There is listening and then there is deep listening. How do we listen beneath the surface? What does deep listening look like in our personal lives? What does deep listening look like in our increasingly polarized society? Join us as we explore deep listening … read more.
A Multigenerational Water Communion
The most influential Unitarian of the 19th century counseled the development of the principles and powers of the soul. More recently the 21st century animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, follows its main character Aang as he learns to manipulate the elements … read more.
13th-century Sufi Muslim mystic Rumi is one of the U.S. and the world’s most popular poets. Ross Gay’s poetry collection Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2015 and his many essay collections have been best sellers. Separated by centuries … read more.
In the 19th century a method of ethical study known as Musar emerged among Lithuanian Jews. In the 21st century author Priya Parker has put forth new ideas about hosting and hospitality in her book The Art of Gathering. Informed by traditions new and old, … read more.
There is a human need to simplify life’s complexities. Religion, political movements, and even fandom can fulfill this human need. Join us as together we explore what story captures our deepest commitments in life affirming ways that inspire us and others to serve the common … read more.
As described in a recent documentary and outlined in multiple books, for the past fifty years Christian Nationalists have been engaged in a well-organized, coordinated effort to overthrow American democracy and replace it with a theocracy. Join us as we explore the history of this … read more.
A Multigenerational Berry Communion
In celebration of summer we’re having a Berry Communion! Here in Virginia, beginning in May, strawberries are the first fruits of the berry season, followed by cherries (ok, ok, I know cherries aren’t actually berries, but …) in June, then raspberries in … read more.
This service will explore the question: Does God Have a Gender? (theme purchased in the 2022 Auction by Judy Robison & Suzy Porth). And the service will also explore how to approach difficult conversations– you know the ones, when you strongly disagree with someone and … read more.
The Danish idea of hygge is, in some ways, a cold weather thing. There is nothing more hygge than cozying up by the fireplace with some hot cocoa while a snowstorm rages outside. But what does hygge look like in summer? Maybe hygge in summer is lemonade on the porch swing as fireflies … read more.
For this church year’s Water Communion, we learned from Douglas Wood’s story Old Turtle. This Sunday, for this year’s Flower Communion, we’ll learn from its sequel, Old Turtle and the Broken Truth. This year we’ve studied the proposed new UU Values – Generosity, Justice, Equity, … read more.
The proposed UU Value of Pluralism begins: We celebrate that we are all sacred beings, diverse in culture, experience, and theology. The beginning of that phrase is striking to me. We are all sacred beings. What does it mean to relate to each other as sacred … read more.
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May Theme: Pluralism
