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.”
YOU MAY WATCH THIS MORNING ASSEMBLY HERE Conservative columnist David Brooks’ non-political book The Second-Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life is a thoughtful exploration of what it means to live a meaningful life. Why do some people seem to radiate joy, know why they were put on earth, and follow a different path than … Continue reading “Mountain-climbing for UUs”
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
