We have experienced so much during the last ten months: challenge, isolation, economic difficulties, illness, political upheaval, and even – for some of us – a profound sense of loss and grief. It is so easy to throw blame around, even perhaps blaming ourselves for what we could have done better or differently. This Sunday, … Continue reading Forgiveness in Time of Pandemic
Those terrifying, blazing angels that appeared with a message in the night sky over the Bethlehem hills were not just FedEx folks. Their words are every bit as relevant today as they were to terrified shepherds, a wandering new mother, and a dazed new father. There’s a reason that this story has inspired people for … Continue reading Hark, Y’all! Listen Up!
You’ve read inspirational books. You’ve watched white-capped waves roll in from the wide ocean. But where does your spirituality begin? In these times of isolation and intense individuality, how can an eclectic Zoom gathering of Unitarian Universalists help us to discern our own unique spiritual paths that can be useful for us in times of … Continue reading This Light Unites Us
In our world of endless change, ambiguity and fear, upon what can we really depend? During this long year 2020, especially, fears for the well-being of our environment, our health, our nation, and the world have increased exponentially for many Americans. The Rev. Jane Mauldin will lead us in asking: When life feels like a … Continue reading The Ground Beneath Our Feet
At this time as the days grow darker and as our nation seems perched on a precipice over a chasm of darkness, let’s explore darkness together. Is it possible to discover peace, healing, and Spirit within the darkness? Might those gifts be just what we need to face whatever challenges lie ahead of us this week … Continue reading At Home In the Dark
Inspired by a conversation that several of our members and friends had during the ingathering before our zoom service last Sunday, we will imagine how holiness/god/goddess/eternal truth might be present in our lives right now, and how it might be calling us to love beyond despair and to act with real hope. This service might … Continue reading Where is God in Louisville?
With poetry, stories, song, and reflections led by Rev. Jane, we’ll celebrate the many ways that WE are the church! Every single one of us, wherever we are, IS the church. We each carry within us a spark that is the past, present and future of the church. Even more, when we gather, however we … Continue reading We Are The Church
In these strange times, if we are going to find love and fresh joy in our lives, it may well be by cherishing the mundane details of daily living. Poet Mary Oliver and other wise folks suggest that right in the midst of such small moments is where we will find beauty and real meaning. … Continue reading Do you cherish your humble and silky life?
Do you sometimes feel that one story of your life defines you? What if, instead, you carried five other stories about yourself for protection, like a verbal medicine bundle? Sometimes a personal story of loss or trauma – or of corona isolation and loneliness – can tend to define us. In reality, we are many … Continue reading Protection, Transformation and Power: Claiming the Stories That Make Us Real
People around the globe, and especially in our nation, are weeping, marching and sacrificing their bodies and even their lives. None of us are okay right now. Our despair is real, but so is our hope. We will gather on Zoom as three UU communities to sing, listen, share, and be inspired anew to help … Continue reading I’m Not Okay; You’re Not Okay; We’re Not Okay, But Someday We Might Be
