Remember the Lesson Not the Disappointment
A Discussion Forum concentrating on the lessons learned from events in your life.
Archives: Services
Memorial Day in France
The October worship theme is “Remembrance.” In November and December of 1944, the American military liberated the French people in the Vosges Mountain region of northeast France from the Germans. The Epinal American Cemetery is the final resting place of more than 5,000 Americans who participated in … read more.
Annual Water Communion
Annette Grochowski and Elizabeth Jo Otto will lead our annual Water Communion Service. The Water Communion was first used at a Unitarian Universalist service in the 1980s. It celebrates “coming together” from our many journeys, physical and spiritual. Participants are encouraged to bring to the service a small … read more.
Leap of faith: Embracing the Warrioress Within
Service leader Elizabeth Jo Otto will will facilitate discussion on this month’s theme Fear and Bravery intermixed with her own story.
The Poem and the Science.
An exploration of fear and courage from a psychological/neurological perspective as well as using stories and poetry (both original and by other authors) to speak to unique human experiences.
Heart Check Time
Matt Ciampi will talk about tools to overcome crippling fear that he learned from personal experiences.
The Wilderness
“Belonging so fully to yourself that you’re willing to stand alone is a wilderness – an untamed, unpredictable place of solitude and searching. It is a place as dangerous as it is breathtaking, a place as sought after as it is feared. The wilderness can … read more.
Beginners Mind, Beginning Anew Every Day
Zen Buddhists use the word “Shoshin”when considering a beginner’s mind, and having an aspiration trying to remain connected with the concept of always being like a beginner. All the attributes of the beginner, excitement, curiosity, doubt, investigation can be our motivation every day.
Banned Books: Getting Out of Hand
Should others be allowed to control what we read?
Exploring the Beginnings Spectrum
Perhaps no word conjures up more possibilities than ‘beginning.” After all, it’s the third word in the Bible. We are often told that life’s milestones such as graduation and retirement (voluntary or otherwise) are “not the end but the beginning.” Among beginnings are picking up the pieces after a setback or … read more.