April 22, 1970 was the first Earth Day. Up till then Americans were ignorant about the issues of pollution and especially pesticides. Rachel Carlson’s 1962 groundbreaking book Silent Spring represented a watershed moment, as it raised public awareness and concern for living organisms, the environment and the … read more.
Our beloved country, with all its promise and all its failings, is now one election away from slipping into autocracy; an election that many of us feel will lead to a higher road for the future or a much lower one. How did we get … read more.
Join us for the 11th BVUUF Poetry Service. We will paint pictures on heart as we listen to poems and music, charting a course from sorrow and grief to joy.
Sorry, no recording for this service is available.
Renewing Faith: Simply Pray. In this first service on the Soul Matters theme of “Renewing Faith”, we’ll explore prayer as a spiritual practice, even for Unitarian Universalists.
Bob Dylan offered in one of his songs the thought: There is no success like failure and failure is no success at all. We will parse that statement out to see what he meant. Dawna Markova wrote a poem titled “I will not die an … read more.
Many of the modern traditions observed at Christmas were first celebrated by Germanic people in Northern Europe such as : Giving of gifts, feasting, leaving food out for house elves, decorating houses with evergreens such as holly and balsam trees and burning candles. But there … read more.
This kind of danger is not immediately obvious. We’ve been conditioned to think that there is only one true story and that getting it straight is the hard part. But what if there are many perspectives on any event, and we just teased out the … read more.
As the pandemic wears on and the Delta Variant upends what we thought we knew, many are feeling frayed and dismayed. The pandemic has brought into stark relief a fundamental polarization between individual freedom and the common good. Today we explore justice, equity and compassion … read more.
Join us as we explore what binds our spiritual community together in the absence of a creedal litmus test . Over the course of the summer we will be taking a closer look at our seven principals and how they are different than commandments.
Who are we becoming? Just as the stone was rolled away at the Resurrection, we are also invited into “something more.” What insight does Jesus’ resurrection give us for new and different ways of being, both individually and as a community?
