The pandemic has wrought change and created uncertainty for institutions, like our Unitarian Universalist congregations, and our wider world. Who and what are we becoming, individually and collectively? Our GA Sunday service explores these themes as we gather in community…
"Every night and every morn, some to misery are born. Every morn and every night, some are born to sweet delight." Familiar lines of poetry from William Blake...Is it true?
What is it that causes me to sometimes hide my delight? What are the accepted ways to show delight? And who taught us those?
It turns out that memory is less a recording of past events as a creation in the present moment based on past events. Each time we access a memory, we are creating it anew.
What is it about music that speaks to us in such a unique and profound manner? What can we learn about ourselves as we learn about our responses to the artistry of composers and musicians?
In shaping our own lives, we look back on those who helped to shape us, especially those who gave of themselves with generosity and compassion.
Creativity, we may think, is about producing a work of art--composing a piece of music; painting a landscape; writing a story. But there's a story being told with every moment and we all participate in its creation.
"Resistance is futile," says the Borg in Star Trek. Taken out of its science fictional context, the phrase sometimes seems disturbingly relevant to our times. But what if we viewed resistance through a different lens?
Living in harmony with each other and the Earth means resisting those forces that deny and degrade our connections. Joining diverse voices in common purpose--listening deeply to one another--we may discover we are singing a whole new song.