Speaker: Rev. Jim Coakley
Being Present to Hope
Presence: Being Spiritual and Perhaps Not Religious
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 … read more.
The Spiritual Practice of Repair
Keep Your Heart Wide Open
As we approach the most important election of our lifetime, we must cleave to the words of the songwriter Leah Morris: You gotta keep your heart wide open though the waves wanna push you around until your faith brings you back to solid ground.
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Listening For JETPIG
JETPIG is the memorable acronym for our revised Unitarian Universalist values. As the often conflicting rhetoric of the election increases, carefully listen for where our values show up. This is an important way to practice living love centered lives – voting your values and sharing … read more.
Listening Deeply to Our Inner Voices
Our society bombards us with a cacophony of voices which often makes it difficult to listen deeply to our own inner voice. To counter this, we must remember that we are a people with strong values centered in love and return again and again to … read more.
Invite a Friend to Camp GBAUUF!
Our Fellowship has a reputation as a place to meet wonderful people on unique spiritual journeys. It’s as if we meet at camp each week to try hiking on different spiritual and ethical paths together.
Rev. Jim’s message will focus on three questions:
What do UUs believe?
What … read more.
Reimagining Beloved Community (Part 2)
In this second of a two part series, we consider what the world would look like in beloved community. How it would stand out from what we have today? This message is grounded in the book A More Perfect Union by Rev. Adam Russell Taylor.
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Reimagining Beloved Community (Part 1)
A More Perfect Union, the opening promise of the U.S. constitution, is the aspirational title Rev. Adam Russell Taylor chose for his new book. His premise is that Martin Luther King Jr’s vision of a beloved community is still valid and makes the case for … read more.