Resilience: A Touchstone Topic
Life is often like a wild roller coaster ride. Sometimes we can barely hang on. Fortunately, resilience helps us keep our balance, and maintain some measure of composure, despite the chaos.
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Being Comfortable with Discomfort
Some of us grew up comfortable. Some of us didn’t. Some of us have been comfortable our whole lives. Some of us haven’t. Today, we explore noticing when we’re uncomfortable and why–and what that has to do with spiritual growth.
Did You Know? About Unitarian Universalism
The Unitarian Coastal Fellowship is part of something much larger than itself: Unitarian Universalism. We’re part of a statewide justice network, a faith tradition that has not just one but TWO publishers, and an 80-year-old human rights organization–the UU Service Committee–that was founded to help refugees escape Europe. Today, we learn and celebrate about the … Continue reading Did You Know? About Unitarian Universalism
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Dao
Daoism is an ancient eastern religion or philosophy, whose roots predate Christ by millennia. Its core tenets of inaction, naturalness, and spontaneity might be seen as against Western ways of being–which is precisely why we can benefit from them.
Ambiguity/Paradox
“Uncertainty is the only certainty there is,” wrote mathematician John Allen Paulos. “Knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.” Though evolution might have rigged our brains to resist uncertainty, we can never really know what the future will bring. In improbable situations like the pandemic, which has massively disrupted our routines and … Continue reading Ambiguity/Paradox
Siding With Love
As Unitarian Universalists, love is at the center of everything we do: love of our fellow humans, love of the earth, love of liberty and justice…we side with love! And on this day, we celebrate the diversity of humanity and the many different faces that love can take, whether it’s parents and their children, same-sex … Continue reading Siding With Love
A Miracle at 2900 Bridges Street
As the Unitarian Coastal Fellowship moves into a new chapter in its life, in a new building at a new address, with a new minister, we contemplate how UCF’s legacy will continue. Unitarian Universalism has a life-saving, life-changing message–how are we a part of that? How do we sustain it, and tell others about it?
Living in Balance – Guided by Compassion and Wisdom
Guest speaker is Jon Kolkin, photographer and physician, who “captures the essence of a life devoted to calming and focusing the mind so it can dwell upon developing compassion and wisdom”–quote by the 14th Dalai Lama. After the service, we will have a light snack, followed by words from Dr. Kolkin describing concrete practices to … Continue reading Living in Balance – Guided by Compassion and Wisdom
Universal Symbolism
Symbols have been used by people throughout human history to communicate and celebrate the sacred. In her upcoming book, The Alchemy of Symbols, artist Addie Hirschten explores the meaning and history of symbolism. In this service we will consider ways that symbols motivate and unite people.
PMS Care While Traveling
Self care is important, especially when you’re not sure where you’ll wake up the next day. The most important elements of my self-care were focusing on Physical, Mental, and Spiritual health. How do you exercise, stay positive, and feed your spirituality while on the move? I’ll share how I did, by trial and error, as … Continue reading PMS Care While Traveling