We offer blessings to one another here in this community quite often. We confer blessings on our youngest ones during child dedication ceremonies and then when they come of age. Couples are blessed during wedding ceremonies, and during memorials, we pause to bless this one now gone from us. John O’Donohue wrote, “The beauty of … Continue reading To Bless & Be Blessed in Return
Often we appreciate blessings more if we consider what life would be like if “that” had never happened. For example, “what if my parents had never met?”. Pondering such “counter blessings” reminds us how we have become who we are and may help us focus more on the blessings in our lives. See the UUConnect for the … Continue reading Counter Blessings
In lieu of service this Sunday, join us for a chili cook-off! Whether you’ve got a favorite recipe to enter or want to volunteer as a taster, we want you there. Consider yourself more of a baker than a cook? No problem. We’d love to have a few dessert options, too. Contact Natalie if you’d … Continue reading 5th Sunday Pot Luck Chili Cook-off
You are invited to bring a flower or two to exchange during our annual ritual of beauty and fellowship. Like always, this service will be accessible via Zoom and in person. Thankfully, this will be the first time since 2019 that we have the option to exchange physical flowers. Please join us however you choose … Continue reading Flower Communion Sunday
An exploration of how we can create rituals for ourselves that help us connect with the beauty that is at once within and beyond our own bodies. Nathan will share some thoughts about his personal ritual practices and invite individuals to think about their own ideas and beliefs around what it means for something to … Continue reading Nurturing Ourselves Through Ritual: Thoughts About Fat Bear Week
“We live between the act of awakening and the act of surrender.” – John O’Donohue. This Irish poet, priest, and philosopher helps us rediscover the true source of compassion, serenity, and hope through his writing Beauty: The Invisible Embrace. See the UUConnect for the service logon information or click on May 8 in the calendar. RE Focus: Celebrating … Continue reading The Invisible Embrace
A visual reflection on capturing moments of beauty “hidden in plain sight” and therein encouraging us all to actively cultivate beauty all around us. Fr. James Neilson, O. Praem. is a Norbertine priest of St. Norbert Abbey in De Pere, WI. Fr. Neilson has studied art at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, … Continue reading The Art of Nurturing Beauty
We all learn from each other. This Sunday you can find out more about Open Circle’s efforts in promoting and implementing solar energy in the community. Tom Schuppe, a long time member of Open Circle and Vice President on the Board, will present the history of the OC solar panel project and the benefits derived … Continue reading Wakening To The Possibilities Of A More Sustainable Healthy Environment And How That’s Even Attainable
The Passover story reminds us of a people wandering in the wilderness for 40 years before they awakened in their “Land of milk and honey”. What does this story tell us of times of uncertainty? RE FOCUS:Waking Up to the Pain and Suffering of Others. We explore this theme in connection to Passover and highlight … Continue reading Wandering in the Wilderness
Awakening Our Imaginations with, First Unitarian Society of Madison Humans have a unique capacity to envision that which is not, to use imagination to move from the realm of the known to the realm of the possible. Imagination can truly be transformative and revolutionary, especially when we recognize its power to help us empathize with … Continue reading Awakening Our Imaginations
