The idea of home runs deep through all of us. On one hand it simply means the house where we live, or the hometown we come from. But the idea of home has deeper and broader meaning when seen through the lens of religion. Home … read more.
Summit Friend, Peter Bolland, will again be gracing our pulpit. He will be sharing how time spent in the wilderness restores us. He’ll be referencing Thoreau, Emerson, John Muir, Thich Nhat Hanh, and reading a poem by Mary Oliver.
About the Speaker:
Peter Bolland is professor of … read more.
As Buddha lay dying he told his monks to remember that “All forms come into being and all forms go out of being.” Anitya, or impermanence, is at the heart of Buddhist wisdom, as it is at the heart of many of the world’s wisdom … read more.
Wisdom traditions around the world counsel us to “let go.” In Hinduism it’s called renunciation, in Buddhism it’s non-attachment, in Daoism it’s wu-wei, and in Christianity it’s kenosis (emptying out). But what does that really mean? Let go of what? And why? Let’s explore the … read more.
Buddhism is many things—a philosophy, a religion, and a way of life. Join us as we explore some of the many ways Buddhist insights inform, comfort, and shake us awake from our complacency. “Budh” is Sanskrit for “awake.” To what extent are we asleep? And … read more.
In traditional mainline Christianity this is the season of Lent. But what does Lent mean in the Unitarian Universalist movement, and across New Thought in general? As we reframe traditional understandings of sin and atonement, how might this ancient ritual of conscious renunciation be revitalized … read more.
Description: Is it enough to have all the right ideas, doctrines, and understandings? Or is what we do just as important as what we believe? What if wisdom is not something you know, but something you are? Join us as we consider what Buddhism, Confucianism, and the Gospels have to … read more.
In 1832 Ralph Waldo Emerson left his position as a Unitarian minister and went on to become an influential writer and speaker whose ideas had a deep impact on the Unitarian Universalist movement and American spirituality in general. By blending his interest in Hindu spirituality, … read more.
