honor two elements of our Unitarian heritage–Flower Communion and Easter. Originally created by Czech Unitarian minister Norbert Capek, Flower Communion celebrates both nature and community. Recalling that Unitarians were originally Christian, we also look at Jesus this Easter Sunday … Continue reading “A Flower Communion and Jesus, too.”
