When Love is Hard: Loving Kindness
This interactive service will offer opportunities to enlarge our hearts and learn how the many aspects of love color our expectations of ourselves and others.
Sunday Worship at 10:30 a.m. -- In Person or Livestream on UUAmherst YouTube. Creative Meditation & Converversation at 9:30 a.m.
Spaghetti Dinner to Benefit LA Fire Victims -- Feb. 23 4 pm-7 pm
This interactive service will offer opportunities to enlarge our hearts and learn how the many aspects of love color our expectations of ourselves and others.
Our ‘love language’ is not just about how we express love – it is how we expect love to be expressed to us — and that’s where it all gets a little complicated.
Did you know that Groundhogs Day has its roots in the Pagan celebration of Imbolc? From time immemorial, people have needed signposts that the bitter cold of winter is on its way out, and the growing light signifies the coming of spring. What light is growing in you?
This book by Brian McLaren bears the subtitle, “Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart.” In the introduction, McLaren writes: When you dance with doom, doom changes you…It can scare you and exhaust you and leave you paralyzed in despondency, cynicism, and bitterness. Doom can win and life can lose. But the dance can … Continue reading Life After Doom
Are we experiencing a great ‘pendulum swing’ as religious conservatives seem to be doubling down? Is this a reaction to the speed of social change? Is it possible for Unitarian Universalists to be a tempering influence? Is that desirable?
The morning service will be an All-Souls remembrance service. All are invited to bring photos and mementos to add to a shared altar as we honor and bless those who have touched our lives and are no longer with us.
This will be a multi-generational, family-friendly service.
This month we consider our Unitarian Universalist value of Generosity. At this time when we traditionally consider the blessings in our lives, I wonder if we might think about Generosity in relationship with Reciprocity.
We all face mountains in life, both seen and unseen. What matters is how we choose to respond. This message draws inspiration from the story of Dashrath Manjhi, who, after a personal tragedy, set out to carve a path through a mountain. His journey challenges us to rethink what’s possible, how we heal, and the … Continue reading A Hammer, A Chisel, A Heart