Posts with the category “dawning-thoughts”

The 8th and 9th grade keystone class in our Our Whole Lives program needs two additional teachers for the 25–26 program year. Two of our long-time teachers have had to step away for personal reasons this year leaving a gap on this team!Our Whole Lives is a comprehensive sexuality education program grounded in our religious values as Unitarian Universalists. This level offers our youth almost 40 ho...  Read More

“It’s so nice to see so many families with children here!” is something I’ve heard a lot this winter and spring and I agree—it’s been wonderful to see our families with kids here, connecting with each other and ways to do things at church, and bringing their friends.Families with kids are coming for our classes for kids: Story Workshop and Play Workshop every week; Spirit Workshops on Moving Medit...  Read More

Life is relentless.Work. Eat. Feed kids. Call family. Walk the dog. See friends. Fix the car. Clean the toilet. Good times. Hard times. And more and forever.The news cycle is relentless.There is something new every day right now, something that upsets, shocks, scares. There are also glimpses of action and even hope.Love is also relentless.Our faith calls us to put love at the center. Are we doing ...  Read More

Okay, why do we, Unitarian Universalists, celebrate Christmas?Historically, both Unitarians and Universalists considered themselves Christians. Heretical Christians, but nonetheless, those are our religious roots.Currently, Unitarian Universalism is a Big Tent religion. We have room in this big theological tent for people who identify as Christians, but we also have room for people who emphaticall...  Read More

Friends, it is The Holiday Season. If you are a parent with kids at home, I see you, I salute you, onward. It can be fun (it really can be!) but it is also A LOT. With that said, here are the holiday season offerings here at MLUC especially designed for families with kids. Come on out!This week, we have a Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday at 2 p.m. Sign up Wednesday by 6 p.m.!Next week, we have the ...  Read More

Well, it’s NOT* the Christian practice of the Eucharist or Holy Communion. This Sunday’s service does happen to have bread, but it is not meant to represent Jesus. [DS1] (There will also be no wine.) If you have arrived here from a Christian tradition, I think it’s important to get this distinction out of the way right up front.Communion in UU congregations is about community. We give something—br...  Read More

May we provide a safe haven, but not a safe harbor. There are no truly safe harbors, and we cannot build one out of anger and fear. Havens are made safe by the actions of everyone who seeks them. There are no walls to keep out the sea and storm, lightning and punishing winds. There is only the love that holds us together, as a body holds cells and the cells make up the body. Let us teach love, act...  Read More