Religious Director Monthly Blog
Joy is all around us. Sometimes we just have to search it out. How many times have you heard the saying “Just for fun!”? These “just for fun” moments can bring us so much joy. This month how will you practice joy? This month will you dismiss the opportunity for joy? How often have you … Continue reading Just For Fun!
How do we practice liberating love through inclusion? It starts at home. This practice starts with you. Liberating Love starts with Us. On Sunday morning we light a chalice. Do you light a chalice at home? In these days where liberation for so many of us feels quite distant, we need to lean into practices … Continue reading Inclusion Affirmations a tool for Liberating Love
How does repair work in your life? What does it mean to repair? When I think of repairs in my UU world many things pop up. As sexton this means finding a way to restore hot water in my church, or putting the wheel back on my vacuum. Repair on a building that is so … Continue reading Repair
The first time I went sailing was with my uncle. He invited me out for an afternoon, on a tiny four person sailboat when I was around 14 years old. His family rented the time and the boat for a few hours while they hosted me on one of the first weeks away from my … Continue reading To Dance With The Wind – An Invitation
From the desk of your director of religious education, Ebee Bromley What we offer at UUBerks doesn’t get created without each and every one of you. So this summer we’re highlighting reflections from our community members about what it means to them to co-create our community. When it comes to learning and exploring our spiritual … Continue reading Creating Joy Together
This month, on the cusp of the ‘endless days of summer’, I bring to you an exercise suggested in June’s Soulful Home Packet. Soulful Home curator, Teresa Honey-Youngblood writes: The Groundhog Day Effect is an informal but commonly experienced phenomenon of feeling as if you are reliving the same day over and over, as if … Continue reading From Soulful Home: The Groundhog Day Effect
From the desk of your religious educator; April’s Mantra found in Soulful Home Packet is explored “All of us need all of us to make it.”
Have you met Borris yet? He’s been hanging out at your church since our fall Movie Night. Each week he talks with Erin, our Sunday morning assistant and sexton. Each week he tells her a new place that he would like to observe us from. …Getting a good vantage point can be hard for us humans sometimes. Finding that vantage point is so important when we are working to make the world a better place. This mantra “Pause. Breathe. Win the moment,” is adapted from Charles Oteyza..
May your heart be opened, your spirit renewed, and your life transformed by experiences of mystery and wonder in this season.
One of the gifts that this year brings us is the rich treasure of our heritage. Our roots, the people who came before to dare, to dream, to do amazing things, are apart of our story as Unitarian Universalists today. Have you explored the 9 Unitarians and Universalists and Unitarian Universalists on our RE board … Continue reading The Roots of Our Heritage
