Bible passage: 2 Tim 4:3-5 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth … Continue reading The Leadership Traits of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
When the string is too loose, it will not play, and when the string is too tight, it SNAPS. Is your “string” too loose or too tight? How can we be “in tune” so that we can be healthy and play well with others?” The sermon explores this Buddhist teaching to bring harmony into our … Continue reading “The String
“The balance of nature (also known as ecological balance) is a notion that suggests that natural systems typically exist in a balanced symmetry. They say that even a tiny shift will be adjusted by some sort of equal but opposite event that brings it back to its original “point of balance.” The equilibrium is often … Continue reading “Balance of Nature” is a Real Thing
Have you ever been afraid of the dark? How about the light? Have you ever thought one was “better” than the other? Well, let’s explore each and see how one cannot live without the other.
James Edward Elmore said: “When I began receiving channeled messages, what moved me most was how uplifting and kind the messages were. I knew that I was very loved and accepted by my spiritual guides and that encouraged me to treat myself in the same way. The elegant simplicity of the messages helps us to … Continue reading Be Kind to Yourself
Service video Cathy Nicles explained that Invitation to a Treehouse is an exploration of compassion through the retelling of a personal experience: An act of generosity and an expression of compassion shown to her from a source most people would consider people unlikely.So, what is compassion? What do sage minds say about compassion? Why is … Continue reading “Invitation to a Tree House,” by Cathy Nicles
Rev. Scott Alexander said: “I used to laugh when someone told jokes about how laid back and lax we Unitarian Universalists are about our religion. But I’m not laughing anymore. I’ve stopped laughing because I realize how terribly important it is for me to take my religious life seriously. As I reach mid life (and … Continue reading Getting Serious About Unitarian Universalism
Emotional intelligence plays a key role in understanding ourselves and the people around us
It’s pathetic to realize that racism still exists so strongly that this topic even needs to be addressed. But with current events – attacks on black people necessitating Black Lives Matter, deportation of illegal Mexican immigrants while keeping their children in custody, violent attacks on Asian-Americans blamed for the “China Virus” – it’s clear that … Continue reading Story of an American Family of Japanese Ancestry
As I look back over my life, I realize I was young, but now I am old. I have survived: war, a career as a police officer, cancer, and other unmentioned ills of society. But, now I and people of the world are confronted with surviving something we never anticipated. It has given rise to the question of yours and my “Faith in the Midst of a Pandemic?”
