What prompts people to work together? We’ll look at a fictional concept from Frank Herbert’s Dune: ‘The Tansley Effect’.
“We’ve had a long time in which to build up the Tansley Effect – small-unit experiments on an amateur basis from which my science may now draw … read more.
We will watch the TED Talk, Want to Change the World? Start by Being Brave Enough to Care.
Flower Communion, originally created in 1923 by Unitarian minister Norbert Capek of Prague, Czechoslovakia, is an annual ritual that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community. In Reverend Capek’s original ceremony and traditionally, everyone in the congregation brings (or is given) a flower and places … read more.
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
― Buckminster Fuller
“network” by michael.heiss is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
On Sunday March 3, Don Black and Jim Brown will explore many of the underlying causes of the recent decline in religious affiliation in America, Canada and the UK.
Photo: “Fishing” by pianowow is licensed under … read more.
Annette Grochowski will lead a discussion forum on the month’s theme.
The Burning Bowl Fire Communion is a unique Unitarian Universalist fire cleansing ritual to bid farewell to the old year, and to release it.
Image credit: “Burning Bowl” by Cindy Wright
For those who missed the service, please find the script linked below.
Elizabeth Jo will introduce the month’s theme.
Photo Credit: John Ragai / CC BY 2.0
Megan will continue to explore the metaphor of flying monkeys and oppression while introducing the principles of green anarchism, the acquisition of wings of empowerment, ways to build a green anarchist community, and the importance of environmental awareness and connection.
Image credit: Megan Jessup
