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“Creative, Intentional, and Resilient Community” – Streaming 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.”

“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.”

The Power of We

Poetry Sunday Our scheduled speaker for this morning, Oklahoma cowboy poet Ron Wallace requested we reschedule him for a later date.  Today’s Poetry Sunday will feature the video from last summer’s General Assembly when Richard Blano delivered the prestigious Ware Lecture.  We are grateful that he accepted the invitation to speak last June and hope … Continue reading The Power of We

The Hartshorne/Brightman Correspondence: A Unitarian Universalist Philosopher and Methodist Philosopher in Dialogue

This talk will explore one of the most significant philosophical correspondences of the 20th Century comprised of a sustained 23 year dialogue (1922-1945) between UU philosopher Charles Hartshorne and Methodist philosopher Edgar S. Brightman. Hartshorne was one of the leading proponents of process philosophy, and Brightman was the most prominent Boston personalist philosopher of his … Continue reading The Hartshorne/Brightman Correspondence: A Unitarian Universalist Philosopher and Methodist Philosopher in Dialogue

Living Our Faith Out Loud

Living Our Faith Out Loud The Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray, preaching (video message) In the midst of these defining and tumultuous times, when so much is on the line, we must ask “How can we live the values of compassion, justice, democracy and interdependence in bold, courageous ways that have the power to make a … Continue reading Living Our Faith Out Loud

Our Building: A Site of Memory

Memory is an essential part of consciousness and places embody our memories.  Old buildings are like memories you can touch.  However, in order to experience this connection, we must first know of its history.  On this last Sunday of Black History Month, we welcome Funeral Director James E. Smith who will speak of his 40 … Continue reading Our Building: A Site of Memory

Neil Postman, Prophet? Technology, Gods, and The End of Education.

Author, educator, media theorist and social critic Neil Postman (1931-2003) argued that television was playing on our appetite for distraction as we amused ourselves to death.  Writing on the cusp of the internet, Postman warned of the dangers posed by the false god of technology for culture, politics, and education.  We’ll consider what he had … Continue reading Neil Postman, Prophet? Technology, Gods, and The End of Education.