September 6, 2020 Full Service – From the Bottom UpFor In-Gathering Sunday, we will contemplate, wonder about, and celebrate the Earth’s water as we attempt our first ever virtual Water Communion. Make your offering at https://tiny.cc/fusd-give Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not […]
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Locate Your GraceDearest FUSD community, I am writing to you at an unconventional time. It is 5:30 am and I am not a morning person. I’m up because I’ve not really caught much sleep tonight anyway, and so it seems as good a time as any to write a bit about where we are as […]
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Electing a Piece of Mike’s Mind…Predictably, anxiety around the coming election is high! Stress, worry, fear, hope, anger, exhaustion, determination, and feelings I don’t even have words for are all present. Everyone, literally everyone, I’ve spoken with recently is feeling the weight of this election, its importance, and potential consequences. We’ve been here before. We […]
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Click To Download PDF September 2020 Ploughshare Posted Date: September 1, 2020
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FreedomOur Whole Souul Living Theme for September is Freedom, a profoundly important idea in liberal religion.Osho wrote; “True freedom is always spiritual. It has something to do with your innermost being, which cannot be chained, handcuffed, or put into a jail.” Victor Frankl wrote, “Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies […]
Continue readingAugust 30, 2020 Full Service – CancelledMuch has been made recently about “cancel culture” – the exclusion or boycott of people from a community for beliefs that are considered harmful or not sufficiently informed. How do we as a congregation and as a nation balance protecting the vulnerable, and allowing for education and growth? Make […]
Continue readingAugust 23, 2020 Full Service – Lies, Looting and LiberationOur faith invites us into a “free and responsible search for truth and meaning.” In today’s world, this remains deeply important. As UUs, our faith calls us to be ceaseless in our quest for liberation and interrogating the foundations upon which our country was build. Make […]
Continue readingAugust 16, 2020 Full Service – Culture and InclusionAs we continue to consider the new proposed covenant, we’ve invited members and friends of 1st Unitarian Denver to reflect on their experience of the community and the text. Make your offering at https://tiny.cc/fusd-give Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media […]
Continue readingAugust 9, 2020 Full Service – Being BraveContinuing our series on courage, today we will explore and consider the emotional courage needed to become whole human beings; brave, prophetic, connected, strong, vulnerable, intimate, afraid, ecstatic, tearful, more. “This being human is a guest house…” Make your offering at https://tiny.cc/fusd-give Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this […]
Continue readingAugust 2, 2020 Full Service – Being BravePerhaps the most storied and obvious aspect of courage, today we’ll ponder physical courage. Is the person getting cancer treatment or the bullied child who goes to school any less brave than the proverbial soldier? Make your offering at https://tiny.cc/fusd-give Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please […]
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