The 13th Poetry Service explores the poetic space between Domination and Justice & Equity. Members of the fellowship have submitted poems that they will read on the topic that look deeply at the issues of how our society strives for equity and the ways we fail to live up to the moral and ethical challenges … Continue reading Poetry Service: From Domination to Justice & Equity
Join us as we explore these aspects of pluralism: chaos vs. entropy, law vs. order. This is also New Member Sunday, where we will welcome those who are ready to join with us in covenant. Guest musical artist: Peter Mayer. Led by Rev. Teri Schwartz, with Service Associate Larry LaVerdure. Zoom Service Recording
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 inextricable links between pollution and public health. Led by Service … Continue reading Earth Day
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 here? Will our democracy and our dreams survive? What can … Continue reading Justice & Equity
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. Zoom Service Recording
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 unlived life, I will not live in fear of falling … Continue reading Autopilot – Who is the Person in the Mirror
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 were other deeper aspects to the 12 day celebration which … Continue reading Yule: Engaging with Courage, Hope and Thoughtful Traditions
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 one we’re most comfortable with? What influences come to bear … Continue reading The Danger of a Single Story.
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 in relationship to the pandemic and our Fellowship life. (Note: … Continue reading Principle #2: Justice Equity and Compassion in Human Relations
