Soul Matters – Journey
How might we accompany each other and our neighbors more faithfully? There are so many different ways to walk together in faith. Today Marylyn D and Kathy R will explore this month’s Soul Matters theme of Journey.
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On the Road to Find Out
The road, the way, the path–these are all metaphors different traditions use for the spiritual journey. So many great spiritual teachers leave home, go on a long, arduous journey, and then return home transformed. One of the tasks of the spiritual life is to take the journey within and to see where it leads us, … Continue reading On the Road to Find Out
An Introduction to Hinduism
Som Sharma will share his knowledge about Hinduism, including an introduction and information about the local temples. He will also lead us in a meditation. Om, Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.
In <...> I Trust
In what or whom do you trust, when times are difficult, or when you face a seemingly insurmountable challenge? With Marianne Jew, brainstorm some definitions of ʺtrust,ʺ assess trustworthiness (your own and that of your relationships with others or with a ʺhigher powerʺ), and generate a personal plan to deepen trust, as we continues our … Continue reading In <...> I Trust
A New Table: How You Can Help to End Gender-Based Violence
Much violence in our society is gender-based. Women and members of the transgender community are far more likely to be victims of violence, and cisgender men are far more likely to be perpetrators. This trend is rooted in how our society understands gender. If we can change the understanding, we can greatly reduce violence. Dr. … Continue reading A New Table: How You Can Help to End Gender-Based Violence
Trust the Seeds
February is Black History Month. MLK, Jr., paraphrasing nineteenth-century Unitarian abolitionist minister Theodore Parker, declared that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” How do we trust in the seeds we’ve planted in our anti-racist anti-oppression work? How do we keep tending them in the face of the continued … Continue reading Trust the Seeds
Achieving the Impossible
Rev. Deryck Tines will be our speaker. Rev. Tines is a pastor, a religious artist and a Gospel musician and was the 2017 UUs of Greater Pittsburgh Annual Assembly speaker.
General Assembly Issues
This year we vote as a congregation on issues to be considered by this summer’s UUA General Assembly. Board President Brenda Shiring will present and discuss the choices.
Smart Justice
Did you know that Pennsylvania has the highest incarceration rate in the northeast? This is just one bit of information to be provided to us by Terrell Thomas of the ACLU Campaign for Smart Justice, an unprecedented multiyear effort to reduce the US jail and prison population by 50% and to combat racial disparities in … Continue reading Smart Justice
The Power of Yes
In this first month of the new year we explore the theme of Possibility. What are your hopes for the New Year? What is keeping you stuck? What do you need to let go of or release in order to create new, healthier patterns for yourself and your community? In this first service of 2019, … Continue reading The Power of Yes