Much of what we hear about aging seems to treat it as a problem for which someone is always ready to offer a solution. At age seventy-seven, our guest speaker, Larry Farris, doesn’t find these “fixes” particularly helpful. Indeed, he finds them rather suspect. Instead, he wants to explore what aging makes possible that earlier … Continue reading The Paradox of Aging
What kind of water, literally and figuratively, are we thirsting for? Where might it be found? With whom might it be shared? These are questions we’ll ponder as we explore how water provides sustenance for us. Join us onsite or online! For the Zoom link, visit tinyurl.com/uucclarryfarris2025.
We live in times that evoke strong emotions of a wide variety, many of them unpleasant – fear, sadness, disgust, surprise, anger – but also some more positive ones like happiness and compassion. We can be sure that in the religious/spiritual life, we are not called to ‘numb out’ in the face of these! But … Continue reading Thinking and Feeling
The Christian scriptures feature trees at their beginning and at their end (Genesis 2.8-9,15-17, 3.1-7 and Revelation 22.1-2), and both are compelling symbols of life and its purposes. Our guest speaker Larry Farris will help us ponder what these trees call us towards in our life journeys. Please read through our Covid-19 Gathering Guidelines before joining us … Continue reading The Tree of Contemplative Practice
Curiosity is an underrated habit, a virtue even. And its practice opens doors to a greater depth of personhood and of relationships, even across the many cultural polarities that divide us. Please read through our Covid-19 Gathering Guidelines before joining us. If you prefer, you can also join us via Zoom (Meeting ID: 926 5154 … Continue reading The Habit of Curiosity
Online Services will be live-streamed via Facebook on Sundays at 10:00 AM. Video recordings of services can be found on YouTube. Life after Covid is turning out to be ‘Life with Covid.’ This makes our relationship to our pandemic experience crucial to understand as we seek to fashion a faithful and meaningful way to live in this “brave … Continue reading Got Them Post-Covid Lockdown Blues
Online Services will be live-streamed via Facebook on Sundays at 10:00 AM. Video recordings of services can be found on YouTube. The year 2020, unlike any most of us have ever experienced, has stripped away many illusions many have held – and depended upon – for a long time. What many thought was foundational has been shown to … Continue reading Revelations
One of our favorite guest speakers, Rev. Larry Farris, will help us explore some of the dynamics of privilege.
This Sunday Rev. Larry Farris will be speaking on “A Season of Endings and Beginnings, Expectations and Homecomings” December 3 is the First Sunday of Advent on the Unitarian Universalist Calendar and begins a season of endings and beginnings, of expectations and homecomings, all in service of deepened and authentic humanity. Drawing on biblical texts … Continue reading Expired: A Season of Endings and Beginnings, Expectations and Homecomings
Rev. Larry Farris will be speaking on “Pilgrimage as Spiritual Discipline: Walking the Camino de Santiago de Compostla”. Larry Farris and his wife Pat recently walked the last 100+ kilometers of the ancient pilgrimage route across northern Spain, the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Pilgrims have been making this physical journey to the cathedral of … Continue reading Expired: Pilgrimage as Spiritual Discipline: Walking the Camino de Santiago de Compostla
