Who are the difficult people in your life? Dealing with them is one of those darn opportunities for spiritual growth. About our speaker: Rev. Dr. Arvid Straube has been a parish minister for 35 years. He has served congregations in Washington State, North Carolina and, most recently, was Lead Minister of the First Unitarian Universalist … Continue reading Dealing with Difficult People
Is there a way out of this wilderness? These days it is easy to feel lost in the noise and division that surrounds us. Where is the way out? Can we ever get along? What role do we play as a self-proclaimed free faith? What remains when so much has been lost? How do we make a … Continue reading Religion, Freedom and Politics
Description: Hope is a fun word. It can be a verb: “Here’s hoping!” “I hope you are doing well.” “I sure hope I left enough food for the fish.” (A conflicted verb — “hoping against hope?”) It can be the childhood home of a U.S. president. It is also a noun, representing that quality which we … Continue reading Hope into Action
At our service on April 18th, we heard Paula Cole Jones, one of the authors of the proposed Eighth UU Principle, speak about the history of the project, the need for Unitarian Universalism to specifically address racism and other oppressions, and the process by which the Unitarian Universalist Association can adopt a new principle. In … Continue reading Summit and the Eighth Principle
“We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.” The Social Justice in Action committee is advocating that our Fellowship vote to … Continue reading The 8th Principle of Unitarian Universalism
If we, as members of the Summit Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, believe in the need to create a more just and compassionate world; if we believe that all of us are part of an interconnected web of life, should we not also understand that even the act of voting our values is a spiritual act, affirming … Continue reading Voting as a Spiritual Act
We humans often have difficulty with complexity. We settle for simplistic solutions and tend to approach problems in ways that fail to provide an adequate vision for resolving them. This Sunday our reflection will highlight these and related aspects of the human condition by focusing on Buddhist traditions and teachings. Ultimately, this will lead us … Continue reading Buddhisms
