When we clutch to old hurts, it’s easy to let anger and resentment narrate our life story. Choosing to let go of parts of our stories that no longer serve us can be healing. Choosing to forgive can be healing. What might happen if we decide to choose another outcome for our story? See the UUConnect for … Continue reading Letting Go
The re-election of Donald Trump on an anti-immigrant, anti-“woke” platform has a lot of Americans asking who we are as a nation. Jon Shelton, professor of democracy and justice studies, argues that while many working class Americans are angry right now, nothing has fundamentally changed about the nature of democracy. The real story of American … Continue reading The Story of American Democracy
Let’s revisit the stories which have centered our faith in love. See the UUConnect for the service logon information or click on January 5 in the calendar.
Join us at GBAUUF for our Fifth Sunday potluck and a presentation from NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Health. The darkest part of the year can be extra difficult for people facing mental health hurdles. Come and learn more about how the Brown County chapter of NAMI helps people in our community navigate these … Continue reading 5th Sunday Presentation + Potluck
Bring a bell to our annual service of “Carols, Candles, and Cookies” where we rekindle a spiritual presence of hope through Earth and Christian based rituals. See the UUConnect for the service logon information or click on December 22 in the calendar.
This Sunday’s reflection on the “practice of presence” will focus on three questions. What are the dynamics that are at work in being “genuinely present”? What are pressing challenges and opportunities for developing meaningful and transformative practices of presence in today’s fast paced, hyper stimulated world? Why are practices of presence essential to creating a … Continue reading Reflecting on Presence
How do we practice the gift of presence in our everyday lives? How do we get beyond what divides us and embrace what unites us? How do we see ourselves as gift? How do we see the other as gift? Guided by the spirit of Thomas Merton, we’ll try to figure it out! See the UUConnect for … Continue reading We Are All Just Walking Each Other Home
Isn’t this month’s theme “The Practice of Presence” the key to understanding the label “spiritual but not religious”? Formal traditional religious practices are designed to be portals to the spiritual, but we tend to see it the other way around. Being truly present to the spiritual is our religious journey. See the UUConnect for the service logon … Continue reading Presence: Being Spiritual and Perhaps Not Religious
It’s an understatement to say that Generation Z is coming of age during a period of unprecedented change. This Sunday our teens take over the service and give us their thoughts on what this means to them. See the UUConnect for the service logon information or click on November 24 in the calendar.
The “4Rs” of First Nations Education, as taught by the late Rosemary Christensen (Mole Lake Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe)—relationship, respect, reciprocity, and responsibility—provide possible guidelines for reflecting on and repairing some of the many harms caused by the colonization of Turtle Island (North America) by Europeans. Join us, with historian David Voelker, to learn, … Continue reading Facing the Wounds of Colonization
