The Essence of Everything
Might there be a common essence to everything? Might there be a common denominator? Is it energy? Matter? Dark Matter? Suffering? Fear? Love?
Speaker: Dave Dunn
The Mystery of the Family
What are families all about? What constitutes a family? What is a “nuclear” family? Does “family” mean different things to different people, different cultures? How does our perspective on what a family is inform our judgments?
This service will be held in-person at UUMAN.
It is also available via our YouTube channel as a livestream service.
Love and Cheese
Is love complicated? Is it simple? Is it “all you need?” Is there a potion? A recipe? Can it be learned in a book?
And just “what does love got to do with it?”
Service audio (link to podcast mp3, or use media player below)
https://www.old.uuman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-02-13LoveAndCheeseDDunn.mp3
UUMAN Matters
Does UUMAN matter? Does UUMAN create ripples in the pond of your life? Ripples in the pond of our community? In the world? Is this anything one can measure?
Service audio (link to podcast mp3, or use media player below)
https://www.old.uuman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-02-06UUMANMattersDDunnRBlasch.mp3
Is This Yours?
We’ve all likely experienced people who “push our buttons.”
Just what are our buttons anyway? Why do we have them? What do they tell us about ourselves?
Service audio (link to podcast mp3 file, or use media player below)
https://www.old.uuman.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2022-02-30IsThisYoursDDunn.mp3
Orthodox Christmas
Orthodox Christmas is celebrated on January 7. Just what is Orthodox Christianity? How did it come to be? And how is it different from other forms of Christianity?
Service Audio (link to mp3, or use media player below)
https://www.old.uuman.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2022-01-09OrthodoxChristmasDDunn.mp3
But I Didn’t Get What I Wanted!
The holidays can be full of hope and good cheer. They can also be full of stress and disappointment. Not getting what they wanted for Christmas might be a child’s first introduction to such disappointment. Throughout life, how do we deal with not getting what we want?
Candlelight Christmas Eve Service (7PM)
Let us share the warmth of this holiday season in joyful celebration. May the glow of our candles symbolize the hope that will sustain us through the dark times of winter and throughout the coming year.
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Just What is the Story of Christmas Anyway?
The New Testament has differing stories of the birth of Jesus. What’s the story? And why? More importantly, what are the stories supposed to mean and signify? Can we live with, and appreciate, the mystery?
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The Seventh Principle (Last Day of Chalica)
Today (and tonight) is the final day of our UU Chalica holiday. On each evening of this seven-day holiday, we focus on one of our seven principles.
Today we focus on our 7th UU Principle: Respect for the Interdependent Web All of Existence of Which We are a Part.