Sometimes even a single individual’s pain and suffering seems too much to bear. How can we possibly help everyone? We can. Really. If even one person stands up and speaks out, if even one person dares to meet the challenge, to give voice and attention to the struggle, there can be change for the good for all of […]
From issues of immigration and civil rights to “What One Can Learn from World Religions” August 20 – 10:30am Prof. Marc Mullinax Marc Mullinax returns to the lectern to speak from his heart. From his frequent forays into the world’s faiths, through travels, teaching, books, and personal experience, Marc will show the benefits of becoming […]
Have you ever driven or walked somewhere only to “not remember” how you got there or worse—the car on autopilot drove to the wrong place? We have so many patterns in our moments and days. What are your patterns, the ones you know about and the ones you don’t know about? Edward Proulx is a […]
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Is there a reasonable hope for peace, hope for a world that is free of nuclear weapons? Listen to Lyndon Harris’s reflection on peacemaking in the nuclear age and the soul-force each one of us can embrace to make sense out of difficult times. Lyndon Harris is the Co-director of Tigg’s Pond Retreat Center in […]
Change is good and change is hard. Negotiating through life’s changes determines the quality of our lives. Let’s explore that issue. Dr. Earle Rabb is a retired United Methodist minister. He is the author of the book, “The Case of the Missing Person,” a look at Jesus as a wisdom teacher and community organizer. Please share: […]
We are a unique community… both our lovely town in our beautiful mountain home and our UUFH congregation. Community matters. Relationships matter. The “how” of our community matters. I invite you to explore with me our “how” of walking together in Hendersonville and as Unitarian Universalists. See you at church. Please share: on Twitter on […]
When we say that service is our prayer, what exactly are we called to do? How are we transformed by our covenant to “dwell together in peace, to seek knowledge in freedom,” and to help one another in fellowship? In 1862, Unitarians Laura Towne and Ellen Murray joined the “Port Royal experiment”, traveling to St. Helena’s […]
As we prepare for a week of flags, fireworks, and patriotic speeches, we need to ask ourselves how we reconcile love of and loyalty to country with the goal of world community. In a world that seems to be degenerating into tribalism, perhaps we can engage our liberal religious values to work for reconciliation both within […]
At the very least, faith involves the realization that there is something greater than ourselves. This something that we come to realize pushes us to better ourselves and aims us at a better world. But more than only realizing, faith requires us to be active participants in fashioning the messianic age. It starts with each […]