Lever, Wheel and Axle, Pulley, Inclined Plane, Wedge, Screw. These are the six simple machines. In their most basic sense they can be used to multiply or change the direction of a mechanical force. How can we use them metaphorically to multiply or change the direction of our lives?
Recent events have led to the removal of Confederate statues. Statues of some of our founding fathers have also been vandalized and pulled down. Defenders say, “They were people of their time.”
Yom Kippur begins this evening. How would these founding fathers seek atonement? How would we?
NEW MEMBER SUNDAY
Next week will be New Member Sunday. How can we display “radical welcome” to our newest members? And just what is “radical welcome” anyway?
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Please join us in our annual Blessing of the Animals service.
Please bring your furried, feathered, crawling (and hopefully controlled) friends with you for an experience that is always wild and fanciful.
This will be an online Zoom meeting.
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Augustine of Hippo was perhaps the most influential (and controversial) of the Roman Catholic Church Fathers yet his influence went far beyond Christian theology. His stamp on Western philosophy and Western Civilization is still being felt today. How do we make sense of him today?
Why are we here? What is the meaning of life? What if there is no “reason” for us being here? What if there is no higher “meaning?” What if this is truly all absurd? Can life still be loved?
We strive to create Beloved Community, as we should; yet, could it have been something that we (i.e. humanity) already possessed yet somehow lost?
Can we get back there?
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Join us as we celebrate our annual ingathering with our traditional water communion service with a virtual spin. Have your sacred waters gathered from the summer on hand.
This election is one of the most important in modern times. A lot is at stake and UUs are compelled to be active participants in this democratic process. How can we be involved given our physical restrictions?
Join Nicole Pressley—national organizer of the campaign UU the Vote— and leave with concise and specific actions we can each take from the comfort of our couches.
In just a few short months, our world has forever changed. We have become intimately aware that the causes of despair, anxiety, and suffering are often beyond our control. What are we to do? What can we do when faced with such circumstances?
