Category: From Your Director of Religious Education

Religious Director Monthly Blog

Repair

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

Creating Joy Together

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

Each Moment a New Moment For Justice

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..

The Roots of Our Heritage

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

Exploring and Imagining at General Assembly

This past week at General Assembly, thousands of UU’s from across the globe and many ages gathered to worship, to wonder, and to explore what we as Unitarian Universalists believe. One way we did this was to vote on the process of updating what’s in Article two of the UUA’s bylaws to continue. Article two is the section that holds what have been called our principles and sources, although, they’ve had a few different names through the years since the Unitarians and Universalists merged into one faith in 1961.

A Practice In Creativity

Creativity happens when we ask ourselves – what if? It’s our ability to dream things up, hold them in our minds and then make them real in the world.