Speaker: Elna Brynestad

Creating Cosmogony

Join us in person at UUCGor online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 There are hundreds of  beliefs  about how the cosmos and our world within it came to be. What common threads connect so many of these different origin stories, and what can we as Unitarian Universalists learn from those commonalities? Elna Brynestad (she/her), Service Leader David … Continue reading Creating Cosmogony

A Joyful Noise

Join us in person at UUCGor online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 One of the ways Unitarian Universalists seek to build a Beloved Community is to resist harmful ideas by protesting them. Join us as we sing Songs of Protest together and discuss how doing so helps make the world a better place Elna Brynestad (she/her), Worship … Continue reading A Joyful Noise

A Shifting, Changing Center

Join us in person at UUCGor online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 As we grow and change through the years, so too do our priorities. When our sense of Self shifts dramatically, how can we find our center anew? Elna Brynestad (she/her), Service LeaderBill Benshoof (he/him), Worship Associate The Order of Service can be found here Beyond … Continue reading A Shifting, Changing Center

Bootstraps and Barriers; Boundaries and Belonging

Join us in person – no reservation requiredor online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 The peculiarly American “bootstrap mentality” encourages us to rely only upon ourselves, erecting barriers between the Self and the wider world. When attempting to belong to a community, we must first  escape that mentality and demolish those barriers- but what happens when they’re … Continue reading Bootstraps and Barriers; Boundaries and Belonging

Wisdom from Fiction

Join us in person – no reservation requiredor online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 Reading or watching fiction often requires a certain suspension of disbelief, to believe things that aren’t necessarily true for us, but are true within the story. When we accept that the impossible can be true, what insights or wisdom does that allow us … Continue reading Wisdom from Fiction

A Troubled Past

The path we walk in the present was laid down by people with a vision for their future. Sometimes, these revered visionaries held beliefs or performed actions that, today, seem fundamentally, deeply wrong. As Unitarian Universalists, how can we reconcile the profoundly flawed individuals with the deeply profound impact they have had upon us? Elna … Continue reading A Troubled Past