Author Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Using her amazing book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants as a guide, we will explore, using some of the profound teachings and good medicine found in the book, how we can … Continue reading Braiding Sweetgrass
How does faith inform our lives and our engagement in community. Do we have a common shared understanding of what faith is? Come join the continuing exploration of what it is to be a faith community. Rev. Debra Faulk joins us this year as a ¼ time contract minister. Debra, is a lifelong Unitarian Universalist, … Continue reading Faith Beyond Belief
What does it mean to be a “community”? In our hyper-individualistic culture, communities are countercultural. They’re subversive. They require courage, unlearning, and commitment. As Rev. Debra and Reilly start their shared ministry together, they invite you to join this special service on the value, power and risks of community. SPECIAL EVENT: Community Conversation Join us … Continue reading The Courage of Community
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 ripple out and have and affect the common good. There will be … Continue reading Water Service
Greetings – please note we have no service on September 1 and look forward to our first gathering Sunday, September 8 at 11am – all are welcome and the service is presented online and in person.
After World War I, Czechoslovakian Unitarian minister Norbert Capek created the flower communion to affirm hope and natural beauty. This is a ritual with deep meaning and purpose, and this morning we participate in this annual commemoration and explore the place and value of ritual in our lives. Please bring a flower to add to … Continue reading Bloom On
*Special Note: As the Nanaimo Pride Parade and Festival takes place June 9, the Sunday Service will begin at 9:30am this Sunday only. Our second Unitarian Universalist principle calls us to uphold justice, equity and compassion in human relations. How can we sustain these values in a world where billionaires evade taxes, oil companies … Continue reading Crime and No Punishment – Upholding Our Values in the Age of Impunity
It has been an honour to have been with Nanaimo U*U for this past year. I have learned a lot, and will offer some of those insights this morning.
These two concepts are not the same though often interpreted as similar. Lets us explore the value of equity, and gain clarity about the distinctions between these two.
How do we help effectively across a culture gap? Drawing from more than a decade of personal experience, Liz James tells a story that has it all … humour, thoughtful analysis, and confrontations with lions. Not a metaphor. Real lions. Liz James is the founder of a 230,000-person online UU community called the Unitarian Universalist … Continue reading My Muzungu Eyes Are Improving
