Plan to attend our fourth ‘FUS History Smash’ on April 27: “1951-1965: Growth and Music in the Post-War Era.” There will be a 5-minute presentation during the assembly that day, and a more in-depth discussion will follow in the Upper Assembly Hall, 12:15 to 1:15. A Zoom link will be provided for the 12:15 event, and the program will also be available on the FUS YouTube… Read More »Announcing: Part 4 of our FUS ‘History Smash’ Series
Let’s get real about how our joy can change the world, even as it co-exists with our pain, brokenness and curmudgeon-ness. How we can commit to inciting joy and making it more robust? Our theme for April is Living Love through the Practice of Joy
Some might question if there is any joy to be found in these times. How do we live holding the dual realities of despair and joy? How are these two things connected? As Shirley Ceasar’s song says, “This joy that I have, the world didn’t give it to me…the world can’t take it away.
Science writer Ed Yong refers to the ways in which our screen-focused, fear-based society is impacting our scope of concern. He says we are currently being “crunched ever inward” and that it behooves us to get out and connect with others. Being in community is a beautiful way to uncrunch ourselves and stretch!
Plan to attend our third ‘FUS History Smash’ on March 30: “1936-1951: Resilience in the Face of Challenge and Change”. There will be a 5-minute presentation during the assembly that day, and a more in-depth discussion will follow in the Upper Assembly Hall, 12:15 to 1:15. A Zoom link will be provided for the 12:15 event, and the program will also be… Read More »Announcing: Part 3 of our FUS ‘History Smash’ Series
When things feel precarious and unpredictable, it’s crucial to know what there is that is trustworthy and dependable. What is it that reliably supports us and holds us up?
Holding us now – to hope, to courage, to clarity and to each other – is the radical love at the very center of Unitarian Universalism. It shows up as wonder (and grief) for our achingly beautiful world; it shows up as relentless respect and care for one another, resplendent in all our vulnerability and power; it shows up as… Read More »A Different Kind of Bravery
There is internal tension in living our shared values. Can we live into pluralism while holding firm to equity and justice? When is belonging more important than individuality? And how do we get along with each other when our values differ?
“The most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.” – Kurt Vonnegut How can the practice of humanism act as an antidote to America’s crisis of loneliness and purposelessness? And how can the humanist movement catalyze Vonnegut’s dream of “stable communities” for the tens of millions of secular Americans who… Read More »Curing Loneliness: How Humanism Can Bring Us Closer Together, And How We Build Bridges to Humanism
It’s Valentines Day, a time to think about love. Traditionally, this day is about romantic love, but let’s not forget all the other kinds of love, particularly at this time when the world needs all the love it can get. The world needs love, and life itself needs our love…even when it seems impossible to love our lives. Ellen Bass… Read More »Words For These Times: “The Thing Is” by Ellen Bass
