These are hard times, and despair is heavy in many of us. How to respond? Service Leader Deb Little will talk with us about a community-based organization that she helped create. This organization is meeting the moment by being allies to our immigrant communities. To join the service via livestream on YouTube at 10:30 a.m., … Continue reading “Free to Do What? A Meditation on Responding to Despair”
This service explores the question of how we keep ourselves separate and insular when our present moment is so in need of finding ways that would help to repair our common wounds of isolation and discrimination. We will look at ways to travel across different borders into the lived experience of a more expansive and … Continue reading “Traveling Across Borders: Meeting the ‘Other’”
Stony Brook medical students Juli Macerno, Rohini Guin, and Raisa Karim share reflections about their Cuba trip, the current health crisis, and the current needs of the Cuban people. To join the service via livestream on YouTube at 10:30 a.m., please click here. (You can also use this link to view the service later in the … Continue reading “Health Care in Crisis – Meeting the Moment in Cuba”
This summer as we mark 250 years of the experiment that is the United States, we can also acknowledge our own long history as Unitarians & Universalists here in the U.S. And while this may be a time for fireworks and celebrations, we are living in deeply troubled times.Summer is a time for rest for … Continue reading “Gathering the Spirit for the Time to Come”
Our service leader, Deborah Gale, reflects upon Meeting the Moment through Sharing Circles and authenticity. Through honest reflection and compassionate listening, we create space to share the joys, struggles, and questions, that shape our lives. Together, we remind one another that vulnerability is not weakness, but a pathway to deeper connection, healing, and community. To … Continue reading Meeting the Moment through Sharing Circles
