Established in 1988 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the inaugural National March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights, National Coming Out Day is celebrated each year on October … Continue reading Celebrating National Coming Out Day UUSS Style!
Members of the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color) Authors book group will share information especially meaningful to them. Come learn about some great summer reading and enjoy the Doc … Continue reading Seeing the World Through Different Lenses
In such a serious world, joy, play, and being silly for silly’s sake can be difficult or feel wrong. This week we will explore the art of the “dad joke” … Continue reading The Universality of Dad Jokes: What dad jokes and other forms of play can teach us about revolution
So much of our present stories are shaped by the legacy and history of colonization and its sibling interlocking systems of oppression, like racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. It’s hard to … Continue reading Imagining our Thriving
Courage is often portrayed as big acts of bravery. Taking leaps out of airplanes, speaking in front of masses of people, or standing up to bullies in defiant and public … Continue reading Minuscule Matters: Cultivating courage through small moments of bravery
When we start where we are, we are present in this moment. We aren’t worried about tomorrow or judging yesterday. And it can be hard to stay in a present … Continue reading Shifting Sands
This year the UUA has chosen Deepa Iyer’s book Social Change Now: A Guide for Reflection and Connection as the Common Read. UUs all over the continent will be engaging … Continue reading Ecosystems: Where are we?
What roles do intention and accident have in how our lives unfold? When there is upheaval in the world, how might we choose between resistance, reform, and revolution? “Your path … Continue reading How do We Become?
Human beings are wonderfully, beautifully complex, and each of us holds a myriad of identities. What do we risk when we put ourselves or others into boxes that are too … Continue reading Complexity & Connection
Some call it the sixth sense, others call it embodied knowledge. We can resist the mind-body split by connecting what our bodies tell us to how we make sense in … Continue reading Sense as Knowledge
