Resilience lives in the body – in the breath that steadies us, the muscles that learn when to brace and when to soften, the nervous systems shaped by care and harm. In this service, we attend to resilience as something we practice with our whole selves. Through guided awareness, story, and reflection, we explore how … Continue reading “Breath, Bone, and Becoming”
Dr. Jarrett Drake from Stony Brook University will speak about black activists, from Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells-Barnett to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. What do the words and actions of these prophetic men and women mean for our present political moment? Presented by the Racial Concerns Committee. To join the service via … Continue reading “Strike a Match”
Laura Brown, third-year seminarian at Union Theological Seminary, will offer a reflection for this “quickening” time of year, based on the Celtic celebration of Imbolc, and rooted in Buddhist teaching around mindfulness of the body. Laura is also the Program Coordinator for the Mindfulness, Meditation, Buddhism program at All Souls UU congregation in New York … Continue reading “In the Belly”
