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Christmas: The Season of the Heart
Christmas in our culture and even world-wide is not just a day but a season, a time we are called to attend more consciously than at other times of the year to the needs and dreams, the longings and loves, of the heart. Our service on this first Sunday of December will explore both the … Continue reading Christmas: The Season of the Heart
Monthly Taizé Service
Taizé services originated in the monastic community in Taizé, France in the 1940s. At BUF, we have created our own UU-style Taizé service that draws from one of our sources — direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder.
Finding Awe
In the 13th century, Sufi mystic and poet Rumi wrote that “awe is the salve that will heal our eyes.” 800 years later, professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Dacher Keltner, would find awe in the lab. Defining awe as “the feeling of being in the presence of something vast that … Continue reading Finding Awe
A Litany of Thankfuls
As we approach Thanksgiving and the holiday season, we are reminded that giving thanks is not a once-a-year practice. BUF member Bonnie Phinney will share and reflect on a sermon by the late UU minister Forrest Church that is special to her. You will be invited to share your own Thankfuls, today and every day.
Deep Roots, Vibrant Growth
In November, BUF’s Social and Environmental Justice Committee (SEJC) special collection will go to an historic Unitarian congregation in Magyarszovat, Transylvania, Romania with whom BUF has maintained a partnership since 1992. This partnership is a reminder of our tradition’s history and origin story, which extends back to the establishment of Unitarianism in Transylvania in the … Continue reading Deep Roots, Vibrant Growth
Sing Out Praises for the Journey
In our very own gray hymnal, the first line of #295 reads: “Sing out praises for the journey, pilgrims, we who carry on, searchers in the soul’s deep yearnings, like our forebears in their time.” As Unitarian Universalists, there is great theological and philosophical diversity in our songs and spiritual searches, but we don’t often … Continue reading Sing Out Praises for the Journey
Monthly Taizé Service
Taizé services originated in the monastic community in Taizé, France in the 1940s. At BUF, we have created our own UU-style Taizé service that draws from one of our sources — direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder.
What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be?
In a time that provokes us, challenges us, and often saddens us, we may be left feeling frustrated at the question “what am I called to do?” It is a question with so many (too many) answers. On November 2, All Souls Day, we will explore the ways we live, create and reinforce the foundations … Continue reading What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be?
Changes in Perspective, Possibilities of Hope
Theologian Reinhold Niebuhr once wrote, “Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.” In chaotic and challenging times such as these, however, hope can be hard to come by. Today, we will explore how changes in perspective can open up the possibility of hope. It’s … Continue reading Changes in Perspective, Possibilities of Hope