We take that old adage that beauty is in the eye of the beholder to be about the relativity of beauty, how we each name different things beautiful, which is, of course, true. But it also reminds us that if we wish to see beauty in the world, we must choose to behold it, to … Continue reading An Awesome World
… the earth, connection, new ideas … are there universal notions of beauty? Is it only in the eye of the beholder? As we engage a monthly theme of beauty, let us expand our understanding.
Music: Leah Hokanson Children & Youth: Wendy Jankovic Click here for Zoom link to service Water is the theme for the morning as we flow back together. While we may each be just a drop in the bucket, we come together to create our oasis of hope and challenge recognizing that each of our lives and our actions … Continue reading Just A Drop
The Flower Communion service was created by Norbert Capek, founder of the Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia, and introduced to North America by his wife Maja, also a Unitarian minister. It is a symbolic ritual intended to bring congregations together. Join members of the Sunday Service Committee as they present this year’s ceremony. Please bring some … Continue reading Flower Communion
In so many instances of life, our experience of a moment is conditioned by our expectations for that moment. If we had low expectations, we might be delighted when they’re exceeded, or deeply disappointed when the opposite occurs – even if what actually happened was precisely the same. Would we all be happier with lower … Continue reading Great(?) Expectations
Martin Luther King Jr said: “Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.” Are we such people? How can we become more so? Rev Debra Faulk, a lifelong Unitarian Universalist, retired in 2021 as Minister Emerita after 11 years with Calgary Unitarians. She received a BA in psychology and anthropology from UVic and a … Continue reading Creatively Maladjusted
Living into the promise of intergenerational faith community calls on us all to get creative. Come and wonder together about how we support younger folks in our midst and open the doors wide for those not yet here. Anna Isaacs (she/her) is a longtime UU and current Director of Spiritual Exploration and Learning for Children … Continue reading Spirited Lifespan
Together, we’ll share the recorded earlier morning service as they gathered from across the nation to celebrate what has brought us to this moment in making manifest our new principle: promoting “individual and communal action that accountably dismantles racism and systemic barriers to full inclusion in ourselves and our institutions.“ This is a promise worthy of … Continue reading Bringing Promises to Life – CUC National Worship Sunday Service
When Unitarian Julia Ward Howe created Mothers Day (notice the lack of possessive apostrophe), she was living into that old adage of necessity and need, trying to bring more peace into the world in a time when conflict and violence raged. This Sunday, we’ll explore her story, the origins of the day, and explore what … Continue reading The Mother of Invention
Two weeks before Rev Debra was to retire, anticipating with pleasure her last two services and a retirement party, she got a call from her doctor. His recommendation was that she have a medical procedure immediately. In a moment, everything changed. All the ‘last’ meetings, conversations and plans, in the moment she said ‘yes’, evaporated, … Continue reading Everything Changes
