Dear BUF Community, Let’s gather tonight simply to be with one another in this time of grief. We’ll begin at 6 pm with a modified Community Night Dinner. Since our cooks did not anticipate a larger group, please bring something to share. At 6:45, we’ll gather in the sanctuary for about 20 minutes of singing all … Continue reading Dinner & Singing
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.
It will be good to be together as the election nears. I think these three words: big-hearted, hurting, and resilient describe our shared sense of hope and vulnerability.
YOUNG AND OLD: PLEASE COME IN COSTUME
Each of us has some, or many, personal connections to conflicts going on around the world and here at home. Not the least of these connections: our common humanity. This week between Yom Kippur and Native American Day, Rupert will share reflections on living within cultural, geographic, and moral intersections.
Taizé services originated in the monastic community in Taizé, France in the 1940s. This is a quiet service held on the first Monday of each month. Our UU adaptation of the Taizé tradition includes contemplative chants, poetry, meditation, and candle lighting. This month’s theme: The Phases of the Moon.
Rev. Paul Beckel and Tom Nicholas have asked an assortment of BUFsters, “How has love changed you?” We’ll assemble their responses into a multi-hued mosaic of life, loss, and awakening.
Hypocrisy is so, so alluring. And it’s even more tempting to point it out in others. As we advocate for justice, there is a place for righteousness. But that’s different from self-righteousness.
Each of us has come to understand how to live ethically via our own experience. We’re inspired on what to do, and what not to do—what matters, and what doesn’t—as we observe the consequences our own behaviors, and that of others.
